Last year, I approached two supermarkets in
my town and asked if they would donate cakes,
they both said yes and I got £20 vouchers from
the Co-op and about £30 worth of cakes from
Somerfield.
Tess Brooker
Write a short letter to your local supermarket
asking them to donate some Strawberries and
Cream to then sell or serve with homemade
scones at your tea party.
Diane Clayton
I have a good idea for use of the colour-ins!
I am going to sell them at £1.50 each as
placemats. I will have a small table and
colouring equipment set up and once children
have coloured them in, I am going to laminate
them so they can take them away and use them
as placemats. They'll be great keepsakes and I
will hopefully raise more money for the
charity too!
Natalie Howlett
At your event supply a "goodie bag" to each and every adult that arrives. I ask for a donation (£1.50) on the door and in exchange they receive their free goodie bag.
In the run up to the event I contact local businesses and other direct selling companies and ask them if they would like to advertise in our "goodie bag". I ask for a £5 advertising fee and ask people to supply the literature and free gifts. Inside the Phoenix plastic carrier bag is a loaded brochure and everybody else's advertising inc. free gifts (this year I have a free card, Virgin Vie pen, Jamie At Home spices, cupcake, lolly, colouring pencils, bouncy ball and more!). It costs me nothing but the loaded brochure and bag, and raises the charity extra funds.
This year, I have 20 businesses advertising that
will load 100 goodie bags! If they all go, that is a
potential £250 extra towards the £150,000 for
handing out a brochure! If we all did this we would
flutter past our target easily!
Charlotte Clemons
Charlotte Clemons
I am going to sell a selection of butterfly
cupcakes, but with the added bonus, that one
of them has a butterfly sticker on the bottom
of the paper cupcake case. The person who
selects the one with the sticker wins a selection
of butterfly cards that I have donated. This way
I can also charge £1 per cupcake rather than
the usual 20p. This will raise far more money
for the charity.
Sarah Hutton
Make your invitations a raffle ticket for all
those that attend. Charge £1 per entry and
ask your local businesses to support you by
providing the raffle prizes. So far I have a
bunch of flowers, a cut and blow dry, gift
vouchers, chocolates, a gardener for a day
and a round of golf! Easy to organise and a
great incentive for your guests to come to the
party!
Sarah McArthur
