Raffle

One of the most historically easy ways to fundraise is by doing a raffle! These have been going on since the beginning of time, schools love them and students enjoy them even more since there is the chance they could actually win something for their money and that is GREAT news for you if you’re trying to hit a target!

What is a raffle?

A raffle is an event held often at larger events like festivals, parties or similar where someone will have a table filled with prizes! These can be small things such as makeup and toys all the way up to huge prizes like wine and trips away!

Why should you run a raffle?

Raffles can be really easy ways to make money as everyone loves to bet on things that they like! If you charge someone £1 for five chances to win a prize, then they think their chances are pretty high and they will be really excited to take part and will attract more of their friends! As long as you have no issues with getting the prizes, then running raffles are also pretty easy as you can run them alone without any help and when you are raising money alone that can be a great help!

How to run your own raffle:

First of all, to run your own raffle you need to be able to go to some shops and ask for some prizes. A lot of shops are very accommodating as long as you have a certificate of authority from your charity that proves you really are raising money and aren’t just trying to swindle the company!

A lot of the time companies will make you email their head office, so make sure you start hunting for your prizes at least one month in advance of your event! I will add some stores at the end of this post including some stores that always seem to help me out!

Next, you need to get some raffle tickets. Places like PoundLand and Wilko sell the books for about a £1 and then you can tear them out as people come along. I always recommend saying its £1 for a strip of tickets and £4 for five strips, that way you are able to make a little more money!

You should then make sure that the space/party/event that you are running your raffle at has booked you a table and also that the table is big enough, if your prizes are large, then you made need to request more than one!

Where to get a letter of authority:

A letter of authority is a company-headed letter which the charity provides their volunteers with (especially for challenge participants and RAGs) so that they can go out and prove that they are raising money in the hope that companies will donate them things or similar!

If you require a letter of authority then you should get in touch with your charity and ask if they can provide you with one. Sometimes it really does make all the difference when you are trying to get hold of donations for your charity event.

Shops that are usually VERY helpful:

There are a lot of raffles that I have run over the years of being a student fundraiser and there are some stores in particular which have always helped me out and been super great about it!