Fundraisers

DB Cooper 23

My local club is currently in the process of planning fundraisers for the year and we could do with some fresh ideas. What sort of events does your club run? Popular events in our area are:

Strictly come dancing
Take me out (other themed game shows)
Boxing night
Last man standing
The biggest loser

All of which are good events but every club has done them and we would like to try something different. What do you suggest?

macadam

Come Dine with me!!
You need 20+ homes to each host 10 for a dinner everyone pays €20 to the club they all vote on their hosts and the winning hosts receive €500, a few clubs I know collect all the participants by mini bus and finish the night in the clubrooms with music and a raffle and the winner is announced etc very easy to raise 4/5 grand.

DB Cooper 23

We already did come dine with me last year with moderate success

Jarjohn

Darts exhibition with pro player. Get 20 players to raise €50+ each on sponsorship cards which will cover cost of player plus extra. Then sell tickets to event at say €10 each and have raffle on night. With sponsorship etc should raise 2-3k handy

macadam

DB Cooper 23 wrote: »

We already did come dine with me last year with moderate success

How did ye run it coz its a no brainer if ran like above.

rpurfield

Ive seen a few supporters clubs of soccer teams from england invtite former players of said club over for a q&a session, generally called a legends evening.I reckon this sort of thing involving former gaelic legends would work.have two or three of your former county players down maybe even expand it further afield well liked greats from other counties.

Mardy Bum

Strictly raised over 30k at my local club.

Saint_Mel

Not a big earner at all but for the pure novelty factor some Garrycastle supporters done a sponsored car push on Saturday.
A gang of them pushed a car painted in the club colours from Garrycastle to Moate.

DB Cooper 23

We raised about £5,000 with Come dine with me, we were aiming for £10,000 but couldn't get enough people to take part.

I like the idea of the darts exhibition, it would be something different for our area and could generate a bit of interest.

Mardy bum, how did you raise £30,000? That's an incredible amount of money. That is our total fundraising target for the year.

Mardy Bum

If you can get everything sponsored its possible plus ticket sales. The hotel sponsored the event with the location. A programme was made with €100 a page for an ad and 50 for a half page. The contestants would want to be very popular people who you know will draw a crowd from around the county. Picking the contestants right is nearly the most important thing. It actually raised 40k in total after expenses.

Local_Chap

Two clubs in Kilkenny ran a boxing night last weekend. Im not sure of the finer details but I have a fair idea!

Two clubs(minimum 10 lads from each club if possible)

They had a company who helped set it up at a cost of €7,500. The company helped set up the ring, train the lads who are doing the boxing, referees,judges, models at the end of each round and insurance. (They probably helped out in other ways too!)

Each person who is boxing to try and get sponsorship of €200 each. (20*200= €4,000)

Entry into the boxing is €20. This particular event had 900 in attendance (20*900 = €18,000)

Sell a Programme of the fights and details about each fighter for €2. Then €100 a page for an ad in the programme.

Boxers come into the ring with there own entrance music.

A bar was set up with all proceeds going to the 2 clubs aswel.

In total both clubs raised €10,000 each

Aswel as raising money,its a grat way to get lads fit at the start of the season.

theoneeyedman

Local_Chap wrote: »

Two clubs in Kilkenny ran a boxing night last weekend. Im not sure of the finer details but I have a fair idea!

Two clubs(minimum 10 lads from each club if possible)

They had a company who helped set it up at a cost of €7,500. The company helped set up the ring, train the lads who are doing the boxing, referees,judges, models at the end of each round and insurance. (They probably helped out in other ways too!)

Each person who is boxing to try and get sponsorship of €200 each. (20*200= €4,000)

Entry into the boxing is €20. This particular event had 900 in attendance (20*900 = €18,000)

Sell a Programme of the fights and details about each fighter for €2. Then €100 a page for an ad in the programme.

Boxers come into the ring with there own entrance music.

A bar was set up with all proceeds going to the 2 clubs aswel.

In total both clubs raised €10,000 each

Aswel as raising money,its a grat way to get lads fit at the start of the season.

Our club and our neighbours ran this lst year.....afaik ran in conjunction with a local amatuer boxing club, all boxers sponsored, all bouts sponsored (eg. ACME carpets presents joe blogs (sponsored by xyz cabs) V micky mac (sponsored by abc tyres)) no programme, but multimedia screens in venue and cctv in bar area of complex; 2 ladies bouts; DVD recording on sale afterwards.Battle of the bars half way tru night-local pubs sponsored participants 'competing'on a punchbag machine; 10 euro per ticket and Both clubs cleared c.7K each after expenses

Creachadóir

Would love to organise a Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser - sounds like fun! I've googled it and can't figure out how you'd go about organising it. Can anyone give any tips? Thanks in advance.

SalthillGuy

If you can organise a crowd, then having an entry fee is probably a good idea. You are guaranteed income. Fundraising pages for events like marathons are also a good idea, provided you have people committed to working for you.

eoinken

Coming very late to this thread but was wondering if anyone knew of a service for collecting sponsorship for an event (10k run type) instead of the dreaded printed sponsorship cards. My Charity.ie do it for charities but is there any similar for sports clubs that anyone knows of?

the kelt

Has anyone ever done a themed quiz night.

I was talking to a fella who ran a Fr Ted quiz night for a local soccer club and apparently it was a huge success with teams coming from all over the country for the novelty of a Fr Ted quiz night

nice_guy80

the kelt wrote: »

Has anyone ever done a themed quiz night.

I was talking to a fella who ran a Fr Ted quiz night for a local soccer club and apparently it was a huge success with teams coming from all over the country for the novelty of a Fr Ted quiz night

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Blue Magic

Regarding GAA Club fundraising....

Is the Club Fund 50 thing any good do people know?

Also, any new types of fundraisers which are on the go?

Karl223

Had a fundraiser in Laughter Lounge in Dublin a while back and made almost €2000. Pretty sure they do em for any charity or clubs. Great laugh but obviously only going to work if you're near the Pale. Easier than trying to get raffle prizes and table quiz messin' anyways

Karl223

Anyone try white collar boxing? Looks like lots to organise but is it a decent money spinner?

Blue Magic

Karl223 wrote: »

Anyone try white collar boxing? Looks like lots to organise but is it a decent money spinner?

Ya. That's the one that I'm trying to sell to fellas around the club... A few bob to be made alright!

Thanks

Blue Magic

Karl223 wrote: »

Anyone try white collar boxing? Looks like lots to organise but is it a decent money spinner?

How does format work exactly?

Tournament with quarters, semis & final? 3 rounds a fight?