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Suggested fundraising methods

1. Collections from the public

• Church offertories
• Cinema collections
• Collecting boxes - placed in shops, pubs, hotels etc
• Flag days (Street collections) - A permit is needed from your Local Authority
• Football match collections
• House-to-house collections
• Piles of pennies and maxi-sized bottles of coins (placed in pubs and hotel bars)

2. Individual gifts

• Donate online now
• Monthly gifts by standing order
• Legacies
• Donations direct from your pay
• Donations in memory of friends or loved ones

3. Sales of goods where all profits are given to Yorkshire Cancer Research

YCR Promotions Limited (the trading company of the Charity) offers:

Christmas cards, birthday cards, blank Yorkshire view cards, wrapping paper, calendars, diaries, gifts etc for sale. These are supplied to committees on a sale or return basis.

Various other promotional items, such as Badges, Pens, T-shirts etc are also available to sell or to give away to members of the public who are raising money for the Charity.

4. Miscellaneous events

Just a few ideas...

• Angling competition
• Antique Roadshow valuations
• Balloon races
• Barbecues
• Bazaars
• Bring-and-Buy sales
• Buffet lunches
• Car boot sales
• Carol singing
• Charity races
• Cheese and wine parties
• Coffee mornings
• Concerts
• Craft fairs
• Cycle rides
• Demonstrations (cookery, hairdressing, flower arranging, cosmetics)
• Dinners Dinner dances (New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day etc)
• Discos
• Dog walks
• Exhibitions (arts, dolls, hats etc)
• Fairs (indoor and outdoor)
• Fashion shows
• Fetes
• Fun runs
• Garden open days
• Golf competitions
• Jewellery parties
• Jumble sales
• Line dancing
• Marathons
• Market stalls
• Musical events
• Race night
• Raffles and tombolas
• Silent auctions
• Sponsored swims
• Sponsored events
• Tea dances
• Treasure hunts
• Walks