fundraising in an after school club???
 

Hi i am thinking of doing some fundraising within my after school club. Not sure what to do though as we are only there for 2 hours a day, was thinking maybe a cook book,or something along those lines.
Not really sure where to start with it all....how much is a reasonable price to sell them at?
Or does anyone have any other ideas i could do???
Thanks

This needs to be handled carefully. Parents already pay for their child to attend the club? and in my experience some aren't happy about contributioning to fundraising.

Hiya, it is possible you could encounter some negative or neutral feedback from parents/carers and staff.

Cook books are fab, if you have the time to organise and police/risk assess them I'd say most definitely go for it you could settle on a price based on cost - if giving your time freely use the printing expense and paper/materials as a guide xx.

Alongside this you could also offer parents the choice on how you approach different types of fundraising.

Maybe send out a questionnaire listing a selection of options - eg a 'We're thinking of fundraising survey, what would you enjoy supporting': Sponsor the staff, sponsor the children, collect coins/items at home, buy raffle tickets, send in money for buying fundraising items, call in to purchase fundraising items, attend a larger fundraising event, provide fundraising items - add a section for suggestions & if possible promote that it's an anonymous feedback survey/request form.

From there you could guage possible responses to the activities you're looking at. It's also possible to look at what you're fundraising for, if its a specific item maybe see if anyone knows where it could be sourced & obtained without setting up a fundraising cause for it.

This is heaps more than you've asked for sorry but to support an activity that you may have to raise funds for - to use an example, how about planning a chocolate trail for Easter/Spring, if you have any links with local stores would they consider sponsoring a donation of chocolate bars? the children could then 'treasure hunt indoors or outdoors for them? - the only care with this are thoughts and feelings surrounding possible requests or invitations from/for the business to supply advertising materials with the donation/sponsorship.

Or hand participation over to parents - Send out activity sheets that can be returned by a deadline with an entry fee - eg: Draw/stick whiskers on a cat, the most whiskers wins a small prize? Spot the difference - correct entries all put into a hat and a winner drawn - Support your childrens rights and mention that by not returning the sheets, if Children don't want to do them doesn't mean you won't accept a donation of the entry monies - make it known how much parent's support means to you. Question to explore, more urgently if you're asked 'Can someone enter the final draw if they pay a fee but do not supply a completed sheet'

Hope this helps a little xx

we did a cake sale like they do at schools....each parent was given a paper plate with a short message saying we are doing a cake sale on..date at..place...if you would like to contribute please fill the plate with cakes bought or made with a list of ingredients and return to..staff by ..date
we had really good feedback, sold the cakes for between 5p-20p or £1 for a whole cake and we raised nearly £200

Hi
 

We do fundraising all the time, but keep it small. We do quizes for £1 to take part and give a small prize, bingo with the parents charging for tickets 50p a book and the children organise it all. For easter we ask if anyone can donate the prize and then have a raffle, £1 a ticket. We also got the children to do a canvas painting and made a huge gallery inviting everyone for cheese and biscuits then sold them to the parents for between £3 and £5 for assorted sizes which covers everyones pocket. We then got the parents to do a painting and displayed it on the parents gallery and sold them to the highest bidder. That was a lot of hard work but very successful. Good Luck.