Bake sale ideas for fundraising
You don’t need to be an expert chef to bake the world a better place! Whether you’re a brownie or a scone person, everyone loves a bake sale or a coffee morning.
Bakes sales are a fun, accessible way for anyone to raise money for charity. You can sell cakes to friends, family, colleagues or community groups – all in the name of preventing child abuse. Below, we've provided a guide for how to plan a bake sale fundraiser. With our tips, planning your NSPCC fundraising event will be a piece of cake.
How to plan a bake sale fundraiser
Step 1: Plan
It might sound simple, but planning is the key to a successful bake sale fundraising event. Make sure you have all the basics mapped out.
When will the event take place? Where will it happen? Who will you be selling to? What will you be baking? And how will you spread the word?
Step 2: Bake
Time for the fun part – baking! After finding your recipes and collecting your ingredients, you’ll be ready to bake.
You could bake all the goods on your own, or ask friends and family to contribute their baked goods too. Once they’re all done, make sure you’ve made a note of any allergens and stored them safely.
Step 3: Sell
Wherever your cake stand is, make it stand out. You can request resources from our fundraising team like bunting, banners and balloons, which will be the icing on the cake of your bake stall.
Decide how you’ll collect the money – do people just give what they feel? Or do cakes have set prices?
Step 4: Donate
You did it! You ran a bake sale fundraising event! The final step is making sure the money reaches us, so we can use your donation to make a difference in the lives of children across the UK.
You can either log your donations online or send us a paying in form – all your options are outlined in the fundraising pack we'll send you in the post.
FAQs
We always love to hear from our amazing supporters and would be happy to answer any questions about your baking fundraiser. You can reach us by emailing DIY@NSPCC.org.uk
We’re looking forward to hearing all about your baking fundraiser. You can tell us about your plans by completing this form.
Once you’ve completed the form, you’ll receive a confirmation email from us and we’ll be in touch with you about your free fundraising pack.
The money raised from your baking fundraiser event will help us prevent child abuse.
It could be used to help fund our therapeutic services, our Helpline, or to help us run Childline. Wherever your donation is needed most, that’s where it will go.
If you’d like to find out how the money you raise is spent, you can visit our How your money is spent page.
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