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Fundraising for Scoliosis

 

Whether it's travelling in our little country or across the world to have physiotherapy or surgery, here are some tips and tricks to fund raising. 

 

  • Within New Zealand if you are travelling out of your DHB e.g. flying from Wellington to Auckland to see someone for bracing or surgery, then your local DHB can offer assistance in the costs of flights, transfers etc.

  • If you are flying across the world for surgery etc then the Pediatric Spine Foundation can offer assistance.

  • For more information specifically on what is available from these resources then please contact us and we will share.

 

 

The A-Z of Fundraising Ideas

 

A

 

  • Aerobics-athon

  • To stay fit and healthy, organise an aerobics-athon. I’ll make you feel good about supporting us.

  • Arts and crafts fair

  • Put your creative talents into action and sell your works of art at a craft fair.

  • Auction

  • Organise your own fundraising auction. Why not auction off your talents for the day?

  • Art exhibition

  • Instead of selling your art, charge your friends and family to look at it!

 

B

  • Bad Hair day

  • Fed up of being nagged about your untidy hair? Organise a Bad Hair day to raise us money.

  • Bad Tie day

  • Look in your dad’s wardrobe for those outdated ties and dazzle your friends. Pay to display the outrageous tie. Your friends could pay to have the offending tie removed.

  • Bag packing at local supermarket

  • Ask your local supermarket if you can hold a bag packing day. It’s a great way to provide a service to the local community while supporting us too.

  • Bring and buy sale

  • Sell donated goods on a stall. Cakes, books, home-made jam, bric-a-brac and fairtrade goods are firm favourites.

  • Bike ride

  • Pedal for poverty! Why not organise a bike ride and turn it into a sponsored event?

  • Beat the goalie

  • Challenge your friends to a beat the goalie competition. Pay to play.

  • Bingo

  • Organise a bingo event devise your own calls for the numbers. Charge a fee per game.

 

C

  • Cake sales - Cake sales are a great way to raise money and awareness too, if they are made from fairly traded products. To ensure a healthy eating dimension have a variety of cakes like carrot cake and banana bread. Dont forget to sell your products to teachers too, if your doing it in school. Ask your priest about setting up a stall after Mass. You could even make tea and coffee!

  • Coppers for Bradley

  • Collect all those unwanted coppers that weigh down your pockets – small change can make a big difference.

  • Colour theme days everyone wears Red

  • Bring a bit of colour into your day and raise money at the same time. Get all your friends to dress in the same colour and make a real splash.

  • Collections

  • Put those empty jam jars to good use and turn small change into a big difference.

  • Cross country bucket run

  • Feel good through exercise and through supporting us. Map out a course for your run and make sure you get sponsored too.

  • Create a cookbook and sell it

  • If you’re a budding Master Chef, put your recipes into a book and sell them to friends and family. Why not think about making it a fairtrade recipe book?

  • Competitions

  • Devise your own competition, or use tried and tested ideas such as guess who the baby in the picture.

  • Cricket match

  • Challenge your peers or teachers to a cricket match. Each team pays a fee.

  • Car wash

  • Charge your teachers, friends and family to wash their cars.

  • Chocolate ban

  • Give up chocolate for a day, a week or a month and give the cash you saved to the cause.

 

D

 

  • Doughnut sale

  • Delight all your friends with a delicious doughnut sale. Shops like Krispy Kreme let you buy their doughnuts at special low prices so that you can sell them on for a fundraising profit!

  • Disco

  • Put on those dancing shoes and disco the night away. Remember to charge an entry fee.

  • Dance-athon

  • Dance all day in a sponsored dance-athon.

  • Dress down day

  • Ditch the uniform or the suit and dress to impress.

 

E

  • Enterprise Days

  • Put on your Apprentice heads and come up with the marketing idea of the century! Create and sell the product you have designed.

  • Eco day

  • Dress green and do good deeds for the day, like litter picking and recycling your rubbish. Remember to get sponsored for all the activities you do.

  • Eating baked beans with a cocktail stick

  • Challenge your friends to a baked bean eating competition, how many can you eat in a minute using only a cocktail stick?

  • Egg and spoon race

  • Are you up for an egg and spoon challenge? Race your friends and family. No cheating now!

  • Egg painting competition

  • Don’t waste those eggs after the race turn them into works of art. Sell them to raise money for us.

