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Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:16:57 +0000

Party Animal said:

I hear Amnesty supporter Dawn organised an event at a High School with an Elvis impersonator! She charged £12 for tickets and food for the buffet was donated by 'Greggs'. She raised nearly £1000 and won one of Amnesty's 'Soap and Glory' gift sets!

Another winner was a supporter in London who raised over £2000 with an Amnestea event!

Lily in London had an event with a 'Seven Deadly Sins' theme. "Everyone was assigned a sin which they had to dress up as (we had pajamas for sloth, giant human cupcakes for gluttony and the hulk for wrath, to name a few!) and each room of the house was decorated as one sin", she told us.

So think outside the box for your AmnesTEAs - and it could be an event to remember for years to come!

Meanwhile check out our Amnestea pages and Flickr slideshow - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:30:07 +0000

Party Animal said:

Here are some tips from a recent workshop...

*Get things donated or at a discount, like the venue or refreshments.

*Try and link the campaign to the event - dress code could be relevant ie red. yellow and black clothes for a 'Shell Hell' event

*Refreshments as an add-on to any event - people always want a snack, whether your event is a club night, comedy event or just letter-writing.

*Social events - everyone can get something out of these.

*using the contacts and skills of the group - play to your strengths. If someone is a dab hand with a paintbrush, have them make a banner. If they can crunch the numbers, put them in charge of the accounts!

*Keep it convenient - have a location handy for everyone, and time the event so that people can come straight from work, school, or lectures.

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:55:46 +0000

Party Animal said:

Kelso High School are currently topping the board having raised a whopping £2395.32! But it's early days yet... could your group pip them to the post? Find out how your school is doing here: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...

Good luck!

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:41:37 +0000

Party Animal said:

Parkside School is one of the contenders for a prize in this year's Raise-Off, having already raised £1000! Here's how they did it...

"Parkside School held a non-uniform "Green Day" where students were invited to wear green to show their support for Amnesty's Protect the Human week - staff and Post 16 students were invited to wear school uniform and many did, and we raised over £1000!!! The local paper (Keighley News) also came and took photos and interviewed some of the kids who had dressed up."

Dressing up is always good for a laugh and can result in some great photographs - which local papers love to write articles about!

How could your group use fancy dress to grab attention?

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:21:13 +0100

Party Animal said:

Protect the Human week which runs 17-23 October is a great way to start off your school's raise-off. Party Animal realises this falls during some schools' half terms but fret not! We love parties any time, so you can hold your events before or after the week too (phew!).

Check out

http://www.protectthehuman.com/groups/protect-t...

our specific protect the human week group to meet people planning some awesome parties and to get more ideas..

or of course the facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Protect-the-Human-week/26207136855

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Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:26:26 +0100

Party Animal said:

Dover Grammar School for Boys shared a recent successful fundraising activity with us:

"Just a fund raising tip to share! We held a Human Auction where sixth formers volunteered to be “auctioned” to the highest bidder from lower school students in Years 7-9. This meant that the sixth formers who were “bought” would then, for one day or half a day, have to carry the students’ bags, answer questions for them in class, do their class work and homework for them, fetch their lunch etc etc. This was carried out simultaneously with an Amnesty display in the school to raise awareness about modern day slavery and human trafficking. We raised about £100 from this event, but would have raised even more if we had had more sixth form volunteers! Definitely one to repeat!"

Just brilliant! Well done Dover Grammar School for Boys. You continue to impress us here at Amnesty!

