Going on a Sports Tour is great fun but to make it more accessible to all players in your Sports Club it doesn’t hurt to reduce the cost through fundraising. Fundraising activities can also be a great teambuilding exercise, because everyone in your sports club is working together to raise money for your sports tour. It is best not to rely on fundraising to pay for the basics of your trip, but anything extra that you have from your efforts can pay for some brilliant extras.
Here are our top 6 tried and tested ways to fundraise for your sports club:
1. Cashback.
Collecting cashback on your online purchases is a great way to fundraise throughout the year for your tour(s). You can collect cashback at an individual level through any cashback sites. Each purchase attracts a varying percentage of cashback and cash-out is subject to a minimum amount. You could ask your players to use this method and cash-out their cashback to donate back to your sports club. It’s a bit complicated so if there is a few of you it may be easier to collectively save at club level through tourlegends.com . The entire sports club and all supporters can get involved to raise cashback for their online purchases. All cashback received is pooled into a club kitty which makes it easier to reach the minimum amount required to cash-out.
2. Parties and events
Organise a party or a sports event and charge people to attend. Think out of the box for a suitable party theme – perhaps related to your sports tour destination? At the party sell sweets, (vodka) jellies, lottery tickets, music requests and so on to make some extra cash.
3. Competitions
Unusual competitions are often best for attracting both sponsors and publicity, so be creative! Some ideas: fancy dress football, welly throwing, bus pulling etc. Re-enacting popular TV shows is also a great crowd pleaser!
4. Sale
Request contributions from within your sports club and sell items at a carboot sale / jumble sale or make it more specific and take on a book sale, white elephant sale, bake sale etc.
5. Services
Provide services within your sports club or to the community at a small charge. Think carwash, ‘bob-a-job’ odd jobs at a small charge, packing bags at the supermarket, gardening and so on.
6. Sponsored activities
Traditional sponsored activities work well: fun run, bike or swim-athon. To attract more participants and sponsors think out of the box and inject some fun such as a yoga marathon, aerobic marathon, pram dash etc. Also explore getting sponsorship for dares: wear something silly, eat / drink something unusual, attempt something silly…your imagination is the limit!
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Here are our top 6 tried and tested ways to fundraise for your sports club:
1. Cashback.
Collecting cashback on your online purchases is a great way to fundraise throughout the year for your tour(s). You can collect cashback at an individual level through any cashback sites. Each purchase attracts a varying percentage of cashback and cash-out is subject to a minimum amount. You could ask your players to use this method and cash-out their cashback to donate back to your sports club. It’s a bit complicated so if there is a few of you it may be easier to collectively save at club level through tourlegends.com . The entire sports club and all supporters can get involved to raise cashback for their online purchases. All cashback received is pooled into a club kitty which makes it easier to reach the minimum amount required to cash-out.
2. Parties and events
Organise a party or a sports event and charge people to attend. Think out of the box for a suitable party theme – perhaps related to your sports tour destination? At the party sell sweets, (vodka) jellies, lottery tickets, music requests and so on to make some extra cash.
3. Competitions
Unusual competitions are often best for attracting both sponsors and publicity, so be creative! Some ideas: fancy dress football, welly throwing, bus pulling etc. Re-enacting popular TV shows is also a great crowd pleaser!
4. Sale
Request contributions from within your sports club and sell items at a carboot sale / jumble sale or make it more specific and take on a book sale, white elephant sale, bake sale etc.
5. Services
Provide services within your sports club or to the community at a small charge. Think carwash, ‘bob-a-job’ odd jobs at a small charge, packing bags at the supermarket, gardening and so on.
6. Sponsored activities
Traditional sponsored activities work well: fun run, bike or swim-athon. To attract more participants and sponsors think out of the box and inject some fun such as a yoga marathon, aerobic marathon, pram dash etc. Also explore getting sponsorship for dares: wear something silly, eat / drink something unusual, attempt something silly…your imagination is the limit!
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