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Race The Sun - How to smash your fundraising target

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£50

  • Hold a sweepstake
  • Ask for birthday donations instead of gifts
  • Donate your coffee – ask friends to donate the cost of a weekly coffee, or you can do it yourself!
  • Sponsored silence at work
  • Sell items at car boot sale
Graphic showing a fundraising thermometer filled to £100 out of £500, alongside icons of a decorated cake with a cherry, a steaming barbecue with a champagne glass and bottle, and a flyer reading ‘I’m Racing the Sun.’

£100

  • Host a Cake Sale - we've created a poster template to help you get started
  • Sponsor your outfit – highest bidder decides which fancy dress you wear on event day!
  • Have a wardrobe spring clean and sell the clothes online or on second hand apps/websites.
  • Host a dinner party/BBQ
  • Offer local businesses the chance to pay to have their logo added to your on training gear and/or social media posts to say they are supporting you
  • Add your fundraising page to your email signature
  • Chores for charity (dog walking, car washing, gardening, baby sitting)
  • Make use of seasonal celebrations, e.g. pancake day race, spring crafting, Christmas carolling
  • Guess the number of jelly beans in the jar
  • Organise a scavenger hunt
  • Hold a charity collection with one of our collection buckets
Illustration showing a fundraising thermometer at £250 out of £500, with icons of raffle tickets, a bingo card with number 22, and figures representing cycling, hiking, and swimming activities, symbolizing various fundraising events and challenges.

£250

  • Organise a raffle
  • Host a Pub Quiz/workplace quiz
  • Have a Silent Auction
  • Run a workplace Fancy Dress
  • Host a Bingo night
  • Arrange a sports challenge (e.g. training on static bikes, sponsored walk or swim)
Illustration showing a fundraising thermometer filled to £500, a yellow figure in a yoga pose, sports equipment including a football, rugby ball, and bowling pins with a ball, and a blue balance scale weighing stacks of coins with pound symbols.

£500

  • Apply for workplace Matched Giving
  • Host a talent show or fashion show
  • Host a skills class, sell tickets and teach baking, yoga, football etc.
  • Hold a sports tournament – Football/rugby/bowling/darts/rounders etc.

Top Tip!



Keep sharing your fundraising page on social media, including WhatsApp group chats/Facebook/ Instagram/LinkedIn. Especially on payday!