A-Z of fundraising ideas

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Our A to Z is inspired by some of the weird and wonderful fundraising activities that our supporters have delighted us with over the years!

If you have any ideas to add to our list, or if you'd like to fundraise for the MS Trust please email fundraising@mstrust.org.uk or call us on 01462 536007.

Our top fundraising activities

With fundraising, the possibilities are endless! It can be difficult to choice. Here are 3 of our top ideas:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

  • Abseil - set the bar high and conquer a fear of heights
  • Afternoon tea - host a quintessential British afternoon tea  
  • Anniversary celebration 
  • Auction/ Auction of promises - auction off items donated from local businesses or your utilise your skill-set offering a cocktail making class or guitar lessons

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B

  • Be Bold in Blue
  • Bag packing - extend a helping hand by providing a bag-packing service at your local supermarket
  • Book swap - create a book swap for friends, family and neighbours, encouraging a donation with each exchanged book
  • Bingo - organise a lively bingo night in the village hall, selling entry tickets to raise money
  • Barbeque party - host a summer BBQ, inviting loved ones in exchange for charitable contributions
  • Ball - for a grander affair, consider organising a fundraising ball
  • Birthday celebration
  • Boxing - organising a captivating white-collar boxing event, generating funds through ticket sales
  • Ben Nevis Trek

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C

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D

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E

  • eBay for Charity
  • Eurovision party
  • Eighties night
  • Easter egg hunt
  • Exercise bike challenge

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F

  • Fantasy football
  • Fashion show
  • Football tournament
  • Fancy dress party

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G

  • Gift Aid
  • Golf day
  • Garden party
  • Guess the baby photo/number of sweets in the jar etc.
  • Go-karting
  • Grass cutting
  • Gig night
  • Gift wrapping
  • Garage sale
  • Give up alcohol or chocolate for 1 month
  • Grow a beard or moustache
  • Great North Run

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H

  • Head shave
  • Halloween party
  • Happy hour
  • Hen night 
  • Harry Potter party

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I

  • It's a knockout
  • Ice skating
  • Ironman
  • International dinner party

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J

  • Jazz night
  • Jumble sale
  • Jewellery making
  • Jeans day at work
  • Junk food challenge (give it up for a week!)
  • Juggle-a-thon
  • Jump in June

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K

  • Kick a bad habit
  • Karaoke night
  • Kids colouring competition
  • Knit-a-thon
  • Keep fit class
  • Kilimanjaro trek

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L

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M

  • Murder mystery
  • Masked ball
  • Matched giving by employer
  • May Day celebration
  • Makeover day
  • Mountain climb
  • Miles for MS

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N

  • New Year's resolution
  • Non-uniform day
  • Name the teddy
  • No TV/social media for a week
  • Nineties party

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O

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P

  • Plant sale
  • Pantomime
  • Pub games
  • Pool party
  • Paintballing
  • Pub crawl
  • Pogo stick hopathon
  • Pool tournament
  • Pyjama party
  • Parachute jump

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Q

  • Quiz night
  • Quit smoking
  • Quilt auction
  • QI night
  • Quidditch game
  • Quad bike racing

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R

  • Raffle
  • Rock'n'roll night
  • Running
  • Race night
  • Read-a-thon
  • Rowing challenge
  • Regatta
  • Record breaking attempt
  • Recipe swap
  • Ride London

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S

  • Saucony London 10k
  • Skiing and snowboarding challenge
  • Street party
  • Summer ball
  • Sailing
  • Skydive
  • Silent auction
  • Strawberry tea
  • Salsa night
  • Swear box
  • Sports day
  • Sponsored silence
  • Sweepstake
  • Supermarket collection
  • Sudoku competition
  • Space hopper race
  • School fete
  • Student fundraising
  • Sahara Trek

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T

  • Tribute band night
  • Talent competition
  • Teddy bear's picnic
  • Treasure hunt
  • Tug of war
  • Triathlon
  • Tombola
  • Throw a wet sponge at your boss
  • Trivial Pursuit night
  • Toy stall
  • Three legged race
  • Team building
  • Tuck shop at school/work
  • Treadmill challenge
  • Three Peaks Challenge

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V

  • Valentine's day ball
  • Vegetable sale
  • Village fete
  • Video game night
  • Variety show
  • Vietnam to Cambodia Cycle Challenge

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W

  • Wedding celebration
  • Wine tasting evening
  • Welly throwing
  • Wimbledon party
  • Wall of shame (vote for the most embarrassing photo!)
  • Whisky tasting
  • White water rafting
  • Wear a wig to work day

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X

  • Xmas fayre
  • Xmas ball
  • X-box Game-athon

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Y

  • Yachting
  • Yo-yo challenge
  • Yoga

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Z

  • Zumba-thon
  • Zorbing
  • Zoo party
  • Zany clothes day
  • Zero to Hero Boxing Challenge
  • Zip wire

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