You may however wish to pursue your own FUNdraising scheme on our behalf and we welcome your FUNdraising ideas.

If you are short of inspiration here are some ideas that may provide the spark:

A
Abseil, Aerobics Challenge, Afternoon Tea, Arm Wrestling, Art Auction, Art Exhibition, Assault Course, Auction of Promises

B
Grand Ball, Baby Contest: guess who! Ask people for photos of themselves as babies, Balloon Race, Barbeque, Barn Dance, Baseball or Basketball contest, Bingo, Book Club, Biscuits: bake, sell and eat, Booksales, Bowling Competition, Bric-a-Brac, Bring & Buy Sale

C
Cabaret Night, Themed Calendar, Cake Decorating, Cake Sales, Call my Bluff, Car Washing, Card Night, Collection Box: at home or work, every penny counts, Carnivals: get involved, Carol Singing: in the local shopping centre, Ceilidh, Cheese and Wine Evening: guess the wines, Choirs, Choral Concert, Christmas events, Church Collection, Cinema night, Classical Concert, Clubs, Coffee Morning, Collecting tin in shops, dentists etc., Comedy Evening, Concerts, Country theme: food, decoration, literature, music and dress, Craft Sale, Cricket Test, Cycling

D
Darts Night, Dances, Dance a thon, Diet, Disco Dinner: Drama night, Dress Down Day, Driving Lessons, Daring stunts, Duck race

E
Easter Egg Hunt, Email: tell everyone about your event, tell them to pass it on!, Employers Matched Donation: double your donation, Exotic Cookery

F
Fancy Dress: party, at work or school, Fashion Show, Festivals and Fairs: get involved locally, Fantasy Football League, Five-a-side Football, Flower Arranging: give lessons or charge for your services, Fell walking

G
Garage Sale, Garden Party, Gig, Give it up: and be sponsored, Go-Karting, Golfing Competition, Guess: how many sweets in the jar, what you're eating blindfolded

H
Hairdressing: give your services at a local event, Haunted House Part, Hide and Seek, High Tea, Home-made sale: clothes, food, crafts

I
Ice cream night, In Memoriam, Ice skating

J
Jazz Night, Jewellery Sale: make it from anything!, Juggling, Jumble Sale

K
Karaoke Night: pay not to take part!, Knitting, Knobbly Knees: guess whose are in the photo or run a competition

L
Lent: give something up for Think Ahead, Literary Evening, Local Events, Ladies Lunch for ThinkAhead, Lunchtime learning: hold a class in yoga, art, dance?

M
Moonlight Walk, Marathon, Market sale, Massage, Model Boats: build it and race it, Murder Mystery Meal, Music Event

N
Night on the tiles, Nearly new sale, No event is too small: all you need is imagination!

O
Open Garden, Orienteering

P
Paint Balling, Party: themed, fancy dress, garden, Christmas or just have a party, Photography: organise an exhibition or take and sell snaps at a local event, Picnic: garden, park. Plant Sale: to sell at events or put a sign in your front garden, Poetry Reading, Pub Quiz: ask your local pubs to make a donation or organise a pub quiz for them

Q
Quiet night in. popcorn, an old film, and donations, Quasar Night, Quiz: pub and others

R
Raffle, Rag Week: make friends with the committee and get involved, Remember a Loved One, Refreshments: have a stall at a local event, place of worship etc. Rubber Duck Race: tag the ducks and watch them go down the river, Rotary Club: excellent local fundraisers and full of ideas, Running: from marathons, to fun runs

S
Skydive, Sales, Schools: organise events at your school, or local schools, School Sports: you don't need to be still at school, you just need a park and a whistle! Scrabble Evening, Second Hand sale: books, course books, CDs etc, Shave: hair, beard, teacher, self and get sponsored, Slave Auction: everyone has a skill, offer yours to the highest bidder, Snooker Tournament, maybe at a local club, Sponsored events: walk, silence, spell, run, bike, parachute, crawl, wheelbarrow. Stalls, Stop smoking and donate what you save, or get sponsored to succeed, Story Telling True or False: tell some whoppers, Strawberry Tea, Street Theatre, Summer Lunch, Swear Box, Swim-a-thon

T
Taxi: drive your chums around for a reasonable charge, Tea morning: if you don't like coffee, Teach: flower arranging, swimming, driving, yoga. Ten Pin Bowling night, Theatre/Cinema Collection, Theatre Night: put on your own production, Themed event: pick a country, an era, a decade etc. Three Legged / Egg and Spoon Races, Treasure Hunt, Tug of War: gloves and a rope and you're all set, Twenty Four Hours: can you last?

U
Unwanted gifts sale: ask around, especially after Christmas, email all your colleagues: and resell them to different colleagues!

V
Victorian Evening: dress up and have fun

W
Walk, Water Bucket Carry: organise teams and see who's the best at racing. Weddings: Wedding anniversary parties: for if you already have everything you need. Window Cleaning, Wine and Wisdom Quiz Evening, Wine Tasting / Wine and Cheese: invite an expert and charge admission. Women’s Institute: a wealth of information about fundraising. Workplace collection: perhaps on payday each month, Workplace sale: books, lunches.

X
Xmas events: markets, make decorations, cards, throw a party, Xmas Cards: make them or sell Think Ahead Cards

Y
Yoga event, Yes/No game, Wear Yellow, Yodelling competition!

Z
Zip-wire, Zany ideas, Zest and energy for a lot of fun!

At Think Ahead, we are happy to help you make the most of your fundraising scheme on behalf of the group. So please get in touch.

If you can make a difference then please give Alan a ring on 01942 824 888 or email aa@think-ahead.org.uk as soon as possible.