Fundraising at university
Use your creative energy for a great cause! Holding a fundraising event at your college or university is an excellent way to support the Lesbian and Gay Foundation and get students and staff talking about the issues that still face the LGB community.
You're probably studying hard and playing hard. If you're already organising or attending lots of events and challenges, why not expand the "fun" into fundraising. With your energy and initiative, the funds you raise could help to End Homophobia and Empower People.
Fundraising at your university or place of higher education couldn’t be easier. Get a date, a venue and an idea! The sky is the limit!
Start here for ideas
Hall Party
If you can squeeze one more party in, make it a themed hall party. Nuns and vicars, B-list celebrities, cartoon characters… you decide! Collect your fellow students’ donations on the door at your hall of residence, and let the socialising begin.
Battle of the Bands
You’re an aspiring Beth Ditto, but your friends prefer Kylie tunes. So battle it out in front of a discerning panel in the union bar – £15 per band, £5 a solo artist. Get yourself the exposure (you think) you deserve and raise money to support the ongoing work of The Lesbian and Gay Foundation.
Big it up for Bingo
It’s made a come-back so set a trend – hold a bingo party! To help End Homophobia and Empower People collect fees before you get your eyes down and dabbers to the ready! Keep some of the money for prizes, and donate the rest to us. You don’t have to stop there either – take it further with a Games Night…think Twister, Cat and Mouse, Snakes and Ladders…revisit your youth and revel in it!
Sports Challenge
Your day is devoted to the worship of sport – either on the field or the big screen. Well how about everyone puts their money where their mouths are and enters a Triathlon, a Decathlon or a Dodecathlon! (Also see our own events, for LGF organised challenges).
Sports Team Challenge
If you prefer some team camaraderie, get a charity tournament going – hockey, five-a-side football, you name it… Just make sure you collect those registration fees to help to End Homophobia and Empower People.
Stand-up Comedy
With razor-sharp wit to silence the hecklers, you’re up to speed on important issues ('Countdown' finalists 1996-98!). So make your friends and enemies chuckle at a stand-up competition. All you would-be Eddie Izzards can finally decide whether to find that day job.
Story and Poetry Evening
You have a tall tale to tell? Or perhaps you have some sonnets on lost innocence to recite. There’s surely some like-minded literati on campus – so come out of your digs to astound your peers! Pay a worthy £5 entrance fee, and compete with other scribes before a (sympathetic) judging panel.
World AIDS Day – 1st December
Hold a fundraising event, sell red ribbons around university or come and help us to collect around the city centre by selling red ribbons. Help us to raise the profile of this important day and to raise funds for the Lesbian and Gay Foundation. Sadly 1 in 10 of gay men in the major cities now has HIV, and 84% of infections are still within the gay community. However, the LGF was recently voted as the top city for easy access to condoms, so our free condom and lube scheme must be doing something right!
Rag Week
Collect round town, buses and bars. You don’t have to stay put! If you’re brimming with energy, jump on the local buses and metros and shake those tins to help us End Homophobia… It’s a great way to integrate with civvies, and get fit while you’re at it.
Big Gay Quiz
Think you know it all? Well put your money where your mouth is and hold a quiz. Swat up and team up! Pay a registration fee to support the ongoing work of The Lesbian and Gay Foundation and let the judges decide and get those thinking caps on.
Get in touch
However you choose to fundraise, please email Rachel or phone 0161 235 8028 and let us know; we will support you all we can.
