SPONSORSHIP IDEAS
Sing (songs or carols)
Sponsorship could be according to the
number of songs, the length of time or the number of participants: alternatively,
you could ask people to "buy" their favourite song.
Read (books or poems)
The task must be quantifiable: number
of books read, number of
pages of a particularly difficult book,
or perhaps (for young children) the time spent reading IN SILENCE!
Swim
Your local pool may be happy to participate,
and they would then look after the safety requirements, but take care to
ensure that enough lifeguards and helpers for tired swimmers are available.
Sponsor by number of lengths or by time in the water, letting the less athletic
into the honours.
Spell, tables, problems
The good old Tables can be fun this
way, but finding solutions to x mathematical problems in y minutes may sit
more comfortably with other work, and is more easily geared to the differing
abilities of individuals.
Run, walk, climb
By distance, time or level of difficulty.
As ever, great care must be taken with sponsored feats of endurance.
Build
If you have something which needs to
be built, combine it with a fundraising event: sponsorship by the brick or
board, by the foot, or by the length of time spent.
Treasure Hunt
A simple theme with lots of variations:
a big course with maps to read, participation on foot or by bike : or a collection
of everyday items to be stuck to a card with sticky tape. How many things
CAN be fitted into a Swan Vestas matchbox?
Paper chase, clean up
Sponsorship by the volume of rubbish
collected or by the time spent in an activity which is in itself worthwhile.
Mufti day
How much will your children pay to
do without school uniform for the day? More to the point, how much would they
pay to see their teachers in school uniform?
Sport Skills
Penalties, Darts, Snooker and other
marathon events. Any one of these could be sponsored in itself, but how about
a multi-sports event? An objective standard needs to be set for each sport,
and points awarded for achieving or getting close to that standard.
Sponsorship by the number of points
or by the number of standards achieved. (eg a standard for football might
be to dribble through a 10 yard slalom in 45 seconds, and put three balls
out of five in an empty net from 15 yards. Standards depend on ages, experience
and local conditions).
Parachute jump
There are several centres where training
and jump facilities can be arranged, with special rates for charity jumps
: however, it is still quite expensive, and you need to be keen to do it.
The money you raise would not be worth the frayed nerves otherwise!
Sunflower growing
Much more my scene! Sponsor by the
foot, and no risk to life or limb!
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