As a charity we know the difficulties faced by many good causes to continue supporting those in need. Good causes rely on fundraising to help them continue to do the work they do and are always looking for ideas to raise money for charity.

At TheGivingMachine we provide new and easy fundraising ideas to help causes, supporters and businesses make a difference together.

We have built and integrated technology to unlock regular donations to help all good causes whether big or small. Our solutions help make it easy for supporters and businesses to make a difference to their communities and beyond.

Here are some of the ways our fundraising platform for Charites, Schools and Community groups can help you.

Schools are often struggling to provide everything they would like to provide to support their students and with cuts to school budgets, the need for schools to fundraise is really important. Many PTAs take on this task and do a great job helping provide everything from IT equipment to playground equipment and funding school trips. Here are some fundraising ideas for schools to help raise those much needed funds:

• Cake Sale - Who can resist a cake sale? Supply each pupil with a paper plate and ask them to return it with cakes. Home-made or shop bought is fine. At the end of the school day set up some tables and sell all the plates of cakes and raise money. 
• Book Sale - It's great to encourage children to read and selling pre-loved books is a great way for schools to fundraise. Children can donate their old books for other students to buy and all money raised helps the school.
• Non-School Uniform Day - Children love going to school in their own clothes and this can be a great fundraiser for schools. Each student makes a donation and they don't have to wear their school uniform. For extra fun, get the teachers involved too!
• Walk to School - This is a great way to encourage children to walk to school whilst still raising money for the school. Each child is sponsored to walk to school every day for a week. Even children who live too far to walk can get involved by parking further away and walking for part of the journey.
• Summer Fate - this is the highlight of the year for many schools and often their biggest fundraising event. Get the children and parents to volunteer and invite the community in for a fun filled day. Charge an entrance fee and have lots of activities taking place which can be charged for i.e: hook a duck, decorate a biscuit, skittles. Then add a bbq to sell food and offer refreshments. All you need know is the sunshine!
• Plant Sale - Ask some green fingered parents to grow and donate some plants to your school which you can sell on, make it an event and take orders. Even better, maybe the green fingered parents would be keen to give a short workshop on gardening with some great tips of what works and when to plant what. This could be promoted to the local community and people could attend for a small fee.
• Selling Old Uniform - Set up a school uniform shop in the school, maybe open one afternoon a week. Get volunteers involved to help run it and ask for old school uniform in good condition to be given to the school to be sold on to help raise funds. This is great for stopping items going to landfills and also helping parents who struggle to afford new uniform for their children.