Here are 50 simple ways to raise £50 for Narcolepsy UK. If you can think of any other please let us know!
- Wash 10 cars and charge £5 each
- Hold a barbecue and charge 10 people £5 each
- Organise a golf competition with 10 friends and ask them to donate £5 each
- Sponsored swim - swim 50 lengths and ask 10 people to sponsor you 10p a length
- Afternoon tea party (invite 10 people and ask for a donation of £5 each)
- Coffee morning (invite donations)
- Five-a-side football match and charge everyone £5 to enter
- Give an hour's labour for £5 x 10
- Sponsored walk - ask nine friends to get £5 of sponsorship each
- Sponsored silence - ask 10 people to sponsor you 50p per hour for 10 hours
- Stall at a summer village fete - tombola, bric-a-brac, lucky dip etc
- Car boot stall
- Walk 10 dogs and charge £5 each
- Band night
- Barn dance
- Sunday Brunch for 10 and charge £5 each
- Birthday or anniversary coming up? Ask the givers to make a donation to Narcolepsy UK instead of buying you a present
- Book stall at a car boot sale (bring your friends' books along too)
- Boules match - charge entry
- Bridge party - invite donations
- CD/DVD stall at fete/car boot - invite friends to donate theirs
- Treasure hunt on foot - plan a route, set the clues, and charge 10 friends £5 each to enter
- Cheese and wine evening
- Karaoke evening - charge per five minutes of fame!
- Choral event with local choirs - charge entry
- Clothes sale - invite your friends to donate their unwanted garments
- Collection after a concert, panto or play
- Fashion show with local boutique - charge entry
- Garage sale
- Garden party with teas/plant stalls
- No alcohol for 50 days - sponsored
- No sweets for 50 days - sponsored
- Picnic for families - ask for donations
- Pub quiz - entry fee
- Pudding party - everyone donates their best/favourite homemade dessert. Charge £5 to sample any five. Recipes available for £1.
- Winter soup lunch
- Wine tasting
- Boat owners, take friends sailing/cruising and ask for a donation
- Cricket match - invite donations
- Cream teas in your garden - invite 10 couples and charge them £5
- Sponsored bike ride
- Feed small pets while owners are on holiday
- Bake cakes and sell to friends
- Collect loose change in a jar
- Ask friends to donate foreign coins left over from holidays
- Go busking - but check with your council first
- Ask family members if they have any chores you can do for a small fee
- Cycle/walk instead of taking the bus and donate the ticket cost each time
- Ask a friend who has a skill (yoga teacher, cook, dance instructor?) to donate tuition for a group, and invite your friends along, for a fee
- Make jam/marmalade and sell to friends
Inspired? Then have a go! You can download a sponsorship form here.