Fundraising ideas

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We have a PTA meeting tonight, and trying to generate ideas for fundraising now most of the normal activities are cancelled (Tier 3 and cant imagine ever coming out at this rate!). Any ideas for 'events' or passive income streams (school does the lottery thing and Amazon smile)?? Thanks

Organise an advent window and sell maps?

Thanks for the idea. Anyone else??

We had tea towels made up from dc’s self portraits. Each year group on a t towel. Sell them for Christmas. Have a Christmas card competition. Get the winners printed and sell them. Ask for donations! Have a project in mind though. People don’t make donations to a pot of money with no target project. Set up a gift tree. Parents buy a ticket (On line) and dc take a gift off the tree. Some will be worth £x (Voucher at m&s for example) and others will be worth £0. You need to work out how to do this and make a profit - sales/gift cost ratio. It’s so difficult right now isn’t it!

Break the rules day is always a big money day for our school!
List of 10 rules to break for 50p each, with maximum of 5 rules each... Most do 5 so upto £2.50 per child.
There's such a build up to it an kids get so excited!

Re Christmas cards, some companies will print every child's masterpiece in small quantities for parents to buy. Teachers help by giving them an art lesson to create said masterpiece.

Our PTA has been running a Halloween trail round the local area - you could do a Christmas one. They buy an entry form, get a small prize for completing it and/or chance of winning a big prize. Can be done contact free anywhere where you're allowed to go for a walk.

Ah yes. There was a local Easter Egg Hunt. Except the “eggs” were drawings put up in the village. You could do find the Christmas drawing, Eg robins, bells, etc. Who finds the most wins (Child/parent has to note down where they have been found so not repeated) and there is an entry fee.

Register the school on Easy Fundraising. That way when you buy from lots of major retailers online (such as Marks & Spencer, Amazon, John Lewis, Waitrose etc), the school gets a % of the spend. Doesn't cost you, or the parents, anything - you just have to get parents to sign up to it. Now would be a very good time to do this, as I expect lots of people will be buying more stuff online at the moment.

Virtual competitions. Art, colouring, guess the magnified item. Identify the baby. Printable quiz sheets. Photography comp. Online nativity.
Charge one fee for several competitions to reduce work. The cost is to return an application not to print it out.

Thanks for all the ideas! Some good ones to get started with - like the idea of tea towels and trails with maps especially

Thanks for all the ideas! Some good ones to get started with - like the idea of tea towels and trails with maps especially