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Welcome to Fundraising Mums: the place to find innovative and easy fundraising ideas.

Fundraising Mums is a comprehensive website designed to help individuals, parents and communities who are looking for new and innovative fundraising ideas and products for their schools, clubs and community groups.

This is the index page for my entire site and you will find links to all the articles published over the years in the following sections. Click on a section to be taken directly to the articles.

  • Fundraising for groups
  • Fundraising with Food: businesses
  • DIY Food Fundraisers
  • Fundraising events: Fetes
  • Quiz and Bingo Nights
  • Auctions and Raffles
  • School day fundraising events
  • Weekend/evening fundraising events
  • Seasonal fundraising events
  • ‘How to’ guides
  • Customisable products
  • Products to sell
  • Different ways to make money
  • Quick ideas
  • Top 5
  • Fundraising with healthy and eco products
  • Passive Fundraising Ideas
  • For P&C Committees: Planning and organising
  • Finding and keeping volunteers
  • Getting sponsorship and donations
  • Legal considerations
  • Things to share with your school community
  • Volunteering
  • Teacher appreciation
  • Other points of view
  • Fun Stuff
  • Recipes

Fundraising for groups

Alumni Fundraising

Fundraising Ideas for Playgroups

Passive Fundraising ideas for sporting clubs and schools

Fundraising for remote and rural schools

Fundraising for High Schools

Fundraising for small schools

Fundraising for Individuals – GoFundMe

Fundraising for non-school groups

Fundraising for Homeschooling Families

Fundraising with Food: businesses

Perth honey fundraiser (business)

Krispy Kreme Donuts (business)

Sugary Fundraisers (businesses)

Sizzler Cheese Toast fundraising stalls (business)

Heather Brae Cookies (business)

Bunnings sausage sizzle

Cadbury chocolate fundraisers (business)

Billy G Frozen cookie dough (business)

Rocky Road House (business)

High tea (Perth only)

DIY Food Fundraisers

Cake stall alternatives for people who can’t bake

Top tips for running a successful cake stall

Bake your own pet treats

The Friday Feast

How to make a lolly buffet

What is a Clayton’s cake stall

Food ideas for Harmony Day

Fundraising events: Fetes

The Ultimate Guide to Organising a Fete (Resource Bundle)

How to make Guides for visitors to your school fete

99 Things to Make and Sell at Fetes or Markets

8 Lessons I Learned from My School Fete

The A-Z of Do-ahead Fete Stall Ideas

Greatest ever tombola ideas

Simple DIY sideshow alley games for your fete

School fetes – will you need insurance?

Tip: Personal shoppers at your next fete

How to make your volunteers stand out in a crowd

How to hot weather proof your fete

How to count people at your event

Tips for working with money and the cashless fete

How to deal with wet weather and last minute cancellations

Square card readers – will it work for you?

Pedal powered smoothie bikes (business)

Quiz and Bingo Nights

Book Bingo – literacy based bingo

The Ultimate Guide to Running a Trivia Night or Auction

Top tips for running a quiz night

Fundraising with Balloons

Bogan Bingo (business)

Trivia Night Games

Disco Bingo (business)

Poker Nights (business)

Auctions and Raffles

The Anti-Raffle

Fundraising Auction Concert

Galabid: the people who are helping Aussie fundraisers think bigger

Play for Purpose – fundraising raffle for sporting clubs and charities

‘Free’ items to sell at auction

Fundraising with Keys

Online and silent auction apps – what you need to know

How to encourage bidding at silent auctions

School day fundraising events

The Big Show – School Fun Run (business)

Colour powders for Colour Runs

How to run a Bieberthon (Stop the Bieber)

The Aussie Penny War

Top Gold Coin fundraising ideas

How to run a Read-a-thon

How to run a DIY lapathon

Jump Rope for Heart (charity)

Scholastic Book Fairs (business)

The Dollar Drive

Fundraisers which offer other benefits

Weekend/evening fundraising events

How to run an Op Shop Ball

How to run a treasure hunt

Top tips for running a white elephant stall

Election Day Fundraising Ideas

Car Boot Sale

School Disco themes

Family Challenge Night

School storytelling night

How to make a VIP section at your movie night

Dog walk-a-thon and pet themed fundraisers

Outdoor movie night

Seasonal fundraising events

School Fun Run – social distancing

Fundraising in the Time of COVID-19

Telethon Community Cinema Fundraising (WA only)

Christmas fundraising with the Krispy Kreme Christmas Doughnuts

Woolworths Earn and Learn

Easter fundraising ideas

DIY Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day Stall (business)

Mothers Day Stall (business)

Best Winter fundraising ideas

‘How to’ guides

How to write a press release

How to DIY your own incentive prizes for kids fun runs

How to set up a white elephant stall

What to do when you can’t sell enough tickets

A guide to online ticketing services in Australia

Should you use a mobile ATM at your event?

