Fundraising Ideas Football Clubs

Fundraising ideas For Football Clubs

Fundraising is a must for any club, especially when the club involves getting to matches in other towns and areas, kits and equipment, like a football club does. However when thinking about fundraising,  think about the opportunities you have at your finger tips, for many fundraising ideas football clubs already have access to some great resources, you just have to pool them.

The main thing needed for a football club to start is somewhere to play, bibs to differentiate teams and a ball to pass around. Even with these limited resources you can arrange a fun tournament fundraiser getting friends family and the community involved for a small fee. You may not raise much but just from that you might get enough to get the team a kit. You could also use your ground to host a fun sports day with things like obstacle courses and other physical activities. Teamed up with fairground rides on the car park and bouncy castles for the kids these events could make a lot of money as they may attract people from the area who have no interest in football but are happy to take part if they get a good afternoon out from it. Larger events like this may take time and money to organise but they have a great return.

The larger clubs may have a clubhouse, even if it is shared with other sports teams in the area. If you have access to a sports hall or clubhouse you have a great venue for fundraising ideas like community dances, raffles, fashion shows and lady/men only nights. You could team up with a few of the local schools and host a end of year party for the kids there rather than them having separate parties at each of their sites. An evening meal complete with casino or horse racing night will attract parents of the team and their friends and is bound to make you some decent money for whatever equipment or kit you need. You can check out local companies offering casino or horse racing set ups complete with fun money for the betting and even human props like bent bookies and dodgy dealers.

If raising money for a new clubhouse then the fundraising ideas football clubs have to pull out the bag, have to be very impressive. Building a new clubhouse from nothing or even repairing an existing one will cost a lot of money and while there may be grants from local councils or sporting associations, there will be a lot of fundraising that needs to be done. This is where the bigger events like fashion shows and horse racing nights come in. You may even have to do more than one of these kind of events so be prepared to do a lot of planning and seeking out of reliable companies and businesses to help.

With kits and equipment the funding needed wont be as large an amount but it is less likely that you will get grants. Kits can sometimes be sponsored by local companies in exchange for their logo or branding to be present on the kit but equipment is usually another story. Again these fun night events or community fun days may work for you but you could also try bake sales or looking into fundraising product companies who will allow you to buy products at discounted prices to put your club logo on to sell at matches and other events.

The main key to successful fundraising ideas football clubs can put on is promotion. You have to ensure the club members’ family and friends are involved and try and get the word out to the local community too. See if your local paper will mention it for a small fee, put posters up in shops, schools and on community billboards and use the internet for free promotion!