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Food fundraising ideas

Your fundraising helps us fight for people in unsuitable and unsafe housing conditions.

Whether you’re cooking or baking, experimenting with new ingredients or creating clever recipes, you understand that our kitchens mean so much to us. It's where we cook and feed our friends and family, and it’s where we make memories.

Could you use your food skills to fundraise for us? You could organise a wine tasting, bake sale, or chilli-eating challenge? All the money you raise helps us fight for the right to a safe, stable, and secure home. 

Why not treat yourself to some of our homeware, too? Get mugs, tea towels and aprons, so you look the part.

Fundraising ideas

  • Shortbread competition – prizes for the tastiest bite and the best decorated

  • Come Dine With Me – will anyone score a full 40?

  • Bake Off time – does anyone deserve a Paul Hollywood handshake?

  • Tuck shop – make sure there’s enough teacakes and caramel wafers

  • Beer tasting – non and low alcohol options available

  • Cheese taste testing – can you tell your Crowdie from your Strathdon Blue?

Food fundraising tips

Make the most of your food fundraising challenge. You can:

  • hold a dinner party or food sale. Ask your guests to donate what they would have spent in a restaurant or café 

  • use your networks. Some people might prefer to help cook or bring baked goods to sell, others may prefer to donate

  • be safe. Research food hygiene and ask people about allergies in advance

  • turn your challenge into a competition – ask people to bake the best cake to win

Planning a successful event

Check out our guide to planning a successful fundraising event.

How to plan your fundraising event