 

F

  • Fairtrade stalls

  • Go for an ethical angle to your stall and sell fairly traded goods, why not ask if fairtrade products could be sold in your tuck shop or canteen too?

  • Fancy dress

  • Go crazy with the fashion ideas and create a zany masterpiece to wear for the day. Prizes for the most outrageous and colourful costumes.

  • Fancy dress football

  • Turn a regular game of football into something rather special with colourful costumes. Challenge your peers, teachers or other adults to a crazy match. Pay per game.

  • Five a side football

  • Challenge your mates or your teachers to a football tournament. Each team pays to play.

  • Fast Day lunch

  • Create a simple lunch in solidarity with people living in poverty. Donate the money you save.

  • Fast Day fun

  • How long can you go without playing your favourite computer game or watching the TV? Why not give up something you really enjoy for a set period of time? Get sponsored too.

  • Fashion show

  • Put your creative talents to the test and organise a fashion show, why not use recycled clothes and make it an eco-show? Invite the wider community to see your fabulous designs, and don’t forget to charge an entry fee.

  • Family fun day

  • Get the whole family on board and arrange a fun day full of the activities mentioned throughout.

  • Face painting competition

  • Put your artistic talents to good use and paint people’s faces. You could have a themed face painting day such as of animals or characters from a book. Remember to charge for your works of face painting art.

  • Film night

  • Create your own cinema and hold a film night for family and friends. Sell popcorn and drinks and charge an entry fee.

  • Fun run

  • Dust off your running shoes, add a green tutu and run for fun. Get a team together and create your own theme for when you run. Get sponsored too.

 

G

  • Give it up!

  • Get sponsored to go without something. Give us speaking for a day, computer games for a week, chocolate for a month, or give up magazines for the whole of Lent! Donate us the money you save or raise.

  • Guess the number of (balloons in a car, sweets in a jar)

  • Have a lot of fun challenging your friends to guess the quantity in the jar or car.

  • Guess who the baby is (from photos)

  • Ask for baby photos and get your friends to guess who they are. Pay to enter.

  • Guess the weight (cake, teddy)

  • Quiz your friends on the weight of the cake 50p a guess.

  • Games: scrabble, chess, trivial pursuits etc

  • For all those who love the challenge of a board game why not have a marathon board game tournament? Either pay to play or get sponsored.

  • Green day

  • With everyone talking about climate change and the importance of looking after our world, why not organise a Green Day? Dress in green, hold an eco fashion show, litter pick and create a recycled materials art exhibition. Invite friends and family too. Remember to charge a fee to take part.

 

H

  • Hula Hoop Contest

  • How many times can you spin the hula hoop? Organise a hula hoop-athon. Don’t forget to get sponsored by the spin, or the length of time you keep the hoop going.

  • Hair beading, braiding and plaiting

  • Put your creative talents to good use. Make your friends look cool

  • Hopscotch

  • Organise a Hopscotch contest in the playground, and challenge your friends. Pay to play.

 

I

  • Indoor games

  • Organise an indoor Olympics. Rain won’t stop play and you’ll have fun challenging your friends and raising money for us too.

  • International evening

  • Hold a themed night representing countries across the world. Decorate your hall with flags from across the globe. Bring an international flavour to the food with different national dishes and entertain your guests with world music. Why not also hold a quiz and test your friends geographical knowledge? Charge an entry fee.

  • Its a Knockout

  • Organise an Its a Knockout competition fun for all the family. Either make it a sponsored event or pay to play.

 

J

  • Jumble sales

  • Reduce, reuse and recycle the perfect opportunity to hold a jumble sale.

  • Jelly races

  • Have loads of fun with a jelly race why not try different jelly moulds too, or even an obstacle course? Remember, you pay to play.

  • Jewellery making/selling

  • Put your creative jewellery making skills to good use and hold a sale with what you make. Share your skills with others and teach your friends how to make that perfect accessory.

  • Jigsaw marathon

  • Have you got an eye for a jigsaw? Challenge your friends to a speed jigsaw puzzle race. Get your friends and family to sponsor you too.

  • Joke-athon

  • Have your friends in stitches with a joke-athon. How long can you keep your friends laughing? If the jokes are really bad, make them pay a fee to leave.

  • Juggle-athon

  • With three, four or five balls how long can you keep them in the air? Challenge your friends too.

