Fundraising

Gwarion_gall

I run a kids football side and we've had registered charity status for about 3 years now. I'd be grateful for any advice/suggestions anyone may have about how can we raise some much needed funds. Obviously, we've done the bag-packing at supermarkets and sponsored bike rides, but we're looking for other effective avenues which we can raise with parents. I've heard there's one website which works a bit like Quidco whereby the money goes straight to the registed charity - haven't got this website yet, anybody have any ideas?

Sallys_Savings

A race night?...easy to run and always make money. We held one the other week with only just over 50 people and made £250.

Bingo evening

What about the lads doing a car wash event? (perhaps even at a larger football club in the area when an adults football match is going on so they're all gleaming when they come out) You'll obviously need adult helpers too.

Your own car boot?

Selling the fundraising cards ...where you sell 40 tickets at £1 a go and £20 gos to the winner and £20 gos to your club. These sell on ebay for about £3 for £4 . If you could sell 6 lots thats an easy £120 to your fund plus 6 happy winners.

Hold a fun evening..or perhaps at the football presentation have an auction of promieses. Where people donate their time/skills for money to your fund. I.e. a computer clean up, a hair cut, 2 hours gardening, cook a roast dinner, clean the windows in your home, two hours exam tuitition, a morning helping with your spring cleaning, a ride in a ferrara (if you know of anyone lol), a car wash, etc etc

fengirl_2

Have you tried Awards for All? Quick, easy and almost certian to be awarded.

kazzah

The Peter Harrison foundation offer grants for sporting activities for regsitered charities
you should check them out online
http://www.peterharrisonfoundation.org/

hm71_2

Football foundation, local council, all avenues I have successfully raised funds from.

lauraj87

Gwarion_gall wrote: »

I run a kids football side and we've had registered charity status for about 3 years now. I'd be grateful for any advice/suggestions anyone may have about how can we raise some much needed funds. Obviously, we've done the bag-packing at supermarkets and sponsored bike rides, but we're looking for other effective avenues which we can raise with parents. I've heard there's one website which works a bit like Quidco whereby the money goes straight to the registed charity - haven't got this website yet, anybody have any ideas?

I think the site you are talking about is www.justgiving.com where people can donate directly to the charity online!

SueMaggie

You can get everyone to use Everyclick as their web search engine and earn money for each clock (as long as your charity is registered with them).

http://www.everyclick.com/

Quidco now does charity Quidclans where purchasers donate their cashback to the named charity or organisation

http://www.quidco.com/help/127

There is another website that does this but I can't remember the name of it at the moment.

Gwarion_gall

Great stuff. These are all excellent suggestions. With the season finished, i guess a lot of football dads and football mums are going to be busy once over the next few weeks.
Many thanks.:T

Life_can_B_Easy

by far the one that can give the most is oodlescover.com its helped smaller local organisations and charities quite a lot and they were in the local paper in derby (derby telegraph) where they helped a local 4yr old who is very ill. I have used all the above but oodlescover is better for fundraising i feel. hope this helps

vickywoo

Hi

All the above are good, and you can also get £4k plus a premiership footballer visit via a grant called creating chances (through the Premier League). It is currently closed but should be reopening soon.

Other pots I have been successful with applying to for small sports based activities include Awards for All (which someone else has already mentioned) and this would be a great hit as they have recently updated their guidance to be more sports focused (up to 10k), Kelloggs have the active living fund (1k) and their is all o2 it's your community (1K).

There is a free funding search engine you can used called grants4 - registration is free, and even if there isn't a portal for your specific area you can still use another as the majority are nationwide grants. I know there is someone who provides free kits etc but can't remember who they are, however they were found via grants4.info