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Easter Charity Fundraising Ideas

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Easter falls towards the end of April this year, the 24th to be exact, and this is a good time to get some families interested in taking part in some themed charity fundraising events.

Easter egg painting and rolling are always good ideas, and it can be quite simple to build a decent family day out around this. These are also fun days to plan and work on.



Other events which appeal to a lot of people include the likes of an egg and spoon race. You could maybe hold one for the kids and a separate one for the grownups. An Easter egg hunt will really get the kids involved, and if you can get the Easter Bunny to make a surprise appearance then so much the better.

It is a good idea to check the weather forecast for the weekends around Easter, to see if there is one which is likely to give you a good bit of sunshine, as this will attract more people. Lots of families look to take advantage of the first sunny weekends of the year, and if your fundraising events are among the few interesting ones to take place then there is the hope of a bumper crowd turning up.

Great Charity Moments – Live Aid

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There are a few special moments that only come by once or twice in a lifetime and which give you the feeling that a whole nation – or more - is pulling towards the same goal and that even doing a little bit to help out is a noble and worthwhile effort.

Such a time was the day of the 13th of July in 1985, when Live Aid pulled together millions – make that billions - of people from different parts of the globe to help out with aid money for the crippling Ethiopian famine. The now legendary music concert featured giants of world music such as Paul McCartney, U2, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Madonna.

It seems incredible that 25 years have passed since Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s passion and humanity led to an estimated £150 million being raised for good causes.

It is claimed 2 billion people saw the event on the television, and Billy Connolly claimed during the event that he had been advised that 95% of the TV sets in the world were tuned in to it.

I am obviously not the only person who fondly remembers the live link ups with JFK Stadium and the astonishing atmosphere in Wembley. It really was without doubt a day which changed the world and made people look beyond their own lives and realise that there is a big world out there, with a lot of happiness and a lot of great music but a fair bit of suffering too. It doesn’t do any harm to think back on those sentiments now and then.

Charity Sector update

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I truly think that my new blog is well on the way. It does take a little while to get going but I hope that now we have posted a few comments and post we will start to get some interaction. If there are any other related charity blogs I would love to follow your posts too

Current Charity Campaigns

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Charity work is a never ending process, as funding is constantly needed for new crises, disasters and diseases across the globe. A couple of the current good causes which are capturing the attention of many charitable organisations are:


Helping Haiti - Already one of the world’s poorest countries, Haiti has been hit by several devastating blows in the recent past. The current work centres around several different elements. Firstly, and probably most urgently, is the need to supply the population of Haiti with clean water and sanitation to try and stop the deadly cholera outbreak which has caused a large number of deaths in recent weeks. Next, there is the huge task of rebuilding the areas damaged by the earthquake, with clean, safe temporary accommodation and access to basic services the priority. Another aspect of the good work which charities are doing there is the longer term process of educating the children, increasing standards of living and looking to build a better, long term future for the country.


Aid for Pakistan - In August 2010 over 20 million people were affected by the most severe flooding seen in this part of the world in recent history. As with Haiti, getting people access to clean, safe housing, a good water supply and enough food are huge challenges. Once these immediate aims are reached the rebuilding task will be equally challenging and will need long term commitment and a high level of public support to see it through.  


Don’t forget that apart from these high profile campaigns there are lots of other needy parts of the world that we don’t see on the news every day and which charities desperately need funding for.

Help Out With Charity Voluntary Work

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There are plenty ways of helping both local and national charities without spending any money. One of the best ways is to give them some of your time and experience and do a bit of voluntary work.


The first step is to think about what you like to do or what you are good at. If you like cooking and serving food then you could think about homeless shelters and soup kitchens, where dozens of needy, homeless people turn up each night looking for something to eat. This is an especially important job in the winter months, when a hot tea or bowl of soup can really save a life.


If you like speaking to people, are good with numbers and don’t mind doing a bit of selling then what about doing a few hours in a local charity shop? These stores go a great job of selling unwanted items and giving the proceeds to charity, but to keep overheads low they are always looking out for volunteer workers.


If you have medical or teaching experience you could also combine your voluntary work with a rewarding and once in a lifetime trip to a needy third world country, where doctors, dentists, nurses and teachers are often in short supply and where your selfless work would be greatly appreciated by many people.


These are just a few ideas to get you thinking about the subject. You are the best person to decide what to do, based on your skills and desires.

Paul Weller - Charity Auction

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Online Charity Auctions

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This hub page has been created to help inform people about the fundraising opportunities available on the web today. We aim to write informatively and interestingly. I hope you find our hub interesting and we look forward to reading your comments. Thanks

Online Charity Auctions – The New Way to Raise Funds

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Online charity auctions are fairly new but are fast gaining ground on the old fashioned methods of getting some donations on board for your much needed work.This new and exciting way of getting much needed cash into the organisation can be completed in a short number of easy steps:

Get a business donor on board to donate the items which will form the auction lots. This should be easier than Getting a firm promise for cash funding. The reasons for this are simple. Firstly, the donating firm will get great brand exposure on the auction site. Secondly, the donation is not a cash one, rather an item or tickets for an event. The fact that no cash if leaving the company's hands means that they sometimes does not even count the donation as coming from their charity fund.

The company finds something worth donating in the auction event. The most commonly seen lots given to online charity auctions can be highly sought after one off memorabilia. Holiday breaks and exclusive, star studded events are great for whipping up interest and getting a healthy and highly profitable bidding war started.

You get your site set up to host your online charity auctions. There is neither cost nor technical knowledge required for this part. That is because a firm who specialise in these web sites will set up the auction site and get it all ready for bidding war to begin. This service is free to charitable organisations. This is because the only charges taken by the organising web site designers only charge as a small commission, relative to the successful bids which win your online charity auctions.

Let the bidding begin. The public have already shown a strong preference for this type of service, which gives them the chance to obtain something really good while supporting a worthwhile charity.

Online charity auctions are appealing to people of all ages and sexes . It has been proven that women bidder, in particular, are really drawn to fun, informal atmosphere. Charitable organisations have one further benefit from this system. That is the positioning of their organisation and their hard work in the public eye with a lighter touch than can often by obtained.

Once the auction is up and running the role of the charity is really limited to watching the event and waiting to see how much is earned.

To sum up, the donating business is happy with the big amount of brand placement and feel good factor which a relatively small, or sometimes free, donation has cost them. The public are happy simply due to the fact that they got involved in a worthwhile event which was also good fun and with the potential to have a really happy ending. The charity involved receives some much needed cash and a boost to their image without really having to get involved in too much of the organising or any of the technical work.

With results like those mentioned above, it is no surprise that Internet charity auctions are looking like the best way forward for fresh charity funding. There are few other cases in the business or charity world where all the parties involved get so much out of it.