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2. Get crafty!
This is one way our talented
supporters raise funds for Christian
Aid Week. So if you have a skill
(making cards, necklaces, dried ower
arrangements, candles, etc) make sure
you put it to good use and hold a craft
sale during Christian Aid Week.
3. Everyone loves a bargain
Hold a second-hand clothes sale.
Ask everyone you know for unwanted
clothing. Childrens clothes sales
are always very popular with mums
and dads.
4. Hold an auction of promises
Ask your friends and local businesses
to donate a service free of charge,
from singing lessons, language
lessons, an hours gardening to dinner
for two at your local restaurant.
5. Organise a sponsored aerobathon
and enlist the support of your local
gym, leisure centre or sports shop.
6. Bad taste day
Charge your work colleagues or school
mates 1 to spend the day wearing their
loudest tie, brightest blouse or ugliest
shirt and award the winner with a prize.
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7. Can you do-ce-do?
Swing into action and organise a barn
dance. Hire a caller and traditional
country band. Serve food and cider and
charge an entry fee.
8. Hold a lm night
Recreate an evening of vintage cinema
by showing classic lms and musicals
at a community venue.
9. Battle of the bands
Invite local bands and musicians to
play at a venue and ask the audience to
vote for a winner. Charge an entry fee
to the audience.
10. Who wouldnt want the chance
to beat the goalie?
Score a goal and win a prize. Footballers
make a small donation to take part.
11. Anyone for scrabble?
Invite friends over for fun and games,
play Scrabble, Monopoly, Cluedo and
more. Charge an entrance fee or a fee
per game.
12. Guess the baby
Ask your colleagues or school friends
to bring in baby photos and to make a
donation to guess who is who.
13. Hire a bouncy castle
Bouncy castles are great for keeping
kids entertained at bigger family
events. Charge a bouncing fee or if
you really want to tire out the kids,
organise a sponsored bounceathon!
14. Organise a poetry evening
Invite local poets to read aloud their
work, serve drinks and nibbles and
charge an admission fee to guests.
15. Bake and sell!
Who can resist a cake sale? Hold a
traditional cake stand at ftes or fairs.
Dont forget to check health and safety
regulations.
16. Hold a treasure hunt
Walk or cycle from clue to clue in
search of hidden treasure. Teams pay
to enter. Ask a local business to donate
a prize to the winning team.
17. Car wash
Set up a car wash at your local
shopping centre, ofce or school car
park and prepare to get wet! If you are
holding a car wash on private property,
make sure to get permission rst.
18. Charity ball
Raise money the sophisticated way by
organising a themed ball with dinner
and live music at a hotel. Charge for
tickets and boost your earnings with
games, rafes and auctions.
19. Wacky races
Get sponsored to race a set distance
in a shopping trolley, bathtub or
wheelie bin. Ask for donations and for
competing teams to pay an entry fee.
20. Wedding dress exhibition
Everyone loves a wedding! How
many ladies in your congregation still
have their wedding dresses? Why not
stage a wedding dress exhibition in
the church? You can charge an entry
fee and include wedding photos and
written recollections from the bride
and/or groom.
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Football tournament
Schedule fxtures and
charge teams to enter.
Ask local businesses
for prizes.
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Fte
Reach the whole
community by holding
a fte, or team up
with organisers of an
annual event.
Children from Market Harborough, Leicestershire,
took part in a four-hour sponsored bouncy castle
bounce and raised 400 thats enough to buy shelters
to house sheep in Nicaragua, enabling coffee farmers
to diversify their income.
29. Dog show
Charge proud dog owners to show off
their pooches and brave an obstacle
course. Why not ask your local pet shop
to sponsor the event?
30. Variety show
Comedians, magicians, singers, dancers
and musicians all under one roof.
31. Sponsored shave
Get sponsored to shave your head,
moustache or beard. It will grow
back eventually!
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33. Face painting
This has always been a popular
activity with young children. Get
creative with face paints at ftes, fairs
or at your church bazaar.
34. Organise a fancy dress contest
Charge participants an entrance fee.
Who will you be? Elvis? The Queen?
Superman or Wonderwoman?
35. Sponsored fast
Get sponsored to fast for an hour,
a morning or a day. Make sure you
consult your doctor rst.
