Our A-Z of fundraising ideas
We rely on your donations.
We could not keep doing the work we do to support Gurkhas in Nepal without the support of kind and loyal people such as yourselves.
Fundraising for The Gurkha Welfare Trust can be as simple or as challenging as you want it to be. Whether it’s holding a party, jumping out of a plane, or walking 100 kilometres, there is always something you can do. Our staff will be here to help you any way they can. If you have any questions at all about how to fundraise or raise awareness for our cause, then please get in touch.
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You could hold an Auction of prizes or promises. This could be a silent auction, online, in your office, at home, or at an event
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Play a game of Bingo where people donate to play
Try spending the day Bag Packing at your local supermarket
Hold a Bake Sale and eat your way to your fundraising goal
Black Tie events are a great way to entertain clients or colleagues and raise lots of money in the process!
Sell unwanted Books through webuybooks.co.uk
You could hold a Bring and Buy Sale to sell some of your unwanted items
Spend the day Busking
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Hold a Car Wash and raise some money by cleaning cars
If you are Celebrating a birthday or anniversary, then why not ask friends and family to donate instead of buying you a gift? This is great at Christmas too
Hold a Concert and raise money through ticket sales and bucket collections
Hold a Curry Club and sample some traditional Nepali food
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Hold a drinks evening
Why not have a Dress-down Day, where everyone pays a pound to join in
And you can always just Donate!
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Ebay your unwanted items and choose a percentage of your profits to donate to us
Send an Email to all your contacts; you never know who might want to show their support
Exercise challenges are a great way to raise money. You can do a sponsored walk, swim, run, skipathon, climb… the list is endless!
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Fair and Fetes open up loads of fundraising possibilities
Hold a Fancy Dress competition
Start a Fantasy Football team
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Sign up to Give As You Live
Donate your unwanted car through Giveacar
Hold a Golf Day– your local golf club may even allow you to do this free of charge
Start a Guess the… Competition and see if you can guess whose baby photo belongs to which member of staff, how many sweets are in the jar or the name of the teddy
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Why not have a sweepstake on the Horse Races
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Use your Imagination and create your own fundraising ideas
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Have a prize for the best Joke in the office, with a donation to enter the competition, or bet on which joke will be the favourite
Hold a Jumble Sale and get rid of some of those unwanted things around the house or office
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Have a Karaoke night
Hold a Knitathon and raise sponsorship money or sell the goods you make
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Why not have a club together for a Lottery ticket, or create your own lottery
Hold a Lunch for all the staff to enjoy, with each person bringing a dish and paying a few pounds to join in
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Run a Marathon
Talk to your local Media to drum up some extra support
Hold a Movie Night where everyone who comes donates
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Visit Nepal and trek through the hills for sponsorship
Have a Night In and donate the money you would have spent going out
Hold a Night Walk to raise some money
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Promote your fundraising Online
Hold an Open Day at your work and collect donations
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Hold a Picnic and collect some funds
Have a Pyjama day at the office
Throw a Party and donate the ticket fees or hold a collection
Have a Photograph competition
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Quit something for a day, week or month and get sponsored
Hold a Quiz night
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Hold a Raffle
Try to be a World Record Breaker
Get in touch with the Recycling Factory and raise money through your rubbish
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Try and do a sponsored Silence
Raise money through doing a Skydive
Take part in a Sports challenge, or hold a company sports day
Bring in your unwanted clothes and hold an item Swap, making a donation for the items you take home
Try ShareGift. A unique charity which specialises in accepting donations of shares.
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Enter a team into Trailwalker 100km challenge
Hold a Tea Party
Organise a Treasure Hunt
Have a Themed event or day at the office
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Try something Unusual and raise some money in the process
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Take part in a sponsored Walk
Hold a Wine Tasting evening
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Hold your own X-Factor competition
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Have a ‘Yes-day’ where you have to say yes to everything!
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Arrange a Zumba day