Whatever your chosen sport, ensure that donations to your club keep coming in with fundraising idea from our sports club section. Need money for your football club, rugby club, hockey club, or swimming club? We know that clubs of all kinds need to foot the bill for everything from general running costs to new kit and that many could not survive without on-going fundraising activities.
- Signed Giveaways – Whether your local team is in the premiership or in a lower division, signed shirts, balls and pictures always do well in raffles and auctions. Hint – Ask for sealed bids for high value items to ramp up your fundraising potential.
- Collection Tins – Boost your fundraising and collect change that people do not want to carry around with them by putting out collection tins in hard-to-miss locations in the clubhouse or bar. Hint – Put your QR code on the collection tin to accept bank to bank mobile payments from your dornors who just need to scan the QR code to make a donation straight to your bank account.
- Pay Per View – Team up with your local pub or clubhouse and charge a small fee to watch the game. You could even ask the pub to donate a small proportion of their takings if you help to pack the place out.
- Sell Your Old Kit - Sell unwanted kit online with Ebay or simply let people know what’s available on a WhatsApp group or your team Facebook page. Make safety a priority by setting clear protocol for delivering/collecting items, such as ensuring people have someone with them if they have people coming to collect items in person or arranging to meet a seller/buyer in a public place.
- Quiz Nights - These work well either in a physical venue or on an online platform via an app such as Zoom. You can build the quiz using a questions from here. Charge an entry fee per team or per person (so that larger teams pay more) by sending a QR code by email so you get paid in advance Hint - Encourage people to get creative by offering a prize for the best team name and generate additional funds by holding a raffle on the night.
- Raffles – Easy to organise and perennially popular, a raffle is a great way to generate extra funds for your club, especially if you can get some really good prizes. Ask around the club for prize donations and speak to local businesses too - you’d be surprised many people would want to win a free MOT from the local garage, a beauty treatment from the local salon or a voucher for a local shop. Hint - Take advantage of half time and sell tickets to spectators waiting for the second half to start.
- Beat the Keeper – Appeal to people’s competitive natures by pitting their skills against your best club keeper. Offer prizes for the most successful challenger and for the most dramatic goal celebration. Hint - If your club caters for a range of ages, increase the number of people who take part by running separate competitions for each age group.
- 5-a-Side Tournament – Not everyone can handle a 90-minute game, so include more people by holding a 5-a-side at your local ground. You can charge per team entry using our scannable QR codes to receive cashless payments and supplement your income by selling refreshments to those cheering from the sidelines.
- Take Part in a Local Event – Encourage club members to sign up for a 10k run or half marathon, as organised events are a great way to get sponsorship for taking on a challenge. Hint - Do this as a group challenge and generate some healthy competition, offering small prizes for the club member who gets the fastest time and the one who can raises the most sponsorship money.
- Tip Donation – Ask your local pub or restaurant to donate a proportion of the tips they receive over a given weekend. Provide an incentive for them to do this by publicising their generosity on your website and social media pages and encouraging people to book a table or pay a visit for a drink that weekend. Hint – Ask your local restaurant or pub to put your QR code on their menu so all diners have to do is scan the code to donate!
- Register as a Community Amateur Sports Club with HMRC– bolster all your donations by 25% with Gift Aid by using our system which automatically reclaims the Gift Aid from HMRC with no effort from you. Think of all that paperwork you don’t have to do!
- Silent Disco – No noise complaints from the neighbours and everyone gets to be their own DJ. If your music selection is large enough, your event will appeal to a broad cross section of people and you can boost your income on the night by serving refreshments to weary dancers. Hint - Equipment for the event can be hired, so make sure you charge enough to cover the costs of the hire when selling tickets.
- Hold a Games Night – Bring people together to eat, drink and play their favourite games. You can run it like a pool tournament, where the winner stays at the table each time and you offer a prize for the overall champion of each game at the end of the night. Alternatively, it can just be a fun evening of friendly competition. Hint - If you are offering prizes, ask local businesses to donate these to your cause. If you host the evening in a pub, restaurant or café, ask for a proportion of the takings in exchange for advertising the event and bringing in the crowds.
- Girls or Lads Night In – Staying in is the new going out! Host drinks, a casual dinner or a film marathon at your home and donate the money you would have spent on a night out to your club. Guests can bring their own food and drink and - if you’re feeling brave and the neighbours won’t mind - you could even throw a bit of karaoke into the mix.
- Battle of the Bands – If your local community is bursting with musical talent you could pit the groups against each other in a battle of the bands evening. Advertise your event online and in the local press and raise additional funds by charging an entry fee with your unique QR code at the door and remember by using an Evershare.io QR code you will capture the donor data too.
- Zumbathon – Get everyone wearing dance gear in your club colours and bring everyone together for a fundraising zumba class. Novices and enthusiasts alike will love the chance to let their hair down, get their hips moving and raise money at the same time. Hint - Team up with a local zumba teacher who can lead the event and ask them if they are willing to donate a prize of free classes to the most enthusiastic participant.
- Any of the above ideas can be enhanced with our data capturing QR codes which allow