Have any fundraising ideas? please help?

NEED FUNDRAISING IDEAS!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!?

• PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ THIS, THANK YOU!! A local (for me) UK charity for people with learning disabilities (West Berkshire Mencap - Newbury) has just had it's funding cut despite protests and hundreds of signatures on a petition. They help most people in West Berkshire who have a learning disability and many of my friends also volunteer there. I've been volunteering at Mencap for nearly three years now, neither I nor anyone in my family has a learning disability but I know plenty of people who do, and although I only help with the children's services (being 17 myself and in full time education) they help people of all ages, with respite care, work experience - everything! It makes such a difference to the people they help and their families, and I know personally, sometimes when you help a child who's unresponsive just getting a smile and knowing they're having a good day with you there with them feels amazing (though of course, whether I or any other volunteer or not has a good time is almost irrelevant so long as the children do). Please, if you can help me think of fundraising ideas that I or a group of people could do (our school recently held a non-uniform day for West Berkshire Mencap so I don't think they'll let us hold another one so soon) it would be a great help, the work they do is so important for so many people!! Thank you, and if anyone wants to donate to them... http://www.westberkshiremencap.org/index_files/Page1143.htm From a very concerned volunteer :)

• Answer:

  Host a dance with a theme, maybe like a disco dance night, comedienne dress up so it would be more fun and encouraging. Charge for entry. In the dance sell snacks. Buy water by the retail price in outlet stores and sell them for a dollar or euro in your case. Also sell cupcakes and baked goods that people donate. Try to seed if someone can donate a prize to guarantee a better crowd. Good luck