36. Are you green-ngered?
Offer your gardening services to
friends, family and neighbours in
exchange for a donation.
37. Flower show
Flower arranging demonstrations
are always popular. Boost funds
with competitions, advice corner
and side stalls.
38. Taster classes
Whether its French or Flamenco, sell
your skills by holding an introductory
class for your church, community or
friends.
39. Game show
Host a mock version of Who Wants
To Be A Millionaire, The Weakest
Link or another television favourite.
Alternatively adapt board games for
big audiences, and get prizes donated.
40. Have a garage or a boot sale
Make money by selling your unwanted
belongings.
41. Get creative!
Make and sell greeting cards for every
occasion.
42. Picture framing
Frame and sell prints of local scenes,
or pictures relevant to Christian Aids
work.
43. Are you a local historian?
Invite tourists and visitors on locally
guided walks or trips and ask for a
voluntary donation.
44. Got the X Factor? Arrange your
own singing contest.
Members of Brentwood Methodist Church in Essex
sold homemade jam at their church and raised 50
thats enough to provide a care-kit for a carer looking
after someone with HIV/AIDS in Sudan.
Mini Olympics
Invite everyone you
know to compete
in a mix of traditional
and silly sports.
Charge entry.
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Coffee morning
Who can resist the
smell of freshly brewed
coffee? Open up your
home or church and serve
coffee and cakes in
exchange for a donation.
Make extra income with
a raffe or tombola.
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23. Coconut shy
This traditional funfair game is easy
to organise and always a crowd puller,
all you need is a table, a few coconuts
and wooden balls.
24. Fashion show
Ask businesses to sponsor a venue,
outts or catwalk. Charge admission
and sales commission.
25. Guess the ??
Competitors guess how many sweets
are in the jar, a cakes weight, etc, and
pay to enter. The closest answer wins
the item.
26. Collection
Organise a collection in your town
centre, supermarket, train station or
shopping mall. Request a permit from
the council and contact your local
Christian Aid ofce for tins, buckets
stickers and leaets.
27. Lets dance!
Organise an evening of dance, whether
its ballroom, disco, salsa, merengue
or rock nroll.
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Parachute jump
Get sponsored to take
the plunge.
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Welly throwing
This fun game sees
throwers compete
to see whose welly
goes furthest.
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47. Medieval evening
Themed evening of medieval food
and entertainment.
48. Mile of pennies
Make a mile of pennies in your town
centre. Ask shoppers to help by donating
their coins. Ask people to donate their
collections of 1p and 2p pieces.
49. Organise a dress down day
Get colleagues to pay a fee to dress
down for a day at work.
50. Music concert
Entertain the crowds with your own
recital, or hire bands of musicians.
51. Get cooking
Take it in turns with friends to host a
dinner party. Charge a fee for each meal.
52. Nature trail
Offer guided walks to natural beauty
spots.
53. Open garden
Open your garden to visitors. Sell
refreshments, plants and vegetables.
54. Get moving
Go climbing, hiking or running and
ask for sponsorship for achieving
your challenge.
55. Organise a pancake race
Get ipping! Charge teams to enter,
and spectators to eat.
56. A sausage sizzler!
Fire up the BBQ and invite friends and
family to make a donation in exchange
for sausages, burger and buns. You
could even ask your local supermarket
to donate the food for free.
57. Plant a tree
Seek sponsors for a plant a tree scheme.
58. Play your cards right
The game made famous by Bruce
Forsyth. Get entrants to guess higher
or lower six times running and win a
prize if they guess their cards right.
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60. Pub games night
Stage a championship of traditional
pub games darts, skittles, dominoes,
cards, etc.
61. Puppet show
Pull in the crowds with a traditional
Punch and Judy show, or something
more innovative.
62. Rafe
Ask local rms to donate prizes and
sell tickets. Make sure you follow the
laws on charity rafes.
63. Raft race
Teams compete by building their rafts
and racing over a set distance. Teams
pay to compete.
64. Recipe book
Publish favourite recipes from local
restaurants and chefs.
65. Ramble
Take to the countryside for a mass
walkabout. Throw in a theme (fancy
dress, singles, three-legged), and
charge for entry and refreshments.
66. Safari supper
Travel from restaurant to restaurant,
having a different course at each stop.
