Fundraising Ideas . . . . Comments Please . . .

[Charities Officer]

Games Night . . . .
Date tbc . .
Venue tbc . . .
(Could either be held in a large hall or in someone’s home)
Any ideas for venues? A nice pub with a back room and skittle alley would be great!

Tickets = £10 per person.

Number of guests = depends on where it is held.

Profit for charity
As the event doesn’t cost anything / very little, all ticket money would go to charity!
= Number of guests x £10 = tbc

Ticket could entitle the bearer to . . . . . .
£500 of fake money to gamble.
Free home made curry
A few free pints of home made beer or alcohol vouchers if held in a venue

Guests may be able to bring their own booze or we could sell alcohol.

Rules:
Each guest will be given £600 of fake money to gamble
NO REAL MONEY CAN BE GAMBLED ON THE NIGHT!

Guests are able to choose any of the games to gamble their ‘fake’ money on.
The winner will be the person with the most money at the end of the evening.

Prizes:
Winner (Person with the most ‘FAKE’ money left at the end of the evening) =
A weekend away in Oxford for two people (B&B) with a cruise along the river Thames and entry into The Oxford Story included.

2nd Place (person who takes the second most money at the end of the evening) =
Dinner for Two in a restaurant in Bristol (tbc)

3rd Place (person who takes the third most money at the end of the evening) =
A facial with Sisley or something else (tbc). . . .

Horse racing – 16 races, bet on your favourite horse (12 horses per race).
Bets: £50 (of fake money per horse, per race).
Winnings:
1st Place: £500 (fake money)
2nd Place £300 (fake money)
3rd Place £150 (Fake money)
Other places - £0
Things needed: DVD player & TV needed.
1 x Person playing ‘booker’ needed . . . . might need a mic and small PA.


Blackjack / 21: continues throughout the evening.
Bets: Any amount of fake money
Winnings: You double your money if you beet the booker.
Things Needed: 5 x packs of cards needed.
1 x Person playing ‘booker’ needed

Bingo 16 games.
Bets: £50 per games card
1st person to call Bingo = £1,000
Things needed: Bingo cards + Balls with numbers up to 100 in a bag.
1 x person playing bingo caller.

Giant Connect Four Championships: 2 players at a time
£50 Entry Fee, per person, per game.
Winner gets £200 per game won.
Things needed: connect four.

knock out competition
Skittle competition
Entry: £50 vouchers
Rules winner wins all.

[Charities Officer]

Idea 2:

Bristol Bridge Rotary Club Climb Mount Apo (2,954m) in two hours!
Whilst raising vitally needed funds for local Bristol Charities . . . . . .
Date Thursday 26th February, 7pm – 9pm.

Sponsored Rock Climbing Day = 2,954m climbing challenge to raise vitally needed funds for The Jessie May Trust, Fareshare South West and The Women’s Project.

Bristol Bridge Rotary Club will challenge themselves to rock climb the equivalent of Mount Apo (The highest mountain in the Philippines and one of the worlds most challenging climbing sites - only for experienced professional rock climbers).

Bristol Bridge Rotary Club will manage this mammoth task by climbing the 8m wall at the Bristol Climbing Centre (Built within the fifteenth century Church of St.Werburghs) 370 times in two hours!

18 members of Bristol Bridge Rotary Club (all whom have never climbed before) will each climb a gruelling 164m (20.5 times of the 8m wall each) . . . . . . . 10 climbs of the 8m wall per hour, each!

Each climber will collect sponsorship from friends, family and work colleagues.
If 50 people sponsor you £2 each you would raise - £100
If 30 people sponsor you £2 each you would raise - £60

Costs:
£35p/h for two instructors (1 instructor per 9 people) x 2 hours = £70
£8.50 per head – includes ropes + helmets etc x 18 people = £153
Total = £223
Per Head = £12.39 (18 people)

Income:
If each person taking part in the climb raises £100 in sponsorship = £1,800
If each person taking part in the climb raises £60 in sponsorship = £1080

Profits for charity:
Sponsorship at £100 each, after costs = £1,577 for charity
Sponsorship at £60 each, after costs = £857 for charity

Everyone taking part must wear trainers and sensible clothing.

[Eszter]

Hi Amy,

Some great suggestions already - it's so good to have you back!

About the climbing idea - I actually go to Undercover Rock about once a week and have a few years' climbing experience. I think your idea is pretty challenging. If I understand it right, each person would have to climb 20 times in a total of 2 hours. I think this would be incredibly knackering, especially if you've never climbed before. Generally, when I go climbing, if I can manage about 10 climbs in about an hour and a half session, I will feel tired enough to call it a day. Could we maybe scale it back a bit?

If anyone is interested in trying climbing for themselves, I'd be happy to get them to come along to a taster session. Just let me know!

Est