Run For Charity

These ideas are a piece of cake, low effort and high reward as every penny you collect will make a difference for your chosen charity. There's no excuse not to try at least one of these, and if you have a few months before your event then why not try a different idea every week?

Fundraising Ideas	Type of fundraiser	Easiness Rating	Fundraising Target	Time Scale
Match Giving	Cyber Fundraiser	Super easy	£150	Less than 1 hour
Gift Aid	Cyber Fundraiser	Super easy	£150	Less than 1 hour
Tea and coffee Mornings	Socialite	Super easy	£50	A few hours
Facebook	Social Media	Super easy	£50	Less than 1 hour
Twitter	Social Media	Super easy	£25	One hour
Pinterest	Social Media	Super easy	£25	One hour
Karaoke nights	Entertainer	Challenging	£50	One Week
Talent contests	Entertainer	Tough	£500	One Month
Speed dating	Entertainer	Challenging	£150	One Month
Pub Quiz	Entertainer	Easy	£50	Two weeks
Stand up comedy	Entertainer	Challenging	£250	One Month
Dress down day	Workaholic	Easy	£150	One Week
Fancy dress day	Workaholic	Super easy	£250	Two weeks
Get the boss on side	Workaholic	Easy	£250	Two weeks
Weekly donations	Workaholic	Challenging	£150	One Month
Lunch or breakfast collection	Workaholic	Easy	£25	Two weeks
Golf challenge	Sports Mad	Challenging	£500	One Month
Team activities	Sports Mad	Challenging	£250	One Month
Run or cycle to and from work	Sports Mad	Easy	£250	One Month
Sponsored individual challenges	Sports Mad	Challenging	£150	One Month
10 pin bowling for charity	Sports Mad	Easy	£150	One Week
Cycling & running races at the gym	Fitness Fanatic	Challenging	£100	One Month
Weight loss competition	Fitness Fanatic	Challenging	£150	One Month
Fitness sessions	Fitness Fanatic	Challenging	£25	Two weeks
Netball tournament	Fitness Fanatic	Challenging	£250	One Month
5-aside football tournament	Fitness Fanatic	Challenging	£500	One Month
Car boot sales	Car Enthusiast	Easy	£100	A few hours
Car cleaning services	Car Enthusiast	Easy	£50	One hour
Taxi service	Car Enthusiast	Easy	£250	One Week
F1 charity game	Car Enthusiast	Easy	£150	One Month
Give a car	Car Enthusiast	Tough	£500	One Month
Dog walking for charity	Animal Lover	Super easy	£25	One hour
Dog or cat sitting for charity	Animal Lover	Super Easy	£25	A few hours
Animal washing and grooming	Animal Lover	Easy	£50	A few hours
Animal training for charity	Animal Lover	Challenging	£25	One hour
Animal racing	Animal Lover	Easy	£50	One hour
No school uniform day	Student	Easy	£250	One day
Wear a colour to school day	Student	Easy	£150	One day
Variety shows	Student	Tough	£150	A few hours
Teacher challenges	Student	Challenging	£25	One hour
School Disco	Student	Challenging	£150	A few hours
Give up alcohol	Habitual	Super easy	£100	One Month
Give up smoking	Habitual	Challenging	£150	One Month
Give up your favourite hobby	Habitual	Super easy	£100	One Month
Give up your voice	Habitual	Super easy	£50	Two weeks
Make your own lunch	Habitual	Super easy	£25	Two weeks
Guess the babies weight	Parents	Super easy	£25	Less than 1 hour
Organise a child and parent activity day	Parents	Easy	£50	Less than 1 hour
Baby sit your friends children	Parents	Easy	£25	Less than 1 hour
Guess the baby photo competition	Parents	Easy	£50	Less than 1 hour
Coffee morning with babysitting help	Parents	Easy	£25	Less than 1 hour
Mini music festival	Muscial	Tough	£500	One Month
Busking	Muscial	Easy	£100	One day
Music practice	Muscial	Super easy	£25	One hour
Battle of the bands	Muscial	Tough	£250	One Month
Jam nights	Muscial	Easy	£100	A few days
Carol singing	Seasonal Fundraiser	Easy	£100	One Week
Easter egg hunt	Seasonal Fundraiser	Easy	£50	One day
Bonfire night party	Seasonal Fundraiser	Tough	£500	One Month
Valentine's day singles party	Seasonal Fundraiser	Challenging	£250	A few days
Pancake day sale	Seasonal Fundraiser	Easy	£25	One hour
Cake bake	Homebody	Easy	£100	One Week
Recycling for charity	Homebody	Super easy	£250	One Month
Host themed parties	Homebody	Challenging	£150	Two weeks
Cheese and Wine nights	Homebody	Easy	£100	A few days
Sell flowers from your garden	Homebody	Easy	£25	One Week
Come dine with me for charity	Creative	Easy	£250	One Week
Sponsored betting	Creative	Easy	£250	A few days
Man v Food	Creative	Easy	£100	One Week
Break a world record	Creative	Tough	£500	One Month
Make something and sell it for charity	Creative	Easy	£100	Two weeks
Shave your hair	Hairy	Super easy	£150	One Week
Dye your hair	Hairy	Super easy	£50	Two weeks
Grow bizarre facial hair	Hairy	Challenging	£100	One Month
Wax your chest	Hairy	Super easy	£100	A few days
Remove all of your body hair	Hairy	Easy	£250	A few days
Raffles	Competitive	Challenging	£100	Two weeks
Guessing games- coins in the jar	Competitive	Super easy	£100	One day
Pub Olympics	Competitive	Challenging	£100	Two weeks
Treasure Hunts	Competitive	Easy	£150	A few days
Computer games evenings	Competitive	Super easy	£25	One Week

Super Easy Fundraising Ideas

These ideas are a piece of cake, low effort and high reward as every penny you collect will make a difference for your chosen charity. There's no excuse not to try at least one of these, and if you have a few months before your event then why not try a different idea every week?