Top fundraising ideas

Knowing where to begin can seem daunting, but our tips will get you started and make your fundraising a success.

There are lots of fun and easy ways to fundraise. Our great ideas will inspire you whatever your fundraising goal.

Get asking

• Creating an online sponsorship page is quick and easy. Tell everyone about it using your email signature, Facebook and Twitter. 
• Do a public collection with a few friends. You could even do it in fancy dress!
• Ask for sponsorship donations instead of birthday presents.

Host an event

• Host a dinner party and ask for donations from guests.
• Organise a swimathon, aerobathon, sponsored silence or even beard shaving.
• Organising a sports day is a great way to get pulses racing. We've prepared a step-by-step guide to help you.
• Hold a quiz night and get teams to enter and drum up some competition!
• Organise an evening event or big bash, such as a dinner dance, barn dance or black tie ball. A raffle and table collections will help boost funds too.
• Arrange a non-uniform day at school, and get pupils to donate a pound to wear their own clothes.
• Invite friends and family to a BBQ, and play party games or organise a raffle to raise funds.
• Hold a cricket match or 5-a-side football tournament and charge for entry and post-match refreshments. You could pit staff, clients, departments or neighbours against each other! Organise a treasure hunt and charge £25 per car to enter.
• Run a sweepstake for big sporting events like the Grand National or Wimbledon. 
• Hosting a a raffle can be quick, easy and fun, but there are legal implications to consider.
• Whatever you do you can decorate your venue with BHF balloons and stickers, to show people that all proceeds go to the BHF.

Work for donations

• Wash your neighbours' cars in return for donations. 
• Spend a day bag packing at your local supermarket.
• Offer a spring cleaning service for a month – clean up 5 of your friends' and families' homes for a donation
• Provide a taxi service for friends - this could be popular during the festive period.

Sell to raise funds

• Arrange a book swap – everyone brings an old book to donate and takes away a new one for a small donation.
• Make greetings cards and sell them to friends, family or even at craft fairs.
• Organise a healthy cake sale at work, at school or for friends. We have a range of recipe ideas, and even heart patterned cup cake holders in our online shop.  

Need more ideas or materials?

For more help or ideas with your fundraising, or to request fundraising materials such as balloons, stickers or collection tins, please call 0845 130 8663.