I am a member of a amateur cricket club in the uk who are currently
looking at ways to improve our financial resources. Our past efforts
have mainly been through sponsored games/ 6 aside competitions, BBQs,
subscriptions, signboard advertising, ball sponsors, shirt sponsors or
plain old generosity from our members. However, as we have moved to a
bigger and better location we need to seriously step up our fund
raising to replace/buy old equipment which is now necessary. The
estimated short term costs are 20,000 pounds.
We currently have a membership of 40 senior and 80 junior members
playing in 3 senior saturday sides and 5 midweek junior sides. (aging
from 11-18 years old)We also run the clubhouse with a small bar and
entertaining facility however we do not own our new ground or the
clubhouse.
The ground lies in a fairly secure urban location within an elderly
village complex and therefore any fund raising activities will have to
gain their approval first.
the answers i am looking for are the ones that are not too obvious.
Obvious answers are:
- hiring the clubhouse for private parties
- using the field in the winter for other sports
- holding a summer fate on the ground areas.
- Gaining sponsorship from the National Lottery or from the ECB
Finally any fund raising ideas must be able to be completed by members
of the club who have a daytime job and therefore time and resources
are limited!!! We are also located in the Bristol region. |
