Your Big Sleep Out
Other Fundraising ideas
If you are a comedian or know some funny people, host a comedy night and charge for entry.
Donate the cost of a cinema trip and watch films at home with your friends.
Hold your own sing-a-long evening and charge for entry (or ear plugs!).
Contact local artists, charge an admission and donate the entry fee.
Ask local bands and musicians to perform, and ask for donations at the door.
Pay to play!
Organise a bingo evening and donate half of the winnings.
Source prizes from friends, family and local businesses, and sell raffle tickets.
Organise an afternoon of crafting, with a fee for your friends on entry.
Pay to enter and try out a bonnet-making competition!
Invite your friends round for a slap up meal and ask them to donate the cost of a dinner at a restaurant.
Launchpad started out as a soup kitchen, so pay homage by making soup and selling it to your friends, school mates or colleagues.
Whether it’s unwanted Christmas or birthday gifts, clothes and accessories or children’s toys, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure!
Such as chocolate, coffee or tobacco, and donate what you would have spent.
If you’re a chatty person, you might make a fortune!
Get sponsored to sleep on a sofa.
Ask for donations to Launchpad’s work and life skills centre instead of receiving gifts.
Donate what you would have spent on petrol or travel costs.
Take the plunge and shave your head for donations.
Donate an hour of your pay to Launchpad.
Pound the streets at events such as Reading 10K, Reading Half Marathon or the London Marathon in aid of Launchpad.
Gather your friends and family’s unwanted books, sell them and donate the profits.
If you sell online, donate a percentage of your takings to Launchpad.
Teach someone to paint, cook, learn a language or make a geeky spreadsheet (whatever you’re good at!) and donate what you get paid.
Experience what it might be like to be street homeless by swapping the luxury of a home and a comfortable bed, for a cardboard box and a sleeping bag for the night. Or join ours in October!
Make a team with your colleagues and take part in this eggstraordinary event on Shrove Tuesday – head to our events calendar to find out more!
Contact your local supermarket to see if you can pack bags in store in exchange for donations.
Gather your mates, and get your buckets and sponges at the ready!
Give each team £5 and task them with turning it into more money, The Apprentice style!
Organise a team sports tournament such as football, rugby, cricket, netball or rounders and charge teams to enter.
Enter a team of 16 at the boat race and experience the exhilaration of rowing up the Thames along a 200-metre course, cheered on by a roaring crowd!
Ask the best bakers you know to create some showstoppers to sell by the slice.
Cough up £2 for every swear word uttered.
Ask people to donate their loose change; the pennies add up!
Whether it’s at school or work, think of a theme and everyone can pay £2 to spend the day dressed up.
Ask friends, family, school mates or colleagues to donate to guess the weight of the cake, number of sweets in a jar, baby photo or name of the teddy bear.
Set up a classic tombola at your event, school or office.
Sweets are always a winner!
Next steps
Order your free fundraising resources
Set up a JustGiving page
Spread the word
Download your donation forms
Join Team Launchpad on Facebook
Get the money you raised to us
Who will you be supporting?
After going through the emotional trauma of losing the right to care for her children, Hayley found herself homeless and with no one to turn to for help.
When 57-year-old Bob’s marriage broke down and he lost his business – he turned to drink to numb the pain and soon found himself homeless. He even considered taking his own life.
After losing three jobs, struggling with his mental health, and caring for a friend withdrawing from drug addiction, Dean was on the brink of homelessness.
Our fundraising team are always on hand to offer information and support, and will be with you every step of the way. Get in touch to ask questions about fundraising ideas, ways to pay money in or simply let them know your plans!
Call 0118 950 7656 (press 5) emailing or email fundraising@launchpadreading.org.uk
