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Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 10-30-2006, 17:34
You can do absolutely anything to raise funds on Justgiving, from running a marathon to sitting in a bath of baked beans. The only limit is your imagination!

Here are a stack of great ideas for fundraising challenges. Click on the links to see example pages.


Get sponsored to:

  • Run
  • Walk
  • Cycle
  • Swim 
  • Climb 
  • Drive
  • Trek
  • Row
  • Skydive
  • Parachute jump
  • Abseil
  • Hang Glide
  • Have your head shaved
  • Fast
  • Give up smoking / drinking / chocolate / fast food / anything for Lent
  • Lose weight
  • Get fit

Ask for donations to your favourite charity instead of presents for:

  • Birthdays
  • Weddings
  • Wedding anniversaries
  • Christmas / Easter / Diwali / Eid / Hanukkah


Set up a fundraising page to:

  • Raise funds for a personal appeal
  • Collect donations for charity in honour of your favourite celebrity’s birthday
  • Raise money in memory of someone
     

Weird and wonderful:

  • Grow a moustache
  • Have your beard shaved off
  • Live in a ditch for a year
  • Change your name by deed poll
  • Bounce your boobies
  • Have your legs waxed
  • Have a full body wax
  • Ride rollercoasters
  • Stage a football match between Heroes and Villains
  • Bare your breasts
  • Break out of prison
  • Dive with sharks
  • Walk on fire
  • Drive a tuk tuk from Bangkok to Brighton
  • Put your pet on a diet
  • Build a house
  • Break the DJ Marathon World Record
  • Sit in a bath of maggots
  • Have a botox treatment
  • Writeathon
  • Gunge your boss
  • Swordathon
  • Danceathon
  • Taekwondo spar-athon
  • Eat chilli
  • Knit
  • Sit in a bath of baked beans
  • Spend the night in a haunted house
  • Be blindfolded for a day
  • Host a 24-hour live web chat
  • Write poems
  • Play fancy dress netball
  • Do absolutely nothing

What have we missed? Post a reply with your ideas for fundraising challenges.



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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


julycaz 10-31-2006, 18:03

Hey James,

Thanks for the great ideas.I have decided to give up chocolate for a month ( including all chocolate products/drinks) to try and raise money for Cancer Research UK.

My daughters and husband are supporting me and so are most of the people I know but a few (my brother included) have said I should do it for at least three months.He just wants to torture me!!!

The challenge was chosen because I am one of those people who are addicted to chocolate inthe same way as some are to smoking,drinking etc,so this is going to be a real test of my willpower amongst other things.

I AM DETERMINED TO DO IT THOUGH AND WILL KEEP PEOPLE UPDATED VIA MY PAGE:

http://www.justgiving.com/cazfox

Thanks again for the ideas.There are a couple more on your list that I may well do too.

Caz

Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 11-01-2006, 9:47
That's a great idea, Caz. Do keep us posted with your progress!

James.





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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 11-08-2006, 16:01
Added to the above top fundraising ideas today...

Sit in a bath of maggots (see the JG Blog for details)
Build a house
Have a full body wax

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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 11-16-2006, 15:06
Well, it seems Children In Need has inspired you to undertake more fantastic non-athon challenges than ever before. A whole host of new entries added today to the Weird and Wonderful category above:

Have a botox treatment (no, really Surprise [:O])

Writeathon

Gunge your boss
 
Swordathon (eek!)

Danceathon

Taekwondo spar-athon

Eat chilli (yum....owww!)

Knit

Sit in a bath of baked beans


Spotted any other wacky challenges? Let us know by posting here.


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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 11-21-2006, 11:59
Yet more fab non-athons added above:

Spend the night in a haunted house

Be blindfolded for a day

Host a 24-hour live web chat



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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 12-04-2006, 11:41
and more...

Write poems

Play fancy dress netball

Do absolutely nothing


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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


julycaz 01-05-2007, 17:36
Hi again James, Happy New Year.
Just a quick update:

I am now nearing the end of my first week without chocolate and it has been a lot harder than I thought.
My wonderful (ahem cough cough....) daughters and husband have been sitting in front of me stuffing their faces with all sorts of chocolatey things.I have managed to resist all attempts to break my willpower so far and I am quite proud of it.I have gone from AT LEAST 2 family bars a day to absolutely nothing.
Still at least the shakes have stopped now.The only problem is I have now developed a craving for toffees of all things.Funny...I couldn't stand them before.
Still have managed to raise #110 online and don't know yet howmuch offline.Will update page as son as I have a rough idea

Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 01-08-2007, 10:19
Hey Julycaz,

Congrats on getting this far. Hang in there!

James.


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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


James - UK Bungee 02-05-2007, 15:54

Hi James

Don't know whether you mentioned Bungee Jumping, i'm the events manager for UK Bungee and we have a lot of fixed dates for bungee jumps all over the UK for 2007. For dates and information on charity jumping please see

www.ukbungee.co.uk

or e-mail me direct and i'll send you out details on jumping for charity

james@ukbungee.co.uk

regards

James

   

Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


StarGet 02-17-2007, 19:36
I really like the idea of writing poetry for people. Does anyone mind if I use that idea?
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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 02-19-2007, 9:07
It's an ideas free-for-all on here StarGet, so go for it.

Let us know how you get on!

James.


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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


lein 03-23-2007, 13:39
This is something I saw somewhere else on the web: Auction a cow. If possible, get a farmer to lend you a real cow. Sell tickets to put SOMEONE ELSE's name in a hat. These tickets could be 5 pounds. Then sell the privilege of having your name taken OUT of the hat before the draw for 10 pounds. Great in combination with a quiz night or other event! Just make sure you have a prize nobody wants to win...

What I did: I organised a virtual tea party. With most of my friends in Holland, were this type of fundraising is not very common, I sent them all two invitations (one to give away) including a teabag and explanation (running the marathon for charity, web address, bank account). Then invited them to enjoy a cup of tea at a specific date wherever they were in the knowledge that I and lots of others would be doing the same thing. I made clear that donations were voluntary but much appreciated and suggested a minimum of 5 pounds. It worked! Got people's attention and sponsorship!

Lein

www.justgiving.com/lein

Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


james@justgiving 03-23-2007, 15:43
Auction a cow...genius!




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Re: Great ideas for fundraising challenges


sanil 03-23-2007, 19:10
hi,

i have started raising money for the wellchild charity for the london marathon.

one of my contacts have donated 50 pounds to the wellchild online directly by mistake instead of  going through my just giving page.

can i have it directed to my page


thankyou,

sanil

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