If you wish to fundraise for a Ward, Department or Service within NHS Forth Valley then Forth Valley Giving is here to help.
We are able to offer practical advice and assistance on:
- Offer practical advice and assistance on planned fundraising activities;
- Promote and publicise your event;
- Provide you with charitable collection tins;
- Issue you with a fundraising pack.
Fundraising events held on private premises where the net proceeds are donated to Forth Valley Giving do not require our approval. Where an individual or organisation wishes to associate any form of fundraising with Forth Valley Giving, approval should be sought using our Fundraising Application Form.
Fundraising Ideas
We know it can be difficult to come up with fundraising ideas so here are some to get you started:
A
- Afternoon tea party
- Antiques fair
- Abseil
- Arts/Crafts stall/exhibition/fair
- Auction night
B
- Barbecue
- Barn dance
- Bazaar
- Beauty demonstration
- Bingo
- Bridge drive
- Babysitting
- Balloon race
- Baked bean bath
- Boat race
- Bad hair day
- Beard or head shave
- Book/comic sale
- Beetle drive
- Bring and buy sale
C
- Carol service
- Clay pigeon shoot
- Concert
- Cake stall
- Car boot sale
- Charity Ball
- Cheese & wine
- Coffee morning
- Computer games marathon
- Conker championship
- Craft event
- Cricket match
- Christmas cards
D
- Donkey derby
- Duck race
- Dance-a-thon
- Darts match
- Disco or dinner dance
- Dog walking
- Drawing competition
- Dressing down day
- Driving event
E
- Exhibition
- Equipment – do you know anyone who can donate?
- Egg and spoon race
F
- Fancy dress
- Fashion show
- Fete
- Fishing contest
- Flower show
- Fish and chip event
- Fun run
- Fifties party
- Face painting
- Fancy dress competition
- Fashion show
- Football tournament
- Fundraising challenges
G
- Gala evening
- Greyhound night
- Garage sale
- Games show based on TV quizzes
- Garden fete or open gardens
- Golf day
- Guess the: weight or name of doll, number of sweets in jar
H
- Halloween party
- House-to-house collection
- Head shave
- Hair – wacky hair day
I
- Individual gift – Gift day / an hour’s pay
- Indoor games
- Indoor market
- International food day
- It’s a knockout
J
- Jam making
- Judo display
- Jazz event
- Jelly eating
- Jigsaw marathon
- Juggling
- Jumble sale
K
- Kiosks – tea, coffee etc at golf club, car boot sales
- Karaoke event
- Kick a goal competition
- Kite flying
L
- Lawn mowing
- Lecture night
- Lottery
- Leg wax (especially for the men!)
- Loud shoes day
- Lunch for your friends and ask them to make a donation
M
- MONEY –Donations are welcome
- Magic show
- Music quiz
- Musical chairs
N
- Nearly new sale
- New Year’s resolution
- Name the baby competition
- Nature walk
O
- Office Olympics
- Office sweepstake
- Open garden event
- Opera
- Old time music hall
- Other groups and Organisations – could you ask them for help?
- Obstacle race
- Odd jobs day
P
- Pantomime visit
- Payroll Deduction Scheme (PAYE)
- Plant sale
- Pet show
- Pram race
- Parachute jump
- Pool tournament
- Put on a play
Q
- Quiz night
- Question of sport
R
- Race night
- Raffle or tombola
- Races
- Raft races
- Ready Steady Cook
S
- Sale of work
- Sponsored events e.g. sponsored silence/walk/swim/darts/sports/stop smoking)
- Supermarket collection
- Scrabble contest
- Steam or traction engine rally
- Swimathon
- Swear box
- Shoe shine
T
- Talent competition/show
- Treasure hunt
- Ten pin bowling
- Tennis tournament
- Theatre gala evening
- Thank you day
- Themed events like a Halloween party
- Table top sale
- Teddy bear tombola
- Three legged race
- Toy sale
U
- Underwater search
- Unwanted presents sale – especially after Christmas (EBay- and choose East Kent Hospitals Charity as your charity)
V
- Volunteering – contact us now to find out how you can help!
- Variety show
- Very nice cake sale
W
- Welly throwing competition
- Walk a dog
- Wine tasting
X
- Xmas party
- X marks the spot (organise a treasure hunt)
Y
- Your own ideas
Z
- Zany clothes day