There are loads of ways you can raise funds for YouthNet. We will be there to support you every step of the way and to get you started, here are just a few ideas.
- Take part in one of YouthNet’s running events.
Whether you’re a novice or an accomplished runner, YouthNet has places in a number of running events which are spanning the UK in 2011. - JustGiving
Set up a JustGiving page and send the link to your friends and family, asking them to sponsor you for your run, challenge or parachute jump. You can personalise your page by adding photos, videos and stories so make sure you make the most of these facilities – people will be more likely to sponsor you if you tell them how your training is going and keep them engaged, and even MORE likely if you promise to embarass yourself on the day by wearing fancy dress for your event! - Facebook
Once you’ve set up your Justgiving page, publicise it via Facebook, Twitter or other social networking sites. You can also use these sites to invite friends, family and colleagues to a fundraising event such as a pub quiz or clothes swap (see below). - Double the money
If your company matches fundraising donations, ask them to match whatever you raise. YouthNet gets more, you have to raise less, everyone’s a winner! - Office lottery
You need up to 49 people to play, with each person paying one pound for a lottery number (1-49). If their number gets picked out of the hat, that person wins half the money and YouthNet gets the other half. Make this a weekly occurance and watch the funds build up, or play twice a week (Wednesday and Saturday) to really boost your fundraising total. - Quiz night
Get your friends, family or colleagues together (at the pub, work, someone’s house or on email). Ask them to pay £5 and answer 50 questions. The winner gets half the money and the rest goes towards your fundraising target. - Clothes swap
Get your mates to dig out those clothes which they just don’t wear, and hold a clothes swapping party. We’ve put together an event pack to help you get started – email info@youthnet.org and we’ll send you one. - Bad hair day
Hold a bad hair day and collect a £2 donation from everyone that takes part. - Dress down
Organise a dress down day and collect a £2 donation from all those that take part, and £5 from those that don’t! - Smarties tube
Give your friends, family and colleagues a tube of smarties and (once they’ve eaten them), ask them over a period of weeks to fill the empty tube with £1 coins and give it back to you. - Spare change
Collect spare change from everyone you know and see how quickly you can fill a jar. - Climb every mountain
If you work in a high-rise building, get sponsored to take the stairs for a month. - Quit it!
Are you a smoker? A compulsive chocolate eater? Quit for a month and get everyone to sponsor your efforts. - Karaoke night
Get a local pub to donate a room for free and discover your singing talents as you sing along to your favourite song. - Shave it!
Get sponsored to shave your head, or your chest, or your armpits or…! - One day fast
Be sponsored to go on a 24-hour fast. - Office mini Olympic challenge
Get everyone at your work involved in a mini Olympic challenge. Think up some fun competitions such as chair-racing, who can punch most holes in a sheet of A3 in a minute, or who can cover themselves in the most post-it notes. - SMILE!
Run a caption competition on pictures taken from your last big party, and collect donations from your entrants. - S%#@!
Create a swear box with a £1 fee for every naughty word uttered. - Ask your mates
Many heads are better than one, so get your friends’ ideas on how you can reach your fundraising target. They may even be willing to help you organise an event….
Just remember, get people involved, be shameless and keep talking about what you’re planning on doing. That way, they can’t use the excuse that you never asked them to sponsor you!
