Fundraising Ideas
Looking for ideas and inspiration for your fundraiser? Look no further!
Check out our A-Z fundraising ideas list below, from car-boot sales to lemonade stands to everything in between.
If you would like to take on a fundraiser for St Vincent De Paul, please contact us on fundraising@svp.ie or call 01 884 8200.
Or if you are ready to start fundraising now, set up your fundraising page here: Fundraising form | St. Vincent de Paul - Ireland | SVP
Here is a list of fundraising ideas that you, your friends, family, club, workplace, school or college could organise.
- Antique Fairs
- Art Exhibitions
- Athletic tournament
- ‘A-thons’
- Auctions (silent or live)
- Award ceremony
- Bad Tie day
- Bag Packing
- Bake sale
- Barn Dance
- BBQ
- Beard Shaving
- Bingo
- Blind Date
- Breakfast event
- Bungee Jumping
- Battle of the bands
- Book sale
- Cake sale
- Car boot sale
- Car Wash
- Carol Singing
- Casino night
- Casual day at work/school
- Children’s sports day
- Christmas Day Swim
- Church gate Collection
- Coffee mornings
- Coin collections – fill a container or cover a street for SVP
- Community Clean up - could be sponsored by residents/businesses
- Concert
- Carnival
- Cooking class
- Craft workshop
- Dance-a-thon
- Dinner Party
- Disco
- Dog Walking
- Donations in lieu of presents
- Duck Race - Sell numbered rubber ducks and race them down a stream
- Donor matching campaign
- Dodgeball tournament
- Egg & Spoon Race
- Embarrass the management/teacher
- Exercise Bike Marathon - set a target distance and work in shifts
- Exhibitions
- Expeditions
- Escape room challenge
- E-gaming tournament
- Eco challenge
- Expert workshop
- Egg hunt
- Fancy dress
- Fashion show
- Fasting
- Festivals
- Fifty-fifty raffle (half money goes to prize, the other half to SVP.)
- Fine box
- Five-a-Side Sporting Event
- Football tournament
- Fun run
- Food truck rally
- Flash mob fundraiser
- Flea market
- Face painting booth
- Garden party
- Gigs
- Girls V Boys Day / Event
- Give up something for Lent and get it sponsored!
- Golf Tournament
- Guess the Height / Weight / Amount etc
- Garage sale
- Gift wrapping service
- Gala dinner
- Games night
- Halloween fancy dress
- Head and beard shaving
- Hill Walking / Running
- Human Chain
- Hair braiding/styling booth
- Indoor Football Tournament
- Indoor Games Night
- Inter School Debate
- Internet challenge (social media trend)
- Interactive webinar
- International food festival
- In memory event
- Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge
- Joke Competition
- Juggling Challenge
- Jazz night
- Jewelry sale
- Jump rope challenge
- Jog-a-thon
- Karaoke
- Knitting Challenge
- Kris Kindle
- Kite flying festival
- Knitting fundraiser
- Lawn mowing
- Leg Waxing
- Litter Collection - sponsored per item/black sack
- Local Pub Quiz
- Lottery
- Lunch and learn
- Lemonade stand
- Live streaming event
- Make-Up makeover!
- Marathon - get fit and run a marathon and get people/businesses to sponsor you
- Matched giving from companies for employees
- Mountain climbing
- Murder mystery dinner
- Movie night
- Mini-Olympics
- Market stall
- New Year’s Eve party
- Night In - Donate the money you would have spent on a night out
- No Vices for a day (smoking/chocolate etc.)
- No uniform day
- Networking event
- Nature trail challenge
- Obstacle Course
- Odd Clothes Day
- Odd Jobs
- Oiche Gaelach - Irish Night (Can be done for any nationality)
- Open mic night
- Pancake breakfast
- Parachute Jumps
- Pave your street with coins
- Payroll deduction
- Penalty Shoot-out
- Personalised Items - T-shirts, Mugs etc.
- Pet Show
- Pram Race - do not include the babies!
- Puppet show
- Quiz Night - General Knowledge or themed
- Quirky costume contest
- Race Night
- Raffle
- Rag weeks
- Read-a-thon
- Role Reversal Day
- Run/walk-a-thon
- Restaurant partnership night (percentage of sales donated)
- Recycle for cash donations
- Shave heads/legs/backs
- Silent auction
- Sleep-out
- Sponsored anything - cycle, walk, run, swim, silence etc
- Sports day
- Street collections - You will need a Garda permit
- Street party
- Swear box
- Sweepstakes
- Spelling bee
- Summer camp
- Social media challenge
- Talent show
- Tea party
- Tennis tournament
- Themed evening/event
- Treks
- Tug-o-war
- Tournaments (chess, poker, board gamed, etc.)
- University Challenge
- Unwanted Christmas Gifts Sale
- Used Book Sale
- Ugly jumper party
- Useful skill workshop (language, coding, budgeting, etc.)
- Valentine’s Day event - Sell off dates with people
- Valentine's Disco
- Valet Services
- Variety Show (sketches, song, dance, readings)
- Video game tournament
- Vendors/Craft fairs
- Vintage clothes sale
- Virtual run/walk
- Window cleaning
- Wear Wellies
- World record beating attempt
- Wine tasting event
- Webinar series
- Xmas Pantomime
- X-factor style contest
- Yard Cleaning
- Your own thing!
- Yoga class
- Yearbook sale
- Zany Ideas
- Zoo Trips
- Zebra Party - Black and White Theme
- Zzzzz – a sponsored sleep/stay awake
- Zumba class
- Zipline challenge
- Zodiac reading booth