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:24:41 +0000

Party Animal said:

The A-Z of Fundraising...

by Protect The Human the best of the bunch, as decided by the Youth Advisory Group Meeting on 28th February:

A: Apple Bobbing, Auction (e.g. of Promises)

B: Beetle-drive, Bungee Jumping, Babysitting, Ball, Booty Shakes in an Hour

C: Car Boot Sale, Cake Sale, Catwalk, Cabaret Night

D: Disco, Dance

E: Egg & Spoon Race, Eating Chocolate Competition,

F: Fashion Show, Find the Prisoner of Conscience,

G: Gig, Giggle Competition, Guess the name of ..... Competition,

H: Holiday Campaign, Horse Riding, Headshaving

I: Instant Makeovers, Ice Cream Stall,

J: Jog, Juggling Competition

K: Kite Flying, Kissing Booths, Kick-boxing Display

L: LAN party, Lawn-mowing

M: Mingle If You're Single Party, Marathon, Mufti Day

N: Non-uniform Day, Necklace Making, Name the Teddy, Naked Marathon

O: Open Mic Night, Omelette Race

P: Pie Eating Contest, Plays, Poetry Evening

Q: Quiz Night

R: Raffle, Rave, Run

S: Saving Tortured Gingerbread Men, Slave Auction, Sky Diving, Silent Disco

T: Trading Parties, Talent Show, Tea Party, 'This Is Not A Slave' Auction

U: University Challenge, Umbrella Amnesty

V: Video Screenings

W: Waxing, Walkathon

X: Xbox Competition, Xylophone Recital

Y: Yellow Day, YMCA Night

Z: Zoinking

So, I have a small confession..... I might be a bit out of touch... if anyone could explain 'zoinking' to me, it'd be much appreciated!

What other creative and original fundraising ideas can you come up with?

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:49:22 +0000

Party Animal said:

Dover Grammer School for Boys is in the lead! They are top of the table with a fantastic £1000!!
Check out http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...
for the full league table to see where YOUR school or youth group features!

Thay held a 'Dare To Be Different' Day where students took part in sponsored events such as sponsored silences to raise awareness of lack of freedom of speech.Other students wore masks and hung signs written in Mandarin around their necks to raise awareness about the death penalty and executions in China.

Does this sound like something you could do too?

Comment by Camilla

Camilla — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:17:26 +0000

Camilla said:

An easy and tasty way to raise funds is through cake sales. Ask your group to each make some treats and sell them at school. Northampton School for girls raised £72 through their cake sale

Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:00:40 +0000

Party Animal said:

That's a fantastic idea!

What else had anyone else come up with?

What did you find that was good for raising those much needed funds??

Comment by stardropsandlemons

stardropsandlemons — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:53:30 +0000

stardropsandlemons said:

A great way to drum up some funds is to hold an art auction.
Get the most talented artists of your school/ group to donate a piece of art and exhibit them.
Have people come and bid for their favourite piece.
You could sell Amnesty pens and badges there while you are at it.
Go to : http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryI...
to order FREE stuff from Amnesty to sell at whatever events you choose to organise.

Protect The Human!!

Comment by stardropsandlemons

stardropsandlemons — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:53:01 +0000

stardropsandlemons said:

Hello everyone!

Oh, it's so great to have a place online to talk about fundraising for Amnesty's Raise-Off this year.

I love the idea of orgainising a treasure hunt at school.

We could get the teachers to organise one for the students and vice versa.

There could be prizes for who finishes first.
Each student and teacher would pay some money to participate in the treasure hunt.
Maybe we could even get the parents involved and do it on an evening or at the weekend?

This would be a great way to create more funds and also to spread the word of Amnesty's amazing work helping the people in the world who need it most.

What does everyone think?

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Comment by Party Animal

Party Animal — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:37:01 +0000

Party Animal said:

Fetes are a great way to raise awareness and money!
They are lots of fun too!

Other fantastic ideas are:
non uniform day
charity auction
treasure hunts
concert

What events has everyone else found to be lots of fun and good for raising those much needed funds for human rights?

Comment by Camilla

Camilla — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:00:32 +0100

Camilla said:

I remember my old school used to have a summer fete with similar activities.

They also had craft stalls where they sold things that the students had made such as cards, knitted items.

We also had refreshment stalls selling home made lemonade, cakes and tea.

The possibilities are endless!