Task and competition fundraising ideas
Get your friends or colleagues together and host a task competition to support young people with cancer.
How to play
- Ask competitors to donate £10 to take part.
- Assign someone to set the tasks – this can change for each challenge if everyone wants to play.
- The person in charge challenges competitors to a number of different tasks, and awards points for the best ideas or winners.
- Keep a leader board of points awarded throughout the competition – the winner is the person with the most points at the end.
- You can play in teams or as individuals, over Zoom or in person. Please follow government guidelines when organising your event.
Task ideas
Here are some challenge ideas. You can do as many or few as you like. Add your own challenge ideas if you’re feeling creative!
Task 1 - Teabag in a mug
Throw a teabag into a mug. The person who throws from the furthest distance is the winner.
Task 2 - Create a paper elephant
Get a sheet of paper and put it behind your back. You have 2 minutes to make an elephant. The winner is the best elephant.
Task 3 - Biggest balloon
Close your eyes and blow up a balloon. When you think it’s as big as it will go, stop. The winner is the person with the biggest balloon.
Task 4 - Sandwich game
Simply make the most exotic sandwich you can. Challengers must take a bite out of it! The winner is person with the most creative sandwich.
Task 5 - Scavenger hunt
Challengers have 2 minutes to return with the most unique objects that they can find that begin with a letter of your choosing. Points are rewarded for each unique object.
Task 6 - Draw a goat
You can only use your feet to do this. You have 2 minutes to do this.
Task 7 - Find something red
Count the steps taken to collect the item. Fewest steps wins.
Task 8 - Tower master
Create a freestanding tower that is over 2 foot high. You have 3 minutes. Highest and most creative wins.
Task 9 - Higher or lower
The person in charge will hold up a standard playing card. Guess if the next card will be higher or lower. If you guess incorrectly you are out. The winner is the last person left.
Task 10 - Guess the weight
The person in charge selects 5 items and shows them all to the group. Challengers have to guess the combined weight of the items. The closest answer is the winner.
How your support will help
Just £30 could pay for an hour of care from a Teenage Cancer Trust Nurse, who’s specially trained in looking after young people with cancer and can provide sensitive, individual and expert care.