[manian]

i'm in the middle of fundraising for a charity trek, for our local hospital.
the things to go for are those with little effort and big rewards,
have you a registered charity number.
the biggest fund raisers so far are bed push around town (@£600) for 2 1/2 hours
quiz night £800 (charge entry fee to pub/club incl food, £5 per team for quiz and have raffle)
also local football club; ask to stand outside(on their ground) with collection tins again alot of money for little expenditure
good luck

[plumseverywhere]

I co-founded a charity for women with postnatal illness a few years back. we desperately needed start up funds and organised a sponsored ghost night! it was really unusual and lots of fun and we raised £3,500 in sponsorship money. we did it through frightnights I think it was.

we also did a huge family fun day but that too loads of organising and was very stressful.

[ellied]

If you run a coffee morning with cakes in Fife let me know and I'll see about coming if there is diesel in the car and it is a place I can get to easily

I was thinking of volunteering to help a dog charity locally by walking dogs occasionally to get them out of pens and have some company without cost occasionally, but can't find any that want that kind of help on an occasional basis - not sure Rotties would be my first venture into walking strange dogs tho until I'm fitter/stronger..

But what about a sponsored dog walk?  Bring your own dog or borrow one and get a lovely socialisation and access to somewhere you wouldn't normally be allowed - local estate, big house, nature reserve, once round the loch that kind of thing, and coffee morning in parallel for afters and/or non-walking friends to wait..  Maybe the local dog agility club might let you arrange a try it out with your pet session for fun too?

[CameronS]

A sponsered dog waks a good idea, might have to get on the phone  some local estates etx, thanks for the ideas folks, lots to think about