Ask restaurants to support your efforts,
but set cover charge to include all food
and your cut.
67. Shoe shine
Offer a shoe polishing service at your
nearest train station or shopping
centre in exchange for a donation.
68. Skittles
Make an evening event out of this
traditional pub game.
69. 10 for a pound
Slimmers get sponsored 10 for every
pound they lose in weight.
70. Sponge throwing
Players pay to throw wet sponges at
whoevers in the stocks.
71. Street entertaining
Get a permit and get busking.
72. Hold a tabletop sale
Indoor variation on the car boot sale.
Charge for table hire.
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Duck race
Sell numbered plastic
ducks and launch them
from a bridge. The duck
to fnish frst wins. Make
sure you get permission
from the relevant
authorities in your area.
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Oxford University students Benjamin Morrell and
William Heywood organised a 24-hour organ recital
and raised 1,006.33 the equivalent of funding the
cost of medications and staff at a specialist mobile
womens clinic in Palestine.
Swear box
Give a 1 for every bad
word uttered. Put a box
at home, at work or at
the pub.
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Four-year-old Harriet Godwin raised 252 in a two-
mile sponsored walk organised by Wolverhampton
Christian Aid thats enough to buy 252 meals for a
homeless person in Brazil.
Plant sale
Sell seedlings and plant
cuttings to all your
green-fngered friends.
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75. Britains talent
Discover Britains next big thing with
your own talent show. Charge entry
and offer prizes.
76. Wine and cheese tasting event
Ask supermarkets to donate the wine
and cheese. Sell tickets and produce.
77. Tenpin bowling
Alleys often have special rates for big
groups and charity evenings.
78. Vehicle rally
Well-organised car and bike shows
are great crowd pullers and fantastic
fundraisers.
79. Pudding night
Invite all your friends to make a
pudding and then share the delights.
Charge an entry fee.
80. Sponsored silence
Mums the word. Stay silent for as long
as you can.
81. Stage play
Raise the curtain on a local am-dram
production.
82. Work in a tall building?
Take the stairs every day for a week
and ask for sponsors.
83. Waxing
A hair-raising experience for the boys.
Get sponsored to wax your legs or chest.
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Its tea time!
Everyone loves a cuppa.
Put the kettle on, get
baking and invite your
friends, family and
neighbours over for tea
and cakes.
84. Christian Aid Week hamper
Make up your own fairtrade hamper,
and sell to the highest offer. Include
food, drinks, toys and gifts.
85. Day off
Ask your boss for a day off work, and
donate your wage to Christian Aid.
86. Bag packing
If you are part of a group ask your
local supermarket or garden centre
if you can do a day of bag packing
for donations.
87. Video game play-off
Organise a league of players and
compete on a certain game. Charge
entrants.
88. Weight of the cake game
Pay to guess the weight and win the
cake if youre right.
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90. Sell any unwanted goods
Auction your items on eBay.
91. Ask for sponsorship
Take part in Live Below the Line and
live on 1 a day for ve days.
92. A sausage sizzler!
Fire up the BBQ and invite friends and
family to make a donation in exchange
for sausages, burger and buns. You
could even ask your local supermarket
to donate the food for free.
93. Who done it?
Organise a murder mystery party.
94. Recipe sale
Gather together your much admired
recipes and sell them to family, friends
and work colleagues.
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96. Sports day
Hold a traditional sports day, with a
sack race and egg n spoon race.
97. Cycle from A to B
Get on an exercise bike. Map out
the distance from your own town to
another (Manchester to Glasgow,
anyone?) You could do it as a relay
with friends.
98. Bingo!
Host a bingo night.
99. Rounders match
Challenge your community to take
part in a friendly charity rounders
tournament.
Rev John Boardman, along with nine others from
the Sudbury Christian Aid group, paddled from
Sudbury to Bures in a sponsored canoe event, raising
over 1,400.
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Grow a moustache
or a beard and ask for
sponsorship.
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Hold a quiz
We can provide you
with the questions
and answers. Visit
the resources section
at caweek.org
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Can you go cold turkey?
Give it up for Christian
Aid Week, whether
its chocolate, red wine,
talking, Facebook,
shaving or taking the lift
at work. You can ask for
donations or send the
money you save to us.