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 Ideas for Playgroups
Passive Fundraising ideas for sporting clubs and schools
Fundraising for remote and rural 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)
Cadbury chocolate fundraisers (business)
Billy G Frozen cookie dough (business)
DIY Food Fundraisers
Cake stall alternatives for people who can’t bake
Top tips for running a successful cake stall
What is a Clayton’s cake stall
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
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
Auctions and Raffles
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
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)
Top Gold Coin fundraising ideas
Scholastic Book Fairs (business)
Fundraisers which offer other benefits
Weekend/evening fundraising events
Top tips for running a white elephant stall
Election Day Fundraising Ideas
How to make a VIP section at your movie night
Dog walk-a-thon and pet themed fundraisers
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
‘How to’ guides
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
Customisable products
Artwork fundraising with Expressions (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)
Jolly Soles – fundraising with socks (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
GoFundMe – fundraising for individuals and groups
Everyday Hero – a guide for schools
Quick ideas
Quick ideas: Fundraising with Mystery Boxes
Quick ideas: Alternatives to Guess the Jellybeans in the Jar
Quick ideas: the One Minute Treasure Hunt
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 Winter fundraising ideas
Top 5 Aussie 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)
Raw delights with Healthy Footprints (business)
Smencils: Scented pens and pencils (business)
Living Fundraisers: Seed kits (business)
Moeloco – Buy a pair of thongs, donate a pair of shoes (business)
Passive Fundraising Ideas
Passive fundraising ideas for schools
Passive fundraising with Bubbler Deals (business)
Cashback fundraising sites (businesses)
Cashrewards supporting Starlight Foundation (business/charity)
Fundraising with School banking (businesses)
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
Dwellingup Pumpkin Festival – Lessons from a little school
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
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
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
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
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
Best end of year gifts for teachers
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
The Australian Firefighters Calendar
Fundraising ideas from the 1980s
Yoovee-X – the band with the big heart