Organising events

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Thank you for your interest in organising a fundraising event on behalf of Father Hudson’s Care.

Whether it is a small, low-key event or a large one, we appreciate all your efforts and thank you for your support.

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When planning any fundraising event, whether big or small, planning is crucial to help everything go well and to minimise the chances of anything going wrong. Here are a few hints and tips to help:

Plan your event well in advance
Risk assess what could go wrong and plan whatever steps you can to avoid these things happening; make sure you have contingency plans in place should anything happen
Take care when choosing the date to make sure it doesn’t clash with another local or national event
Make a list of people who can help and get them involved at the early stages
When choosing a venue, bear in mind that a smaller event at home may not raise as much as a larger event, but if you have to pay to hire a larger venue the event may be less profitable
Make sure that you will raise enough to cover any costs before committing yourself to a financial outlay; if you can obtain sponsorship for your costs then everything raised will go towards your target
If you are offering prizes, ask local businesses for donations to save you having to buy them yourself
Enrol plenty of helpers to sell tickets and publicise the event beforehand as well as people to help out on the day
Make sure your event is well publicised using our customisable posters.

Need inspiration?

There are many ways you can raise funds, but if you need some inspiration take a look at our fundraising ideas page. You can also read about what other people have done on our inspiring fundraisers page.