 

K

  • Kite flying

  • When the wind is right get those kites into the air. The kite that stays up the longest wins. Why not design your own kites and get sponsored too?

  • Karaoke

  • Impress your friends with your singing ability try out your favourite tunes. Pay per tune.

  • Knitting competition

  • How long is that scarf? Challenge your friends to a knit-off. You could sell or auction your work of art too.

  • Knobbly knees competition

  • Expose those knees who in your group of friends has the knobbliest knees? Pay to play.

 

L

  • Lonely coins collection

  • Find a coin in the street put it to good use and add it to a collection. Unsure what to do with those spare coins? Add them to your money box and turn your small change into a big difference.

  • Leapfrog

  • Have a leapfrog competition in your playground.

  • Line dancing

  • Friends and family can have hours of fun with a line dancing event. You could even organise a line dance-athon. Charge a fee to take part.

  • Line of coins

  • Set yourselves a challenge to see how long you can make your coin collection. Watch as it grows.

  • Litter picking

  • Get yourselves sponsored on a mass litter pick afternoon and look after the local environment too.

  • Loud tie day

  • Look to make a difference amongst your friends: see who can wear the most outrageous tie. You could even design your own tie. Only those who have paid to display can take part.

 

M

  • Magic show

  • Put your magical talents to good use and organise a show for all your friends. Remember to have an entry fee.

  • Matched giving

  • Double the money you raise fundraising by asking local businesses to support your cause!

  • Money boxes

  • Make your own, and collect your spare change – or have a classroom box.

  • Mile of coins

  • Set yourself the mile challenge – what is the longest distance you can reach with a line of coins? (Bronze, silver and gold categories)

  • Musical evening

  • Show off your talents and organise an evening of musical entertainment – from singing to playing instruments. Pay what you think it’s worth.

  • Mini Olympics

  • Test those budding Olympians and hold a mini Olympics. Pay to play.

 

N

  • Nominate a teacher – to have their legs, beard or head shaved.

  • Challenge a teacher / youth leader to have a shave or wax for a good cause. Remember to get sponsored too, or charge people a fee to watch it happen.

  • Non-Christmas card money raiser.

  • Fed up of sending out Christmas cards to people you sit next to? Ditch the cards and the money you save can go to Bradley’s Fight . You could also create one large Christmas card and get everyone to sign it.

  • Nature trail

  • Organise a nature trail, learn about your local flora and fauna and raise money too.

  • Nearly new sale

  • Outgrown those jeans? Only worn something once? Why not sell or swap your unwanted things with your friends? Pay £2 for each item you take.

  • Name the teddy

  • Does your mascot need a name? Charge your mates to come up with the most interesting suggestion. You could raffle the teddy at the end too.

  • Netball tournament

  • Challenge your friends, teachers or parish to a netball tournament. To add an air of interest, why not play your matches in fancy dress too? Remember its pay to play.

 

O

  • Obstacle course

  • Have fun with an obstacle course and get sponsored too.

  • Odd clothes day

  • Turn your non-uniform day into an odd clothes day mix up those socks and clash for cash.

  • Odd job Day

  • Charge a fee for all those odd jobs around the house that need doing.

 

P

  • Penalty shoot out

  • Show off your football skills in a sponsored shoot out.

  • Photo competitions

  • If you’re a budding photographer, hold a competition for interesting snaps. All entrants to pay a fee.

  • Pancake race

  • Hold your own pancake race challenge your friends and family.

  • Pin the tail on the donkey

  • Challenge your friends to a pin the tail on the donkey. Remember to blindfold them – and no cheating! Pay to play.

  • Pantomime

  • Putting on a pantomime? Why not take a collection for us as people leave?

  • Plant sale

  • For those with green fingers, sell your produce in a plant sale.

  • Poetry reading

  • Organise a poetry recital and invite your friends and family. Why not hold a themed poetry event, or use poems from your favourite poet? Set yourself the challenge of reciting your poem from memory. £1 per line the longer the poem the more you raise.

  • PTA coffee morning

  • Get the Mums and Dads to organise a coffee morning and why not make it a Fairtrade event too? You could combine it with a bring and buy sale.

 

Q

 

  • Quiet in the classroom – sponsored silence

  • Make your teacher happy by remaining quite for a few hours, or even a whole day. Remember to get sponsored too!

  • Quizzes

  • Hold a PTA or parish quiz night and raise money for us by charging per entrant.

