Games and quizzes
Put the fun into fundraising with games and quizzes! Get ready to put your quizzing hat on or plan a tricky treasure hunt. Or maybe a sponsored gaming marathon is more your thing?
Whether you are planning something for kids or adults, an activity in your community or on your own, we’re here to help.
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Organise an in-person or virtual quiz for your community. You can make it as niche or broad as fits the group. For example, does your village really know their history, can your team identify colleagues from their baby photos, who in your class can give the best punchlines to jokes?!
Go the extra mile and organise a treasure hunt. You could set people clues or challenges to get to each location, then first team past the post wins a prize. Treasure hunts can be in person or virtual.
Scavenger hunts are fun too and can work for all ages. Set fun challenges – find something purple, something round, something shiny, something that makes a noise, something beginning with A – against the clock. First one back wins a prize.
Other ideas
Board games tournament or league.
Guess the number of sweets in a jar sweepstake.
Gaming marathon – play and stream using Tiltify.
Looking for more ideas? Go to our A-Z of fundraising.
Kick start your fundraising
- Create a JustGiving page so you have a place to raise money and share updates.
- Set a fundraising target. Pages with targets always raise more.
- Let people know how their donations will help children and young people with cancer and their families.
For general tips and stories, download our fundraising guide.
Fundraising Guide (4.4MB pdf)Make sure your activity is legal and safe. Our guide includes a useful checklist if you are involving children in your activity.
Thank everyone afterwards and tell them how much they have raised.
Here’s how to pay in your money if you are collecting it in person.
Games and quizzes downloads and tips
- Quiz poster (87.7KB pdf)
- Empty answer sheet (for participants) (273.5KB pdf)
- The Big Quiz questions & answers (295.1KB pdf)
- The Big Quiz empty answer sheet (for participants) (289.2KB pdf)
Tips
- You could get people to submit a question each, research and write the questions yourself or find a ready-made quiz.
- Make it challenging but fun – no-one enjoys an impossible quiz.
- You could charge an entry fee and offer a prize to encourage more people to attend.
- If you don’t want to organise a whole event, can you add a quiz to something that’s already happening?
- Events not you thing – why not write your own quiz and get people to download it for a donation?
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