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Arts and crafts fundraising ideas

Your fundraising helps fight for people in unsuitable and unsafe housing conditions. Check out our ideas and top tips for your food fundraising event.

There are many ways to spark your creativity and create a successful fundraising event. You could make items to sell, teach your skills to a class of friends and family, or even host a virtual knitting class. Whatever you help create, you will be championing social housing as the solution to the housing emergency.

Fundraising ideas

  • pottery class

  • sewing bee

  • origami

  • music concert

  • skill share

  • poetry

  • spoken word

  • card making

  • face painting

  • life drawing

  • candle making

Fundraising tips

  • start a knit or craft class during your lunch hour. Ask your colleagues to donate to take part

  • why not host virtual workshops or events on Twitch or Zoom?

  • make it a regular thing – hold monthly sessions for a donation each time

  • you could organise an auction, raffle or sale for your creations

  • is it a friend’s birthday soon? Why not make their gift and donate what you save­­

How to plan a successful fundraising event

Check out our ultimate guide to planning a successful fundraising event.

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