Give a Child a Chance needs to get our message out to the wider community. The objective: to raise our charity’s profile so we can do even more for Plymouth children suffering mental health problems.

This is where you come in. Maybe you can help us to organise an event, complete a fundraising activity for us or perhaps you know of a local business keen to sponsor a newsworthy community project.

Whatever you can offer, whether that is by way of your time, fundraising ideas or maybe you have some skills you would like to offer for free, we would love to hear from you.

If you can help out in any way, please contact us on giveachildachance@sky.com

 

Fundraising ideas

Fundraising is a great opportunity to involve your family and friends in exciting, fun-filled activities.

Here are just a few suggestions to get you started…

Here are just some of the events we have run recently: Summer fetes, cake sale/ coffee mornings, sporting events and challenges, a charity ball, a pub quiz night and  a table top sale.

Things you could do yourself:

  • Got a big mouth? See if people will pay you to keep it closed all day!
  • Hold a heated pasty debate in your local town hall/community centre. Which are better – Cornish or Devon pasties? Who really invented them? Blind tastings, granny’s recipes. A big bake off? Charge people to come to the show.
  • Guess the baby competition with photos of your work colleagues as babies.
  • There is always bathing in a bath of beans. Some people enjoy this. Maybe that someone is you?
  • Walk the neighbours’ dogs, donate the proceeds.
  • Wash the whole street’s cars, donate the proceeds.
  • Do a marathon on the spot. You can do it in your own home on a running machine. Better still, do it in a public space, shopping centre etc and take donations while you run. (You will need permission first).
  • Walk The Tamar to its source (get people to sponsor you to do it, of course).
  • Get your mates together for a 5-a-side tournament. Charge friends and family to watch.
  • Hold a car boot sale. Either do your own stall, or set up a whole sale and charge rent to other stallholders. All rent money can go to GACAC.
  • Hold an 80s fashion show.
  • Get your boss to donate a day’s salary, answer the phones all day and learn how to do the filing.
  • Have a karaoke evening and get people to pay to join in, or pay you not to sing.
  • Guess how many xxx in a jar or letters in a document.
  • Do a sponsored egg throwing competition (perfect for Easter).
Media Tools