Put the fun in FUNdraising!

First of all, we’d like to say a massive thank you for deciding to fundraise for PEAS. You’re helping to transform the lives of children in Uganda who will be able to go to secondary school because of the money you raise.

We've put some of our fundraising ideas below, but you can download our full fundraising pack here. Thank you!

The magic number: 130

When you’re fundraising for PEAS, there’s one important thing to remember – our schools are run sustainably and it costs just £130 to create a permanent place in a PEAS school.

That means £130 pay for a place in one of our schools and educates an African child year after year after year. If you raise £1300 you will have created 10 places in a school. Set yourself a target and see how many places you can pay for. And when you ask your friends and family to sponsor you – don’t forget to tell them.

Here are some fun, interesting, creative fundraising ideas and we have created a sponsorship form, which you can download here.

Please do get in touch with us if you get stuck or you’d like to discuss anything. We are here to help. We would also love to tell everyone of your fundraising by sharing your stories, experiences and successes on our website, Facebook pages and Twitter!

Some crazy (and less-crazy) ideas for fundraising events 

We also have a full fundraising pack available - just drop us a line and we'll happily send it over:

Bake sale

Ask your company, university or school if you can hold a bake sale to raise money. Then make some (preferably edible) cakes, position yourself conveniently and sell them to your hungry contemporaries at lunchtime. If you can’t be bothered to make cakes just buy them (no one will ever know…)

Pub quiz

This is always a really fun way to raise money. Design a fiendishly hard quiz, ask your local pub if you can hold it there and invite all your friends who pay £2 each to enter. Also ask the pub if they’ll provide free drinks to the winning team as a first prize.

  Wine tasting

 Ask a local wine merchant if they’ll run a free tasting session for you and charge your friends to attend. Alternatively hold a wine and cheese evening at your house – get everyone to bring a bottle and make a donation to PEAS. Try and make the evening pay for a place at a school.

Throw a dinner party

Invite 15 friends to dinner and charge £25 a head. See if you can really push it and raise enough for three school places. Or take the event one step further and organize a Murder* mystery dinner: this is really fun and there are loads of games to choose from on the Internet. Everyone can dress up in character - you can really create an exciting atmosphere for this!
* Please do not actually murder anyone...

Cracker eating competition

Line up your friends for a dry cracker eating competition and charge £2 to enter. Feel free to expand this to other food stuffs such as pickled eggs or chillies.

Frock swap

Organise a frock swap at a local venue. Charge £3 on the door, everyone brings the clothes that don’t fit them anymore and swap away. If you can get your hands on a nice vintage dress or handbag to auction during the swap, then all the better.

Hold a football tournament

Or indeed any kind of sports tournament. If you are a member of a sports club then you can do this. Alternatively, if you are a member of a gym, arrange a charity aerobics class where people can make a small donation to participate.

Charity gig

Think Live Aid. If you know anyone in a band or you’re cool enough to be in a band - organise a charity gig. The band performs for free, you charge £5 on the door. You’ll need to get a venue onside too for this one.

Mud wrestling

You won’t believe how much money people will pay to watch it.

Speed dating

This can be a big earner, although it takes a bit of organisation. To get started search ‘How to organise a speed dating event?’ on You Tube’ where you’ll find a suitably cheesy video explaining everything you need to know.

Car wash

Sorry, we don’t mean a 70s inspired dance-athon (although that’s not a bad idea). Instead, charge £5 to wash cars on your street (NB: people are much more likely to want their car washed if you are in fancy dress).

Guess how many sweets in the jar

That old chestnut, but people love it. Take a jar of sweets round your office and charge people £1.30 to guess how many – get a hundred people to guess and you’ve paid for one school place. If you can get the sweets donated – even better.

Pack your bags

This is a proven effective fundraiser. Ask your local supermarket if you can pack people’s bags for a donation to the cause. And you thought that Saturday job in Sainsbury’s was behind you… don’t stop until you’ve raised that magic £130.

Film night

Turn your living room house into a cinema, lay on some popcorn and charge people entry to see an old classic. Before you show the film, show a short film about PEAS which may even inspire some people to donate a little bit more.

Dry out

Give up drinking (or smoking) for a week and donate the money you save to your fundraising pot. 

Set up a tea stand

Everyone loves a good cup of tea. Why not set up a tea stand at your work or university and charge £1 for a cuppa. While people are waiting for the kettle to boil, tell them all about PEAS.

Office lottery

You need up to 49 people to play, with each person paying a pound per lottery number (1-49). If their number gets picked out of the hat, that person wins half the money and your fundraising pot gets the other half. Make this a weekly occurrence and watch the funds build up.

Pancake night

Who cares if it’s not Shrove Tuesday? Pancakes are cheap and easy to make, so charge your friends to come round and gorge themselves.

Girly night

(Boys you are obviously welcome to do this one too). Invite your girlfriends round, put some facemasks on, paint your nails and watch Dirty Dancing. Charge a £5 entry fee