fundraiser suggestions?

[JonyPI]

Right, use to do quite a few thing a couple of years back, but with ill health and work iv been abit quiet on the fundraising front, something which i personaly enjoy doing, now iv suffered from crohns disease since i was 9 and health wise im just about there now, and want to push myself physicly aswell as mentaly,

so basicly, anyone got any suggestions on what i could do, home or abroad, marathons, bike challenges etc (i dont think im quite up to climbing a mountain just yet) just after something abit different

cheers

[VxDuncan]

Personally, while I except it is a major form of charity income, I have a problem "fundraising" for activities such as the London Marathon, or climbing Kili, hiking the Inca trail etc. I don't like funding other peoples hobbies or holidays under the pretence of charity. Taking the London marathon for example - you usually have to raise a min. of £1500 for a charity place. I believe the charities buy these places for around £900 and therefore have to cover costs, with 2/3rds of your money going to the organisers.

Sorry if that was a bit of a rant, but I think it means more to people if you are fundraising doing something out of the ordinary, where the primary reason is the charity, not your own enjoyment.

[Mobile Chicane]

Trailwalker UK. You've got 30 hours to walk 100Km across the South Downs. Easily the toughest thing I have ever done.

[Rach*]

VxDuncan said:

Personally, while I except it is a major form of charity income, I have a problem "fundraising" for activities such as the London Marathon, or climbing Kili, hiking the Inca trail etc. I don't like funding other peoples hobbies or holidays under the pretence of charity. Taking the London marathon for example - you usually have to raise a min. of £1500 for a charity place. I believe the charities buy these places for around £900 and therefore have to cover costs, with 2/3rds of your money going to the organisers.

Sorry if that was a bit of a rant, but I think it means more to people if you are fundraising doing something out of the ordinary, where the primary reason is the charity, not your own enjoyment.

The fun things I've done for charity I have always paid for myself and money raised is ALL for the charity.
I don't think it's right to let others pay for your experience and then raise money ontop. You have to be very clear where the money is going.

It's rather presumptuous to assume you're paying for someone elses fun.


ETA: Good for you OP wanting to get off your bum and raise money for others less fortunate

Edited by Rach* on Friday 1st January 20:40

[JonyPI]

Ok just for clarity if there are costs involve i always pay for them, any money i raise goes to charity, and i dont really want to do one of these organised things, i like to raise for a charity personal to myself and also i love organising and seeing it through, gives me more motivation, i did try and get in for the london marathon but didnt get a place.

possibly thinking JOG - Lands End on a bike, though has been done a few times its quite a challenge but also keeps costs down.

[Famous Graham]

Walk from one end of New Zealand to the other.

I'm having (rather mental, to be honest, particularly if you've met me) ideas in that direction.

[JonyPI]

like the sound of that! got any rough routes in mind? length etc?

[Famous Graham]

Te Araroa doesn't open until later this year (hopefully), which is a tip to tip walk, covering 3000k.

There's plenty of subsections and other routes in and around the main walk though :

http://www.teararoa.org.nz/

[JonyPI]

that looks awsome! and nice a catchy for posters etc saying that you are walking from one of new zealand to another! may just have to take a holiday in aus though afterwards fior a rest! haha