Fundraising is a great way to make money for your Club, as your greatest supporters are often your members, their families, friends and the local community.
We highly encourage clubs to involve all their members, including young and old, in fundraising activities throughout the season.
Below you will find some useful information to help your Club.
- Fundraising Ideas
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Sausage sizzles at club events;
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Bake sales at club events;
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Themed club nights;
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Games or activity nights;
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Club merchandise;
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Coaching clinics/school holiday programs & activities;
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Offering sponsorship/ space to advertise at the club;
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Guest speakers;
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Movie nights;
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Trivia nights;
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Raffles or lucky-draw prizes;
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Auctions or cent sales;
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A BBQ at a local store e.g. Bunnings or Officeworks; and
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Support from local community organisations, such as Grill’d or local RSL.
- Planning Your Fundraising
- Why Should Your Club Fundraise?
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Needing to purchase new equipment;
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Needing to upgrade facilities;
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To help with a club event;
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To help purchase uniforms;
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To help athletes or team to travel to competitions or training camps; or
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For trophies and awards.
- Fundraising Laws
- Useful Resources for Clubs
There are heaps of different ways your Club could fundraise. We have listed some ideas below that you might want to try at your Club - use this list as a guide and adapt it to suit your needs:
There are also some great ideas and information about fundraising on the Australian Sport Foundation website or the Australian Fundraising website.
In order to run a successful season of fundraising, it is important to plan in advance. Depending on how your Club operates, you could plan based on the season, calendar year or school terms. Your planning should include how many activities you aim to run and some ideas about who you will target, what you might do and who can help.
Check out Australian Fundraising’s Fundraising Planning Guide along with The Fundraising Directory’s Practical Fundraising Handbook for more ideas on how to plan your fundraising initiatives.
There are many good reasons to organise a fundraising event or activity at your Club, these could include:
Don't forget there are laws that organisations may need to comply with when it comes to fundraising. Check out Not-for-Profit Law’s Guide to Fundraising which provides useful information for community organisations when it comes to fundraising in Queensland.
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