How to sell more raffle tickets

How to approach businesses for donations

How to price for a white elephant stall

How to use social media to promote your event

Decorating with glow sticks

Customisable products

Artwork fundraising with Expressions (business)

Fundraising Mugs (business)

Customisable products for Small Groups (business)

Schoolyard Stories: Literacy based Fundraisers (business)

DIY Book Publishing (business)

Dress My Bear – customised teddy bears (business)

Fundraise with scratch cards (business)

Publishing a recipe book (business)

Tea towels with kids drawings (business)

Products to sell

Travel Book Fundraiser (business)

My School Years Journal (business)

Badge making (businesses)

Unusual raffle hamper ideas

Jolly Soles – fundraising with socks (business)

Show Bags (business)

Wrapping Paper fundraisers (businesses)

Candle fundraisers (businesses)

Light Up My Life: glowsticks and LED products (business)

Different ways to make money

How schools can raise money with crowd funding

Fundraise Yourself: crowdfunding platform for disadvantaged schools

Facebook Fundraising

GoFundMe – fundraising for individuals and groups

Everyday Hero – a guide for schools

Quick ideas

Quick ideas: Fundraising with Mystery Boxes

Quick ideas: DIY Photo Booth

Quick ideas: Alternatives to Guess the Jellybeans in the Jar

Quick ideas: Heads and Tails

Quick ideas: the One Minute Treasure Hunt

Quick ideas: The 50/50 raffle

Top 5

Top 5 Passive Fundraising Ideas for Sports Clubs and Schools

Top 5 Eco-Friendly Fundraising Ideas

Top 5 Earn and Learn fundraising ideas

Top 5 Ideas for Graduation

Top 5 Winter fundraising ideas

Top 5 Aussie fundraising ideas

Top 5 Fundraising ideas

Fundraising with healthy and eco products

Fundraising with Aussie Seed Bombs

Humanitix – the socially responsible ticket seller

Envirobank – Fundraising with Container Recycling (business)

Expressions: Reusable shopping bags and totes (business)

Zoom Kites (business)

School Fun Runs (business)

Closet Cleanout (business)

Raw delights with Healthy Footprints (business)

Smencils: Scented pens and pencils (business)

EcoSwitches (business)

Living Fundraisers: Seed kits (business)

Moeloco – Buy a pair of thongs, donate a pair of shoes (business)

Passive Fundraising Ideas

Containers for Change (WA)

Passive fundraising ideas for schools

Passive fundraising with Bubbler Deals (business)

Cashback fundraising sites (businesses)

Affiliate Marketing

Cashrewards supporting Starlight Foundation (business/charity)

Fundraising with School banking (businesses)

Small things add up

Selling newsletter ‘real estate’

For P&C Committees: Planning and organising

Top fundraising advice from industry professionals

What questions should you ask when choosing a fundraising product?

The essential guide to technology for non-profits

How to use Trybooking – Free tools for organisers

How to use Group Together – Free tools for organisers

How to use Trello – Free tools for organisers

How to use Canva – Free tools for organisers

How to use SignUp – Free Tools for organisers

A Year of Fundraising Ideas

Dwellingup Pumpkin Festival – Lessons from a little school

Plan Your Thanks

Handover – the final (forgotten) step of a successful fundraiser

How to start the new year right

The importance of succession planning

When fundraising makes you sick

How to prevent fundraising boredom

The Sadim Touch – what to do when fundraising fails

Top Tips from a professional event planner

Finding and keeping volunteers

Volunteering Resources Bundle

13 Ways to Find New Volunteers

How to get the hardcore non-helpers involved

Incentives to get kids involved

How to make a Parent Skills Register

Help your volunteers by providing a creche

Child-led fundraising ideas

Don’t forget the teachers

Getting sponsorship and donations

Schools Sponsorship Do’s and Don’ts

Where to find sponsorship and donations

Coles Local Community Support Program

How to get donations for your fete

Legal considerations

Selling alcohol at fundraisers – the basics

Legal considerations when fundraising – state by state

Peak Bodies Supporting P&Cs Around Australia

Things to share with your school community

Fun ways to welcome a new family

Free online meal scheduling tools

Free downloadable bookmarks

Myth Busters for your committee

Should there be a lazy parent levy?

It’s not all just fundraising (other things your P&C does)

Why selling products is not a sell-out

How to be a parent rep

Volunteering

7 reasons why you should volunteer at your kid’s school

So, Volunteering Doesn’t Make the World a Better Place?

What are chuggers and what is the one question you should ask them?

Teacher appreciation

30 Cute Puns for end of year Teacher Gifts

DIY Teacher Gifts

Best end of year gifts for teachers

The T-H-A-N-K-Y-O-U Sign

Other points of view

Station Jim – the charity collecting canine

Small business viewpoint – What is it like to be asked for donations?

How to celebrate diversity in your school

What’s the difference between a lamington and chocolate style fundraiser?

Fun Stuff

How to make an escape room for kids

How to run a Treasure Hunt

The Australian Firefighters Calendar

Fundraising ideas from the 1980s

Yoovee-X – the band with the big heart

Recipes

Overnight muffin recipe

No bake lemon slice

Clinkers slice recipe

Chilli and ginger jam recipe

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