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Title: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: arsenal123 on April 15, 2014, 10:47:50 AM
We already have a couple of plans for this season to raise money for new nets (24 hour net, annual 6 a side, etc etc)

Any clubs had some very original ideas that raised a lot or new ideas?  Could probably do with a couple more events!
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: FattusCattus on April 15, 2014, 11:17:12 AM
'Cock in a Sock' calendar?
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: ProCricketer1982 on April 15, 2014, 11:24:48 AM
I think there was a thread along these lines last year if you do a search.

Anyway

Race night
casino night
100 club
bonus ball
raffle
fate
fireworks night
summer BBQ's after games/nets
Maybe do a 'player of the day' or 'cricket is the winner moment'.. everyone pays 50p a week to enter and if they get nominated they get a free drink or something random (as your bar can cough up a free drink for peanuts)
family days - so father vs sons or lefties vs righties, mums and daughters etc etc

loads of stuff. Good luck getting anyone to arrange it or even help though!
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: MD2812 on April 15, 2014, 11:32:42 AM
Quite easy to make yourself:

Make an excel sheet with 20 names on. (international players, football teams etc etc)

Sell the squares off a £1 or £2/square after a game. Then get the oppo captain to pick one of the squares out the hat, winner gets £5 or a free drink and the rest goes to the club. Might only make £15/game but over the season that  will equate to a couple of hundred pounds. And it's free to run if you borrow works printer.
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: BigBlueMachine on April 15, 2014, 11:43:35 AM
Sell the numbers from 00-99. Can sell for what ever price and whoever buys the number has it for the season. Then on a Saturday whatever the team score is the owner of the number wins a prize.

Eg final home team score is 176-9 then whoever has 76 wins.

Or you could combine the 1st and 2nd team score to ensure there's no cheating.

Could price each number at £10 which will give you £1000 then take out of that a reasonable prize (say 5 free drinks) which is worth the £10 investment and the club takes the rest.

20 games a season with a £10 prize each week is £200 giving £800 profit.
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: uknsaunders on April 15, 2014, 11:48:01 AM
Do a 100 club with each number costing £5 a month paid by dd. Monthly draw with 50% of the proceeds going in prizes and 50% returned as funds to the club.

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Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: MD2812 on April 15, 2014, 11:48:59 AM
Plenty of ideas on these links.

[url]http://www.livingsport.co.uk/club-development/fundraising-ideas/[/url] ([url]http://www.livingsport.co.uk/club-development/fundraising-ideas/[/url])



Fund raising idea 2:2 on that list: Doughnut eating competition.

If you go for that you might want to keep it quiet from this forum. I'd turn up and eat your club into debt! I doubt i'd be alone either.

Once had our rugby school manager force me to eat 11 Jam dougnuts cos he caught fat little me taking a 2nd. still love Jam doughnuts to this day!
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: Butterfingerz on April 15, 2014, 12:03:51 PM
with the world cup on the horizon why not have a score prediction within the club, winner takes 50% of the takings and the club has the rest. We raised over £200 for something quite easy to do and its £200 less than we'd have had if we'd done nothing!
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: Stuey on April 15, 2014, 12:30:35 PM
Buy a Ferrari, Aston etc say for £150,000, take it to your nearest airport and flog tickets for £100 each, sell 3,000 and you've doubled your cash ;)
Title: Re: Fund Raising Ideas
Post by: Elsi on April 16, 2014, 01:00:29 PM
Bingo and the 49 club are the biggest money makers for our club!