Still stuck for ideas?
Auction of promises
Put your services up for sale to the highest bidder. E.g. you might agree to make tea for a week for someone in the office who is prepared to make a hefty donation to the charity
Barbeque/dinner evening
Invite a big group of friends or family around and charge them for the pleasure of eating your burnt offerings!
Battle of the bands
Organise a battle of the bands competition with the entrance fee going to charity.
Bingo night
Young or old everyone can enjoy a traditional bingo evening
Boat party
Organise a day or night on a boat with all profits going to your fundraising efforts.
Book sale
Ask friends, family and colleagues to donate all the old books they have for sale
Cake bake
Put those culinary skills to good use and make some money from them by selling your produce at your place of work.
Car boot sale
Junk or family heirlooms there is always plenty of stuff lying around your house that you just don’t need. Why not put it altogether and make some money from it.
Carol singing
Put your vocal chords to the test in the season of good will. We can send you out a collecting can/bucket.
Car washing
Family members, neighbours or friends, there are plenty of cars out there and they nearly always need washing!
Coffee morning
Make loads of coffee, invite over all your friends and get them to make a donation for the occasion.
Collecting cans
Place them in as many friendly locations as you can.
Computer games competition
Get a group of friends together who like playing computer games. Charge an entrance fee to play and then give half of the money collected to the winner and the other half to the charity.
Darts/Pool competition
Easily organised in your local pub. Everyone pays to enter with a proportion or maybe the entire total entrance fee going to your fundraising efforts.
Dog walking
Someone you know too busy to take their dog for a walk? Offer to do it for them and make some money for charity whilst getting a bit of exercise yourself.
Do or dare
Dare your friends to do something, if they decline make them pay!
Dress down day
Organise a dress down (or up!) day at work or colleague and make everyone pay £1, £2 or £5 for the privilege!
Drinks party
Invite your friends over, mix up some cocktails and get them to pay for the privilege
Duck Race
Buy a load of rubber ducks, find a river nearby (that you’ve got permission to use), sell the ducks to the public and the winner gets a price of your choice. The cash goes to Seafarers UK.
Fancy Dress Party
Find a venue, charge an admission fee for entrance and let the fun begin.
Fantasy casino evening
People buy chips to play and instead of winning money they win donated prizes. Great fun and if there is drink involved, there will the potential for you to collect a lot of money!
Fast for a day
Get your friends/colleagues to miss out on lunch for a day and donate the money they’ve saved.
Film premiere
Bring a touch of Hollywood to your local town by putting on a film premiere at your local cinema for friends and family.
Football tournament
A friendly kick-about or feisty grudge match… either way people’s entrance fees can go towards your efforts.
Fun run
Get sponsored to do one of the many fun runs around the country and get fit while you’re doing it.
Give up chocolate/alcohol/cigarettes
Deny yourself a vice and make some money for the fund.
Golf tournament
Want to put on your very own Ryder Cup. Contact your local golf club for details of how you can play golf while raising money.
Head shave
Feeling Brave? Need a trim? People will be only too keen to sponsor you to see your golden locks cut off.
Holiday for sale
Ask your generous employer offer the chance for employees to buy an extra day’s holiday. All proceeds from the sale to go to Seafarers UK.
House sitting
Know someone who’s going away for a while? Why not offer to keep an eye on their house for a donation to Seafarers UK.
Karaoke evenings
Are you the next Robbie Williams or Kylie Minogue? Put on a karaoke evening in your local pub and show the world you’re a star
New Year resolution pledges
Convince your work colleagues to make New Year pledges and state that they have to pay you £5 every time they break the pledge. Watch the money roll in!
Office sports day
Is your office looking for a collective day out? Why not put on a sports day? Loads of fun, it will help with people’s fitness and you may even get your boss to sponsor it
Original art sale
Do you know the new Picasso? Ask everyone you know to produce a piece of art and then hold an auction for everyone’s work.
Quizzes
Everyone loves a good quiz, people will pay to enter and as long as you organise it well you can raise a lot of money.
School runs
Helping out friends and help save the environment by offering to take other people children to school… for a fee of course!
Shopping delivery service
There will be plenty of people within your local community who would appreciate your assistance in doing their shopping for them and will gladly offer you money for the service
Sponsored silence
Know a friend or a work colleague that won’t keep quiet? Maybe you like to talk without stopping? There will be plenty of people who will happily offer money for some peace and quiet!
Supermarket bagging
Offer your services to the local supermarket and encourage the shoppers to donate some of their change to Seafarers UK in exchange for help with the bagging.
Swear box
Work can be a stressful environment. There’s no reason why you cannot benefit from this though. Put a swear box in your office and watch the money roll in… especially on a Monday morning!
Sweep stake
Almost all sporting events lend themselves to a sweep stake at work or with friends and family. Whoever wins gets half the prize with the other half going to you.
Talent show
Down the pub or in the park on a sunny afternoon, if you can find people willing to display a ‘talent’ of theirs people might pay to see it…
Team lunch
Get together with some colleagues, each pay £5 and you use a percentage of the money to buy lunch for everyone (cooking it if necessary). The money saved can go to your fundraising pot.
Throw a pie at your boss
Unfortunately you will need your boss to agree to this! If he does agree then there is potential to make a great deal of money!!
Traffic light party
Wear Red, it means you are attached, wear Green it means you are available and if you wear Amber it means you are attached but may still be interested! A fun idea for a flirtatious party which you charge an entrance fee for people to attend.
Treasure hunt
For children of all ages! Set a series of clues which finally leads to the treasure. Set a fee to take part.
Wine tasting evening
Ask wine stores and clubs to donate wine for an evening of high culture and flavoursome delight. A set fee should be requested for attendance.