Ideas for corporate fundraising events

• Auction. Be careful with auctions, as they can be very boring. Try silent auctions or auctioning well-targeted prizes for that specific market.
• Guess the baby. In-house competition to guess whom the baby is out of the management. This can have a small entry fee and perhaps a prize (donated preferably from the company or their suppliers). If the company has a social club they may also be able to help.
• Bingo evening. Use this as part of an evening do.
• Busking. Perhaps there are musicians within the company that would create a band and busk for a week somewhere in the company to promote either an event you are going to run or simply for small donations. Again this is high profile for the charity.
• Sports events. Any event that can create competition between departments or sponsorship possibilities. For example, some companies promote membership to a sports club and you may be able to negotiate something there. After all it is also a great opportunity to raise the profile of the sports club.
• Selling items. The company may allow you to sell items in-house or if you can create a special t-shirt (perhaps signed by someone famous and exclusive to that particular company). Try to find a way to take orders first before putting in large orders. Make sure the price reflects the quality. Perhaps make the t-shirt a way to enter a competition at a later date.
• Carol concerts. Some companies will organise carol concerts. If you have celebrity participation within your organisation this is an ideal time to ask the celebrity to do a reading. The collection money could be yours! Also if you run your own concert this offers an opportunity to invite more people, although if you have not developed a specific rapport with that company, it is unlikely people will come unless it is either in a special place or has a particular celebrity they would like to bring along. Don't forget children at carol concerts as this often draws people in (this could either be in terms of a children's choir, or inviting parents and children to the concert. This can prove popular as the mother brings the child in and joins the father after work to go to a carol concert).
• Christmas cards. Sold within the company. Also if you can persuade the company to take on your own Christmas card as their Christmas card, this will boost sales. There are a couple of well organised Xmas card companies who provide brochures that can be sent out to your own list (simple and easy to use). See the Resources Centre.
• Raffle. Not recommend more than once a year. Don't choose Christmas for this, remember Easter, Valentines, the four seasons, etc.
• Second hand books. Selecting a time of year when people bring the old books in and they are sold during lunch hour with proceeds to the charity.
• Swear box. Always good for the office.
• Wine tasting night. Bringing in sponsors for this event, charging a small fee and taking a percentage of anything sold. This can be done for any other ideas you may have.

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