All budgets are getting stretched further and further in today’s economic climate, and it’s no different for schools, churches, home owner associations and other communities. In a previous newsletter, we suggested some FUN fund raising ideas to help raise funds for a playground upgrade - here are a few more to ease the strain on your budget.
Sell something to your stakeholders
Buy a shopping bag and print the handprints and names of all the children in the phase or do a calendar of photographs of activities the community has taken part in.
Sell something to the public
Products - bottled water at a local running/sport event, home-made Christmas biscuits or popcorn at a Christmas market.
Offer a service - gift-wrapping or car washing at a local shopping centre
Entertain people
Theatre performance – arrange your own performance using your own people or invite a local personality to perform at the local theatre and sell the tickets. They might even run an ad for your project on their social media.
The key to any successful fundraising initiative is promotion!
Promote via school and local business organisation newsletters
Ask the local paper or radio station to do an interview or send them a short write up – this should be free
Use your Facebook and website pages (or create new ones especially for your activity) and other social media platforms
Give yourself enough time to plan and above all promote like there’s no tomorrow!
Good luck with your fundraising initiatives and
check out our playground systems
when you have the funds for your new playground!