 

R

  • Rich man poor man meal

  • Organise a simple lunch with a difference a small number of randomly chosen people get an upgrade from a simple lunch to a sit down meal. Help to demonstrate inequality in the world today.

  • Raffles

  • Get friends and family or local businesses to donate prizes and raffle them off.

  • Read-athon

  • How many books can you read over a short period of time? Get sponsored per page or, for fast readers, per book.

  • Relays

  • Organise a sponsored relay race. Add a bit of variety into the race and create an obstacle relay.

  • Rounders tournament

  • Challenge your friends and teachers to a rounders match. Remember it is pay to play.

  • Recipe swap

  • Interested in cooking? Why not set up a recipe swap? You can even share the produce you have made.

  • Rugby match

  • Challenge your friends and teachers to a rugby match. Each team pays to play.

 

S

  • Soak the priest/teacher

  • See if you can convince your priest, teachers or youth leaders to get in the stocks and get wet! Get people to pay per sponge.

  • Students vs. staff fancy dress tug of war

  • A fun way to compete with staff at school challenge them to a tug of war. Each team pays a fee.

  • Stalls

  • Set up a variety of stalls, from plants or cakes to recycled goods, and create your own mini £1 bazaar.

  • Salsa Dancing

  • Put on those dancing shoes and find a salsa partner and dance away for Bradley.

  • Staged events/performing arts

  • Thinking of putting on a show? Invite your friends and family and donate money from ticket sales to us. Get them to pay what they think its worth. You could even perform our very own play Degrees of Change, available to download from our website.

  • Swap shop

  • Tired of your clothes, toys and books? Then organise a swap shop and exchange the things you are bored of with something different.

  • Swishing

  • Admire a friends outfit then engage in a new craze of swapping unwanted clothes for someone else’s cast off’s. Make an evening of it with snacks and drinks, and ask for donations to join.

  • Spell-athon

  • Do you have a head for spelling? Then organise a spelling competition or spell-athon. Challenge yourself to a certain number of words – and why not get sponsored too?

  • Scrabble contest

  • Challenge your friends to a Scrabble competition. Each competitor pays to play.

  • Swim-athon

  • Swim the distance for Bradley. Get sponsored per length or per mile!

  • Shoe shine

  • Do a good deed for the day and offer your shoe shining services for a fee.

 

T

  • Talent contest

  • Hold a contest to showcase the talents of your friends and family! Organise a collection or charge at the door for entry.

  • 24 hour fast

  • How long do you usually go without eating? Why not give up something you really enjoy for 24 hours? Get sponsored too.

  • Tombola

  • Get friends and family to donate gifts and organise tombola. Only numbers ending in 0 or 5 will win a prize!

  • Treasure Hunt

  • Create a treasure hunt and challenge your friends to find what you have hidden. Pay to play.

  • Teddy bears picnic

  • Organise a teddy bears picnic and invite friends and family too.

  • Three legged race

  • Team up with a friend and challenge other pairs to a three legged race. To make it more fun, why not do it in fancy dress too? Each team pays to play.

U

  • Ugly face pulling competition

  • A prize for the most outrageous face – make sure you get photographic evidence! Each entrant pays to play.

  • Uniform free days

  • Ditch the uniform for a fee, and take the chance to wear something more casual.

 

V

  • Volleyball

  • Challenge your friends and teachers to a volleyball match. Remember, you pay to play.

 

W

  • Walk for Bradley

  • Organise a walk for Bradley and get sponsored too.

  • Welly throwing competition

  • Put your shot put skills to the test and see how far those wellies will go.

  • Walk-athon

  • Set yourself a goal and walk the world for us shorter distances are OK too!

  • Word search

  • Create a themed word search and challenge your friends and family. Remember to charge a fee.

  • World food day

  • Get together with friends and prepare and sell different dishes from around the world.

 

X

  • X-Factor Competition

 

Y

  • Yo-yo competition

  • Have you got a talent for yo-yoing? Then put your skill to good use and get sponsored.

  • Yodelling competition

  • If yodelling is your thing, then either get friends to pay you not to do it, or get sponsored instead!

 

Z

  • Zoo quiz

  • Create a zoological quiz and test your friends and family’s knowledge of the animal kingdom. Remember to charge a fee too.

  • Zany clothes day

  • Instead of a dress down day, dress up! Charge a fee and wear a zany costume that will brighten everyone’s day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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