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hey all!
I wasn't sure which category to post this Q in but, here goes!
I seem to find myself involved in all manner of groups & charities & am trying to come up with some new, innovative, interesting & exciting ways of fundraising. People must get bored with the same old raffles, bingo nites, quiz nites, cake stalls, calendars etc.
Does anyone have any ideas, suggestions for fundraising? Come on .. no holds barred!!!
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I'm in the process of organising a charity murder mystery night.
When I first looked into it, it seemed really expensive and hardly worth it, until I found a local am-dram group who do them.
Going by my preliminary calculations, I expect to make around �1,000 on the night, after overheads. But if you were really brave, you could just buy the box on how to do your own, and customise it. small prize for the table who solves it!
Of course, it depends where you're based on how much it would cost to set up in the first place!
It was also recommended by one of the murder mystery companies that I had a silent auction on the same night, by asking local companies and shops to donate items for auction. But I think that would be a bit ambitious for my first attempt!
Another thing that I often see around here is car washes. If the groups you are in are large, then you could rope everyone in to help.
Or bag packing at your local supermarket, especially around Christmas. You'd probably get more volunteers to help with this too.
When I first looked into it, it seemed really expensive and hardly worth it, until I found a local am-dram group who do them.
Going by my preliminary calculations, I expect to make around �1,000 on the night, after overheads. But if you were really brave, you could just buy the box on how to do your own, and customise it. small prize for the table who solves it!
Of course, it depends where you're based on how much it would cost to set up in the first place!
It was also recommended by one of the murder mystery companies that I had a silent auction on the same night, by asking local companies and shops to donate items for auction. But I think that would be a bit ambitious for my first attempt!
Another thing that I often see around here is car washes. If the groups you are in are large, then you could rope everyone in to help.
Or bag packing at your local supermarket, especially around Christmas. You'd probably get more volunteers to help with this too.
First of all, congrats on getting your fundraising started! Raising support for a worthy cause can be super rewarding. But obviously, if you're not an official non-profit, it can be really tricky finding a good way to build support for your cause.
One route you might want to consider: setting up a homepage for your group on a fundraising website. Having a group homepage online makes organizing and fundraising infinitely easier ... And though the majority of fundraising sites require you have official non-profit status, many good ones only require that you are a group - and will give you plenty of the tools you need.
For example, one good site is Meet Up (www.meetup.com), who allow you to fundraise directly to your account, and register a group without having an official non-profit status - and they cover groups around the world, while giving you some tools to do event management. But the tools they offer are a little limited outside of fundraising.
Another good option would be Empowered.org (www.empowered.org), a platform that also helps small groups fundraise and organize (regardless of non-profit status). They also work for international groups - and offer a fair amount of useful tools, like the ability to organize your group or to create volunteer activities and fundraising campaigns for more targeted ways to raise support.
Or you could always try to send up your own PayPal account to link to you directly to help you fundraise, but this is a little trickier and a bit inflexible.
Good luck getting started moving forward! Hope that helped.
One route you might want to consider: setting up a homepage for your group on a fundraising website. Having a group homepage online makes organizing and fundraising infinitely easier ... And though the majority of fundraising sites require you have official non-profit status, many good ones only require that you are a group - and will give you plenty of the tools you need.
For example, one good site is Meet Up (www.meetup.com), who allow you to fundraise directly to your account, and register a group without having an official non-profit status - and they cover groups around the world, while giving you some tools to do event management. But the tools they offer are a little limited outside of fundraising.
Another good option would be Empowered.org (www.empowered.org), a platform that also helps small groups fundraise and organize (regardless of non-profit status). They also work for international groups - and offer a fair amount of useful tools, like the ability to organize your group or to create volunteer activities and fundraising campaigns for more targeted ways to raise support.
Or you could always try to send up your own PayPal account to link to you directly to help you fundraise, but this is a little trickier and a bit inflexible.
Good luck getting started moving forward! Hope that helped.
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