Any ideas who will give me a raffle prize?

sonicshelly

gingerdad wrote: »

a pay as you go phone from O2, boots and woolworths asked us to contact loacl stores both gave us a few prizes, we got vouchers from a number of restruants and hotels.

Hi, did u contact ur local O2 shop or head office? Many thanks - struggling for the charity i am a trustee for so could really do with any advice , thanks

Gemmy_2

I've recently have been doing a "gift tree" for the charity i raise money for and House of fraiser gave us a bracelet worth £40

silkcutblue

We had luck with:

- empire cinemas
- nandos
- V&A museum
- Yorkshire tea
- Jellybeans
- Twinnings tea
- Decathlon sport's shop
- Some authors who donated signed books

Basically we did not send out generic letters. Everything was picked by someone in the office as a product they liked to eat,drink, use, etc. They then wrote a personal letter saying what they loved about the product and why it would be great to have a donation.

Katiehound

If you print fliers, posters or programmes for your event you can include your thanks to named companies (who have donated prizes, printing etc) and then make sure you send the companies one of the leaflets with your thank you letter- that way they know that they have received thanks and some publicity.
I was involved with getting prizes for many dog shows over the years and the most generous sponsorship came from smaller businesses who saw we had supported them. Sometimes offering to distribute their price lists/ catalogues at your event can help.
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diamond_stace

We've had success with local photographers, quite a few of them are willing to donate a free photo shoot with various free prints or CDs, etc, for the advertisement.

Also on a national scale, if you email Go Ape they will send you a form to fill out and they've been generous with us.

wilf55

just wanted to subscribe to the thread great ideas guys

am looking for similar and will post any ideas and successes or otherwise as i get them

vixki

I am part of a small charity and we've done some events with raffles, I wrote individual letters to several companies - most of them say they either already support large charities OR they'll support those who their employees are interested in - so it's worth trying to find someone who's employed by a company you would like donations from, they're likely to be able to get something!
If you write letters to your local pub they might give you vouchers for a meal. Also local chains such as the co-op, spar, etc - if you give a letter to your local shop you are more likely to get maybe a voucher, or a box of choccies.
Handmade Burger Co gave us a meal voucher
Also starbucks gave us a bag of VIA sachets to use at a fundraising event (selling coffees and cakes) and a bag of coffee beans to raffle off, we got that by asking in store. If you bring in some form of ID that you work for the charity, and actually talk to someone who works in the shop, they'll more likely help you than if you just send an impersonal letter.

SUESMITH_2

we always used to get vouchers from tesco, mcdonalds, rowntrees (but we are in york), bettys (ditto) and some of the pub chains

we used to get loads from local businesses - especially ones who had had personal contact with the school. obviously all got a personal thank you letter afterwards

good luck!

Moneybot

Debenhams used to give a Teddy Bear at Christmas and again in the summer and the cosmetic counters would give samples which could be wrapped to make small prizes.