Fundraising Ideas

Our target this year is €400,000, which we can only achieve with your help! We are asking all participants to raise an individual fundraising amount of at least €120 from family, friends and colleagues. Here are some ideas for a successful and fun fundraising campaign!

Feel free to add the Calcutta Run email signature here, linking your own signature to your individual or firm idonate.ie page.

• Identify a ‘Firm Rep’ to promote the event in your firm. Provide senior level support to the rep.
• Nominate a ‘Department Ambassador’ (department Head or Partner) to promote the run in their department.
• Create a committee to organise fundraising ideas.
• Register a firm team on the Calcutta Run registration page.
• Set a fundraising target for your firm
• A total of monies raised by staff through sponsorship, fundraising events, firm donations
• The Firm either covers the participant’s full sponsorship amount or 50%, requesting that the participant matches the amount.
• Make a firm donation to Calcutta Run
• Promote intra-department competition – see who can sign up the most participants.
• Sponsor branded firm t-shirts for participants.
• Participate in the ‘Firm Team Challenge’ as a runner or walker.
• Use the official ‘Calcutta Run Supporter Firm’ footer on the firm’s correspondence and emails and highlight your involvement on your website.
• Weekly communications – emails, electronic signage and messaging.
• Ask your clients and suppliers for support.

• Encourage staff to organise a fundraising event on the Calcutta Run Official Fundraising Day; Thursday 4 May 2023
• Firm-wide table-quiz in the cafeteria or local pub.
• Monthly Dress down days (throw €2-4 in to a bucket per floor. Set an all-staff calendar reminder).
• Organise a Sign-up desk on particular days with a Calcutta Run Supporter Firm pack
• Arrange a fun office day – bike smoothie makers, fitness corner with a local gym, human fussball.
• Arrange a department bake-off and secure a jury (bring in a TV chef!). Or simply organise a bake-sale or coffee-morning.
• Organise a raffle (ask your firm service providers, network and clients for prize donations).
• 8-week lunch-time training – ask a few runners to rotate taking people out on a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5k run, building up to 5k over 8 weeks .
• Enter a team in to the Calcutta Run tag rugby or golf tournament.

For nationwide events and to include staff who are working virtually and regionally, consider organising one of the following events:

• Online Pub Quiz –Offer prizes.
• Virtual Book Club 
• Webinar or Workshop – Host a webinar to educate and keep a group up to date. Invite friends, clients and suppliers and ask them to donate to your idonate.ie individual or firm page.
• Online Bingo – organise for family/friends or a fun firm-wide online bingo night!

Funds raised by online fundraising events can be added directly to your individual or firm fundraising page on idonate.ie. Simply send the link to all involved!