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Sponsored Event Fundraising

Sponsored events are the most popular individual method of fundraising. You and other members of your society can do pretty much anything and ask friends and family to pay you. Try to make it as visual, original or as shocking as possible.

Here are some ideas to get you started: body wax, bungee jump, fast, gunge, head shave/hair cut/hair dye, 12 hour tennis match, hike, jail break, litter pick marathon, run, silence, skydive, swim...

For some events it might be good to ask to be sponsored on how much, how far or how long. For instance, saying you will not speak for an hour for every £20 raised, or asking to be sponsored per mile you travel on a jail break.

Collecting The Money

You can collect sponsor money in two ways: using a JustGiving page (see below), or having an old-fashioned sponsor form and collecting the money (you could then put any money collected on your JustGiving page).

JustGiving

Many charities listed in this guide are on the JustGiving site, here. JustGiving takes a small cut of any funds raised, but the advantage to Just Giving is that you can claim Gift Aid and do not have to mess about with physical money (though you can supplement online donations with offline ones).

It is extremely easy to create a page on JustGiving. You are allowed to add pictures and write about the cause, and about what you are doing. You get a link, which you can share with friends, family and society members. JustGiving boast that it takes less than 20 seconds to donate money on a friend’s page.