Fundraisers

Fundraisers are the primary source of income for many non-profit organisations such as schools, sporting clubs, and numerous other community and social groups. Due to limited government funding, many of these groups and clubs find it essential to fundraise to survive financially, and they couldn’t do it without the tremendous and tireless fundraising efforts of their members.

Developing a Fundraiser Idea

Most community groups search high and low for new fundraiser ideas in order to keep their supporters interested and dependable. Most of the members of fundraising groups are busy people, and what they need are new and preferably easy fundraiser ideas that are basically straight forward yet highly profitable.

In their never-ending search for new ideas for fundraising, some of these community groups find it all too hard and eventually fall back into their same old ways, relying on the time-honoured fundraising methods of selling chocolates, biscuits and donuts to bring in all or most of their required funds. By doing this however, such groups pass up the opportunity to expand their funding base. By ensuring that you raise funds using new and original ideas for fundraisers, you keep your members and their families interested, supportive, and reliable.

The Best Approach to Fundraisers

• There needs to be a clear motive for the fundraiser. It's best if a target dollar amount is set as the fundraising goal, and this figure must be realistic and achievable.
• Try to involve all the members of the group and share out the tasks, so that everyone remains enthusiastic and committed.
• The most successful events are when the fundraising group decide to raise money for a specific cause or reason, be it an end of year holiday, a group tour, new sports equipment or a major building initiative.
• Sometimes the general public can feel inundated with requests for donations and cash contributions. People are more likely to support you if they receive something for their contribution. It's nice to be able to offer people quality products in return for their generosity, rather than just a cash receipt for their tax.

Gold Star Gifts and Stationery are fundraising experts, and have assisted hundreds of groups to achieve their fundraising goals.

We offer large discounts to fundraising groups - the best part of fundraising with us is your profit!

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