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Afternoon Tea: Tea and homemade cakes. Entertain your guests with music, raffles, auctions and tombolas. Art exhibition: Stage an exhibition for local artists. Charge entrance fee and also ask for commission on sales. As/Nearly New Sale: Ask everyone you know for unwanted belongings and hold a sale. Auction of Services: Auction services of people and local businesses. Auction: Auction off unwanted items, taking a percentage of sales. Beer Festival: LOcal and international beers, food and music. Bingo: Hold a one-off evening or regular morning sessions. Board Games Evening: Invite friends over to play old favourites like Scrabble, Monopoly, Cluedo etc. Charge entrance or game fee. Boat Trips: Organise a cruise along a local river or canal. Ticket price to include refreshments and entertainment. Book Sale: Collect and sell old, or unwanted books. Sell leftover stock to a dealer. Bridge Tournament: Teams pay to enter. Car boot sale: Collect and sell items, or sell pitches. Raise more with bouncy castles, raffles, etc. Casino evening: Hire gaming tables and a hall for the evening. Sell tickets and refreshments. Charity ball: Organise a themed ball with live music or a DJ. Charge for tickets and boost your takings with an auction, raffle or games. Classic car show: Classic car and bike shows can be great crowd pullers and fantastic fundraisers. Coach trips: Organise coach trips to popular tourist destinations eg. Blackpool, London, Chelsea Flower Show etc. Sell tickets and hold a raffle. Coffee morning: Raise more with raffles, bring and buy sales and cake stalls. Concerts: Hold your own recital or hire some local musicians. Cookery demo: Invite some chefs to share their recipes with a ticket-paying audience. Craft Fair: a range of handcrafted items for sale such as handmade cards, woodturned gifts, crocheted or knitted garments, mosaic gifts etc. Dance: Organise a Barn dance, tea dance, disco dances salsa dance - there are many more to choose from. Darts tournament: Challenge all the pub teams in the area to compete for a cash prize or trophy. Dinner and cabaret: Hire a popular restaurant. Entertain ticket holders with a varied bill of live music, comedy and magic. Disco: Hire a DJ to stage a themed disco night. Fashion show: Ask businesses for sponsorship. Charge admission and arrange commission on sales. Fete/Fair: Popular for Christmas or Summer - stalls, refreshment and activities. Film evening: Hold a themed evening e.g. horror, vintage or classic cinema, musicals, spaghetti western etc. Fireworks: Firework displays are massive fundraisers. Check out safety precautions. Flower show: Very popular - can boost funds with plant sales, competitions, advice corners and side stalls. Furniture sale: Hire a large hall to sell donated furniture and old office equipment. Game show night: Host mock version of Play Your Cards Right, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, The Weakest Link etc. Garage sale: Sell off all your unwanted belongings. Garden party: Sell tickets or ask guests for a donation. Glamorous Granny Competition: Charge contestants to enter, and ask local companies to donate prizes. Invite the local press Guest speaker: Invite a guest speaker and sell admission tickets. Guided tours: Take tourists and visitors on locally guided walks or trips. Household sale: Sell off all your unwanted belongings. Indoor market: Rent out stalls to local traders, or take a percentage of sales on the day. Jailbreak: Teams are left in the middle of nowhere. Without money or transport. The winning team get back to base first. Charge entrance fees and offer prizes. Karaoke: All you need is a machine, a room and a well-stocked bar. Ladies’ Indulgence/Pamper Evening: Mini-treatments such as manicures, aromatherapy, massage etc. alongside stalls such as jewellery, cosmetics etc. Medieval evening: Themed evening of medieval food, jousting and entertainment. Murder Mystery Night: Dinner and role play. Nature trail: Offer guided walks to natural beauty spots. Open garden: Open your garden to visitors. Sell tickets, refreshments, plants and vegetables. Opera night: Hold an opera evening in your area, or arrange a trip to see a big London production. Paintballing: Organise paintballing events at locally run centres. Players pay to enter. Pantomime: Your chance to play the ugly sister. Stage a production with friends, family and colleagues. Parties: Pick a venue and a theme. Sell tickets and charge for food and drink. Plant sale: Sell donated plants or rent out pitches to sellers. Play, Musical or Pantomime: Stage a production with friends, family and colleagues. Race night: The race is run on a large screen after all bets have been taken. A typical race night consists of eight races. Props and film can be supplied by race operators. Ramble: Organise a country walk, possibly with a theme e.g. fancy dress, three legged, Easter), and charge for entry and refreshments. Safari supper: Travel from venue to venue having a different course at each stop. Scavenger hunt: Variation on the treasure hunt where participants have a list of items to collect. Shopping Evening: Popular before Christmas. Stallholders selling gifts, books, toys, clothes, cards, jewellery, cosmetics, food and drink etc. Skittles: Make an evening event out of this traditional pub game. Swap shop: Everyone brings along something unwanted to swap. Charge for entry. Tabletop Sale: Charge a table fee and everyone fills a table with everything they want to sell. Talent Show/competition: Hold your own talent show. Charge entry and offer prizes. Teddy Bear’s Picnic: Basically a picnic where everyone brings a bear! Attractions such as a bouncy castle and toy stalls etc can boost funds. Ten-pin bowling: Bowling alleys often have special rates for big groups and charity evenings. Themed Evening: Agree a theme e.g. Mexican/Hawaiian and arrange music and food to suit. Toy sale: In the run up to Christmas, toy sales can be big fundraisers. Treasure hunt: Teams compete against each other to discover the 'treasure'. Unwanted Gift Sale: Ask for donations of gifts and then hold a sale. Wine and cheese: Ask supermarkets to donate the wine and cheese. Sell tickets, and produce to take away. Wine tasting: Hold tasting sessions for wine companies. Charge commission on wine sold. Arrange a raffle.
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