FUNDRAISING – Quick and easy
In for a penny... A loose change collection makes a simple one-off fundraiser. Nobody likes a purse full of coppers, but put a pile of them together and you’re schools run a coin trail (see p35), where you collect change and see how long a line you can make – others have created a large image of the school logo out of coppers. Other popular options include a be a good one to run in conjunction with sports day. Bulk-buy bottled water, giving each pupil a bottle with a message or poem asking for a date for bottles to be returned, them up. Apparently a 500ml bottle can hold up to £8-worth of change! Feel like giving more of a treat? £12-worth. Encourage children to do chores over the half term or Easter break to earn their 20p pieces!
Hair-raising fundraising As simple-to-organise events go, it doesn’t get much easier than a non-uniform day! But why not avoid giving teachers the worry of managing pupils sporting dangerous footwear or exposed midriffs by running a ‘mad hair’ day instead? Charge pupils £1 to show off their a suitable date with the school and prepare a letter to be sent home to parents. Run it in March as a ‘mad March hair’ day (bunny ears optional)!
A circus event is surprisingly easy to organise, yet offers great fundraising potential
100 Club A 100 Club is a form of school lottery with a pre-set amount of numbered lottery tickets. Each month, your their number. Each numbered ticket is entered into a monthly draw. The with the rest going to PTA funds. Given the nature of a 100 Club, this can easily be set up and run by a busy working parent with the monthly draw being conducted by the Headteacher in assembly and payments arranged by the PTA Treasurer.
Up to scratch Charity scratchcards are cheap to buy and easy to distribute. There are a number of themes you can choose, with football being especially popular. Family, friends and neighbours pay £1 to write their name against their chosen team. Completed cards and money are then returned to school. The silver panel is scratched off to reveal the winning team, and half of the money collected from each card is returned to the pupil to pass on bought for less than 10p a card. If there are 40 teams listed, your fundraising potential per card is £39.90... multiply this by the number of pupils at your school and you can see how this could be a great earner!
Big on entertainment! Events such as magic shows, pantomimes or a circus promise to be a spectacle of enjoyment and wonder, so surely they’re a nightmare to organise? You may be surprised to discover that the suppliers actually organise practically the entire event for you – they set up, perform and pack up, and some even supply marketing materials! This means that all you need to do is book a date, liaise with the school to agree hall hire (or access to outdoor space for a circus big top), and sell tickets. As most of this can be done by phone calls, with tickets sold through online portals, these events can be a great use of one person doing one thing a year. or more for a magic show and over £1,000 for a circus, so for very little school community. Read our guide to circuses at
pta.co.uk/events.
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For more quick and easy fundraising ideas, and step- by-step guides to running a variety of different events, visit
pta.co.uk/easy-earners.
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