Whether you choose to fundraise on your own, mark a special celebration, or honour a loved one’s memory, your support helps bring moments of comfort, hope, and joy to patients, carers, and NHS staff. From personal challenges to birthday fundraisers or tribute events, every act of kindness creates lasting impact — funding therapeutic spaces, wellbeing initiatives, and the little extras that make a big difference.
If you would like to support CNWL NHS Health Charity but are stuck on where to start, you’ve come to the right place! Our A to Z fundraising ideas are packed with inspiration, whether you want to boost your wellbeing, showcase a skill, do something sporty, or get people together we’ve got you covered.
A
- Afternoon Tea — Enjoy a lovely afternoon tea with friends, family, or colleagues.
- Art and craft sale — Get creative and sell some homemade items.
- Auction your Skills — Whether it's teaching another language, or cooking, or photography you can auction off your skill or talent.
B
- Baby Photo Challenge — Get everyone at work to bring in a baby photo, pay a small fee to enter, and then have fun guessing who the baby photo is of.
- Bad Tie Day — Rock your most hideous tie to work. Get everyone to donate to take part.
- Bake Sale — Get baking and sell some delicious treats.
- Bingo — Who will be the first to call out ‘bingo’ and win a fun evening. Charge a small fee to enter.
- Book Sale — A great way for people to find their next favourite book. Sale books for a suggested donation amount.
C
- Car Wash — Roll up your sleeves and charge people to have their cars sparkling clean
- Coffee morning — Gather around with a fresh batch of coffee and treats. Have a collection box out to encourage people to leave a small donation.
- Come Dine with Me — Host a dinner, share meals, and raise money together!
- Cycling — Pedal with a purpose. Either find your own or have a look at what cycling events we have available.
D
- Dance-a-thon — Grab your dance shoes and dance non-stop for a set amount of time.
- Dodgeball — Team up, dodge and score!
- Dog walking — Walk your furry friends for a donation.
- Dress Down Day — Swap your office wear for casual clothes. Get everyone to donate a small fee.
E
- Egg and spoon race — Winner raises all!
- Exercise Classes — Run your own exercise class or challenge, or speak to a local gym to see if they would be willing to do a class fundraiser.
F
- Film Night
- Football Tournament
G
- Games Night
- Garden Party
- Give it up
- Golf day
H
- Headshave
- Hike
- Hour of Pay
I
- International day
J
- Jam Selling
- Jumble Sale
K
- Karaoke Night
- Knitting Competition
L
- Lands End to John O'Groats
- Loose Change Collection
M
- Manager v Manager
- Mow lawns
- Murder mystery night
- Music show
N
- Netball
O
- Office Olympics
- Open Mic Night
P
- Plank Challenge
- Pot Luck Lunch
Q
- Quiz night
R
- Raffle
- Rugby
S
- Sky Dive
- Sports day
- Sweepstake
- Swim
T
- Tough mudder
- Treasure hunt
U
- University Challenge
V
- Vinted
W
- Walk to work
- Wellbeing day
X
- Xbox night
Y
- Year long challenge
- Yoga
Z
- Zipline
- Zumba