Ideas for charity fundraising at work
If you're short of inspiration on how to raise money for Woodlands, then get inspired by doing something different. Whether fundraising individually, or part of a team, there is something for everyone no matter how big the organisation, or how many fundraisers are participating.
Get inspired...
Workplace exercise challenges
Spend half of your lunch hour for a whole week doing an exercise challenge. Whether it is how many steps you can take around the local area, or how many flights of stairs you can walk in the office. An easy way to raise money, and get some exercise with people sponsoring you for how many flights, or how many thousand steps you take.
Foodie fundraising
If you or your colleagues have some culinary skills, why not organise a monthly food related treat? You could have international themed days, or just bake cakes or other treats to sell. You could simply ask anyone participating for a donation, or even have a set fee per meal / treat.
Discover hidden talents!
Does your workplace have a secret magician, musician, or comedian to do a performance? Or maybe you can get enough for a lunchtime talent show! Simply sell tickets for the event to raise funds & buy a prize for the winner, or pay enough to guilt trip them into performing!
Fundraising with fashion
Raise funds by having dressed themed days once a month. These could be animal related, era related (come dressed as teenage you!), or something daft like the worst taste clothes from your wardrobe. Participants pay to dress down for the day with funds raised going to the sanctuary with some set aside for a worst/ best prize
Take up a challenge
Are you, or one of your colleagues, someone who tests themselves through partaking in tough mudder, extreme sports, skydiving etc or someone that just loves a new challenge and the adrenaline rush? Take up a challenge, and face new fears to raise funds and awareness for animals who have faced a lifetime of uncertainty.
Coin collecting challenges
Can you collect the weight of an average sized goat in coins? How many pringles cans can you fill with coins in a month? Who collects the heaviest weight or highest value? Coin collecting challenges are a great and easy way to raise funds, and your challenge can be adapted to measure and match your products dimensions or weight - we can help you with this so get in touch!
Gaming competitions
Bring a console into work and have a lunchtime challenge/ tournament over a month. Provide seedings or handicaps according to experience and see who your work gaming champ is. Adaptable to run each month with different challenges over all genres so whether you’re into esports, platform games, shoot em ups, or whatever - it’s fun for all
Quizzes
Either in the office, or online via video call, a quiz is a great way to have some competitive fun for a great cause. Choose general knowledge, or specialists subject rounds. You could even run your own version of Would I lie to you where team members have to convince colleagues about a true or made up fact. Contestants pay to play with some kept aside for a prize.
Give 10 minutes of your salary
With the average full time job requiring around 8,800 minutes of your time each month can you give up just 10 minutes of this in salary as a regular donation? If not, then how about 5 minutes? How about if all of your colleagues did this? A small gesture in high volume will make a massive difference - and is an easy way to save against other more time consuming fundraising activities
Sweepstakes
How many sweets are in the jar? How many balloons can you fit in the cab of a forklift? Who is winning the next big race or football competition? Sweepstakes are an easy way to raise funds tailored to your business, and make for brilliant monthly initiatives.
Key benefits of employee fundraising
- Builds engagement & relationships amongst colleagues in ways that you don’t normally get at work.
- Opens up sides of colleague’s character that you don’t otherwise discover in the workplace.
- Provides a sense of achievement and pride in contributing towards other’s wellness.
- Builds camaraderie and respect, and encourages creativity through participation.
- Mental health benefits through contributing towards more vulnerable in society & provides a sense of purpose.
- Making happy animals that live rewarding and loving lives that they wouldn’t otherwise have.
How your fundraising will help...
Grazing and bedding
A small bale of hay to be used as food or bedding for our goats, donkey or ponies costs £5 per bale. How many bales would you like to raise funds to buy?
Spaying & Neutering
Spaying is crucial in stopping unwanted litters, and helps alleviate unnecessary pressures on rescue centres like ours. At a minimum cost of £60 per spay / neuter how many cats can you help?
Vaccinations
Before they can be rehomed our kittens require two vaccinations at a total cost of £40 per kitten. How many kittens would you like to vaccinate?
Microchipping
Every cat and kitten rescued or raised by Woodlands is microchipped. Each one costs £15. How many cats could your fundraising microchip?
Pen maintenance
Can you help to fund purchases of animal friendly paint to help ensure our animals live in a safe, stimulating, and maintained environment?
Emergency vet bills
Most of our rescues come to us as a result of neglect. This often means they need veterinary intervention. These treatments and bills can often run into thousands of pounds!! Your support will help us to build funds for these unfortunate, rainy, days