TOP 5 FUNDRAISING IDEAS
With a brief explanation of what to do...

FONDUE FOR FREEDOM

Chocolate is a wonderful thing. A chocolate fondue is an especially wonderful thing but only if we can guarantee no innocent child was exploited, beaten or trafficked to meet our sweet tooth’s need. Why not host a chocolate fondue party with plenty of Fairtrade chocolate for your friends, family and colleagues? Charge them to attend this exciting event and you’ll be raising great funds. What better excuse to stuff our chocolate-loving faces than for freedom?! Read the Fondue Party Organisers Pack, download the invites, recipes and games at www.stopthetraffik.org/resources.

PENNIES (or any other currency!) FOR PEOPLE

Get a group of people, such as colleagues, family or friends, to collect their small change in aid of STOP THE TRAFFIK. Give them a container (Pringle tubes, small or large are particularly good) with a hole cut in the lid. That’s all you have to do! Ask them to put their spare change in there – pennies, cents, pessatas, ruppees etc. You could reward the first to fill their container with a little prize like a box of Fairtrade chocolate! Or you could even offer to do something nice for them (e.g. make cups of tea for them for a week or clean their car!). This is the best example of little amounts adding up to great sums and requires virtually no effort. Easy!

WASH THE TRAFFIC

Hold a car wash for STOP THE TRAFFIK. This is a classic fundraising idea. Its loads of fun, helps the community and raises lots of money. Hold it at a venue that lots of people drive to, such as a school event, community or faith event. Offer to wash peoples’ cars while they are at the event or while they are in the car if they are in a hurry! You can set the amount you’d like to charge or ask for donations. Either way, if you and your team are prepared to work hard you can raise loads of money!

EVERYONE LOVES FAIRTRADE TEA, COFFEE AND CAKES

This is another really easy one and so good for getting the Fairtrade message out there. If you know of a meeting where tea and coffee is usually served, maybe at school or a faith meeting or a local club, then ask if you can run it on one occasion (they’ll probably be happy for the help!) Buy a box of Fairtrade tea and a jar of Fairtrade coffee and make a couple of cakes with Fairtrade cocoa and sugar. Ask people to make donations for their drinks and cake and take the opportunity to hand out leaflets about child trafficking in the chocolate industry (downloadable from www.stopthetraffik.org/resources). Not only will you raise funds but you’ll also raise awareness. A win-win situation!

FIT FOR LIFE

Are you sporty? Or do you want to get fit? Most people fall into one of these two categories so organise a football game, a run round your local park, a roller-blading race, an aerobics class or anything else fitness related! Why not do something a bit more extreme like a skydive, white water rafting or trekking the Great Wall of China? Email fundraising@stopthetraffik.org for more information! Whatever you decide to do, if your friends/family/colleagues are sporty, get them to pay to take part with you. If they need a bit of encouragement, get them to ask other people to sponsor them to take part and if they refuse ‘fine’ them a small donation to avoid working up the sweat!! On a serious note, we believe that all humans deserve freedom and life in all its fullness. There are so many people in our world who don’t have the chance to run around in a park or play team games with friends. Raise money to fight for this to change.