AVIVA ANNUAL APPEAL

Aviva (formerly Christchurch Women’s Refuge) is a Canterbury-based, specialist family violence agency. Last year we worked with more than 1,600 children, women and men throughout their journey - from crisis intervention, through family violence education, to the support of wider personal wellbeing. Only 45% of our funding comes from government contracts and we need to generate more than $1 million each year from other sources to keep our services running.

We are reaching out to our community to ask you to support those who are on their journey to overcome family violence.

Would your school be interested in running a fundraising event for Aviva? If the timing of our appeal week does not work for your school, feel free to pick any date that works better for you – we love support all year round.

You might be keen to run one of the classic, tried and true fundraisers e.g. mufti day, bake sale, car wash, movie night, coin trail, disco, raffle, quiz night etc. But if you are after something a bit different we have created some fun ideas for inspiration.

Fun Fundraising Ideas

/ Baked Bean Eating Competition
How many can you eat in a minute using only a tooth pick? Contestants could pay to enter to win a donated prize or people could sponsor them per baked bean.
/ Battle of the Bands
Challenge those budding musicians to a battle of the bands and put on a concert to raise money.
/ Cat Nap
If you can sweet talk the Principal into this idea, sell 15-minute nap vouchers allowing the purchaser a little time out from their busy day. Maybe some of the teachers might be keen to get one too!
/ Dare to Wear: a mufti day with a difference.
Dare to wear the most outrageous, crazy (but school appropriate) outfit. Ask for a donation to wear mufti and have a prize for the craziest outfit.
/ Doggie Wash
Dog owners love to have a clean furry companion. Your group will need a large space with access to warm water. Sell refreshments to dog owners to raise even more money.
/ Go Without for a Week
People choose the thing they would struggle to go without (social media, coffee, technology, car etc) and get sponsored if they can last.
/ Hair Beading, Braiding and Plaiting
Put your creative talents to good use. Make your friends look cool and raise money.
/ Hold a Sports Clinic
Have your top sports team put on a clinic for younger players. Ask for a donation to attend. It will raise money and bring enthusiasm to the team.
/ Nearly New Sale
Outgrown those jeans? Only worn something once? Why not sell or swap your unwanted things with others? Charge a certain amount for each item that's taken.
/ Sit-a-thon
Offer babysitting services for an evening and donate proceeds to Aviva. Do it with friends and see who can raise the most money.
/ Smoothie Stand
A healthy and yummy twist on the old lemonade stand. Ask for fruit and milk donations, whip up some amazing fruit concoctions and sell them to the masses.
/ Talent Auction
Why not auction off students talents for the day (or an hour or two) to other students or the school community? It could be babysitting, music tutoring, gardening, or your graphic design skills…. anything that might be helpful to others.
/ Wacky Hair Day
Go crazy and let you artist skills show. Students can pay a donation to enter and the wackiest hair style wins a prize.

Contact Details

If you decide to run an event we would love to hear about it and share news of your awesome event with our supporters.

Email:

Phone: 0800 AVIVA NOW (0800 28482 669)

Website: www.avivafamilies.org.nz