Fundraising ideas

Why we need your support

Times are tough for the hundreds of thousands of poor producers in Africa and Asia as they struggle to cope with huge environmental and financial challenges.

In the current economic climate, we are also struggling to raise all the funds we need to help them fight poverty through trade.

The gap between what is needed and what we receive has grown wider and we are now faced with making some difficult decisions, which will affect the number of poor people we can help.

The generosity of our supporters enables us to help hundreds of thousands of poor producers and we are very grateful for all that you do for us.

However, your support is needed now more than ever and anything that you can do to give us further help will be much appreciated, for example, using your Big Brew event to raise funds for Traidcraft Exchange.

Ideas to help raise money for Traidcraft Exchange at your Big Brew

• Charge an entry fee or put a price on a brew.

• Charge per entry into the tea quiz – offer a prize for the winner to encourage people to take part.

• Hold a raffle you could include Fairtrade goods such as a box of tea, a bottle of Fairtrade wine through to a teapot donated or bought from a charity shop.

• Afternoon Tea Dance – invite everyone to dress up and have some music, charge a fee per couple to cover a Fair Trade Afternoon Tea - give a Fair Trade hamper to the best dancers.

• Hold a cake stall and charge per item.

• Guess the weight of the tea cake competition, charge 50p to guess the weight and offer a prize for the person who gets it correct.

• Guess the number of teabags in a pot – again charge a small amount to take part and offer a prize for the person who gets it correct.

• Hold a design a teapot competition for the children. Ask for a small donation to take part and offer a prize for the best decorated teapot drawing.

• You could turn your Big Brew into a Mad Hatters tea party. Charge an entry fee and offer a prize for the best costume.

• Collect teapots from local charity shops, friends or neighbours and auction them off – people will get into the swing of it if you find the unique selling point of each pot.

Holding a Big Brew? Let us know your totals

Please tell us about the number of cups of tea and how much you think you can raise.