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30:30 Challenge
Employee fundraising is a great way to motivate colleagues and build team spirit. 2011 is WaterAid's 30th birthday year and to mark the occasion we're asking companies and their employees to raise vital funds for our work by taking part in WaterAid's 30:30 challenge.
The 30:30 challenge is simple and fun. Just pick one or more of our 30-themed fundraising ideas to take on as an individual or a team of colleagues with the aim of raising at least £30 per person taking part.
If none of our ideas suit, then think up your own! And why not see if your company can match fund your efforts?
Top 5 30:30 fundraising ideas
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- Around the world relay - recruit a team of 30 people to take part in a virtual relay and swim, run or cycle 3,000 miles to cover the length of the River Congo or journey 3,000 kilometres from Uganda to Swaziland.
- Push your limits for 30 minutes! Set up a weekly lunchtime keep fit club and charge a small entry fee for each session.
- Trade it up - start with £30 (or 30p) and trade it up over a period of 30 days to see which team or individual can turn their stake in to the most money for WaterAid.
- Auction of promises - secure 30 promises of people's time, labour or talents and auction them off to the highest bidder.
- Buy a bog! A family toilet costs just £30 from WaterAid's SH2oP for Life.
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- Treasure hunt - organise a 30 item scavenger hunt.
- Climb every mountain - recruit a team to climb a mountain over 3000ft, complete the 3 Peaks Challenge or get 30 colleagues signed up to WaterAid's Corbett Challenge.
- Get quizzical - the possibilities are endless! Organise a quiz with 30 questions per round or why not over 30s vs under 30s!
- Be a sport - make fundraising your goal with a 30 minute match five-a-side football or netball tournament, or even 30 holes of golf (normal or crazy!)
- Three's a crowd? Not in a triathlon...get teams of three to swim, run and then cycle for 30mins and see who gets the farthest, or enter teams in to the Virgin Active London Triathlon.
- Supermarket bag pack - get a team of 30 employees to pack and carry bags for customers in a local supermarket in return for donations.
- Water Fast - get sponsored to live on just 30 litres of water for 3 days - the average amount available to people in the developing world to use for drinking, washing and cooking.
- Walk for Water - get sponsored for walking 10,000 steps a day for 30 days or aim to build up enough steps as a team to cross 30 countries.
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- Office olympics - set up a Wii sports tournament involving 30 different events - something for everyone!
- Say cheese - run a photo competition where participants must use the theme of (you guessed it!) 30, in whatever way they can. Hold an exhibition in your canteen or reception and auction off the winners.
- Show Time! Negotiate a group discount on 30 tickets to a theatre show or event, give them to colleagues in return for a donation and donate the profits to WaterAid!
- 1930s Film club - organise evening showings of classic films from Gone with the Wind to the Wizard of Oz with popcorn and sweets galore.
- Acceptable in the 80s? Celebrate 30 years since WaterAid's beginning in 1981 with a 1980s fancy dress day or themed disco. Ask for a donation from those who get involved, and give a fine to those who don't.
- Bull's eye! Organise an office darts competition- instead of a bull's eye, the challenge is to score exactly 30 with your 3 darts.
- I've 'Bean' Soaked! The bath of beans is a timeless classic. Get people to sponsor you in increments of 30 seconds, with a bonus payment if you last 30 minutes!
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- Thir'tea'eth birthday party - hold a tea party to celebrate a colleague's (or even a celebrity's) 30th birthday or another special occasion in 2011, such as the Royal wedding.
- Wine in to Water - organise a tasting event with 30 wines to sample or run a blind tasting competition and offer a 30 year old vintage as the prize.
- Come dine with me - organise an inter-departmental cooking competition where teams cater for each other with meals around the theme of 30, cuisine from a country with a population of 30 million or using exactly 30 ingredients.
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- Small Change for Sanitation - buy 30 tubes of Smarties to give out to friends, family and colleagues. Once they've eaten the sweets they must fill the tube with spare change for WaterAid - one tube can hold 27 £1 coins (well, it's almost 30!).
- What are the chances? Hold a sweepstake to see who can predict which song will be number 30 in the music chart on World Toilet Day or who will come 30th in the Grand National.
- Bake a Difference - hold a bake sale on 30th of every month.
- Pick a day for Change - do something simple on the 30th of every month - a dress down day, a pay-day raffle or a 30p toilet tax.
- 30:30 Shop - ask everyone to bring in unwanted gifts and sell them in 30p, £3 and £30 sections.
- Go Blue - ask 30 people to raise awareness and funds for WaterAid's work by going blue for the day- wear blue clothes and maybe even a blue wig!
- My favourite...compile a book of your colleagues' 30 favourite recipes, books, cocktails, pubs or local walks and give them away in return for a donation to WaterAid.
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Get involved!
Visit our main 30:30 challenge page for details of how to get involved, to download the briefing pack and for information on resources available.
For any questions, information or to talk through your ideas, please call the team on 0207 793 4949 or email 3030challenge@wateraid.org.
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