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Play Fund Win manages 5 data types including leads. Helps you organize, track, and share your work in 1 place for teams and solo users.

SECTOR — CHURCHES

Church Fundraising Ideas — building works, mission, community

Parish councils, PCCs, vicars and ministry teams. The fundraising formats that respect your community and your time — for roof works, mission projects, hall hire, ongoing ministry.

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100 Club parish staple

Decades of cultural familiarity.

Cause-led storytelling

Heritage stories convert best.

Tied to the church year

Harvest, Lent, Advent, Christmas Eve.

PCC-ready reporting

Trustee-grade audit trails.

Top 5 formats

The formats that actually work

Curated from PFW's 27 fundraising formats. Each link goes through to a deep-dive on that format — what it is, how it works, what it raises.

DRAW FORMAT — 100 CLUB

The 100 Club — numbered monthly draws, rebuilt

A traditional parish fundraising fixture. 100 numbered memberships, monthly draws, predictable income. Decades of church-community cultural familiarity.

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DRAW FORMAT — CAUSE-SPECIFIC DRIVE

Cause-specific draws — time-limited drive for a concrete goal

Roof appeals, organ restoration, mission targets — concrete goals raise more than open-ended fundraising. Photo the work needed, set a deadline, tell the story.

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DRAW FORMAT — CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

Christmas raffles — the seasonal fundraiser that fills your stocking

Drawn at the carol concert or Christmas Eve service. Hampers, local hospitality vouchers, a cash headline. A natural moment in the church calendar.

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DRAW FORMAT — CHARITY GALA

Charity gala raffles — turn black-tie into bigger gives

For annual mission dinners, harvest suppers, parish fundraising evenings — premium ticket pricing where guests are already engaged.

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DRAW FORMAT — ANNIVERSARY RAFFLE

Anniversary raffles — celebrate the milestone, fund the future

Parish anniversary, dedication festival, building centenary. Heritage-led storytelling that ties giving to the church’s history.

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Church parish fundraising on Play Fund Win

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Parish 100 Clubs & Roof Appeals

Parish & Cathedral Fundraising

Parish 100 Clubs, roof appeals and cause-specific drives running on PFW — heritage-led storytelling tied to the rhythm of the church year.

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On the platform

Running this on PFW

Verified Play Fund Win hosts running fundraising in this sector.

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Parish-level fundraising

Church 100 Clubs and roof appeals through the parish network

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Cathedral and minster campaigns

Larger-scale heritage and capital fundraising

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Mission organisation campaigns

Time-limited cause-specific mission drives

Tactical tips

What works for this sector

The specific levers PFW hosts in this sector pull to outperform — drawn from real campaign data.

The notice sheet is your highest-conversion channel

A QR code on the weekly pew sheet outperforms social, outperforms email, outperforms posters in the porch. Print it once, leave it for the season.

Tie campaigns to the church year

Harvest fundraisers in September. Roof appeals in spring (before summer wedding season). Christmas raffles drawn at the carol service. Lent or Advent giving programmes.

PCC sign-off matters — get it in the minutes

A PCC-minuted fundraising campaign has the full backing of the parish. Run informal campaigns and you’ll get ~40% of the participation rate.

Heritage stories convert better than utility appeals

"Our 13th-century roof needs urgent repair" raises more than "we need £30,000 for building works". The story is what unlocks the giving.

Don’t neglect the diaspora

Many churches have a network of past parishioners, baptism families, wedding couples. A monthly recurring supporters’ club captures their connection to the church even when they’ve moved away.

FAQ

What this sector asks us most

Do we need a licence to run a church fundraiser?

Most parish 100 Clubs and roof-appeal raffles run as Small Society Lotteries under a £40 council registration. Smaller incidental raffles at church events often qualify under exemptions. Robin will check your specifics.

How does this work with Gift Aid?

Where the entry includes a charitable donation element, Gift Aid can be claimed by your PCC. Robin captures the Gift Aid declaration at entry time. Standard HMRC rules apply.

Is gambling within church teaching?

This is a question only your PCC and ministry team can answer for your tradition. Many UK churches across denominations run prize-draw fundraisers comfortably. Others prefer cause-specific giving without prize mechanics. PFW supports both — we configure formats either way.

How do we handle the older end of our congregation who don’t use phones?

Robin’s page supports printed entry slips for hand-collection at church, alongside the online flow. PCC members can manually enter older members into the same draw using a phone or tablet.

What about denomination-specific fundraising guidance?

PFW is not affiliated with the Church of England, Catholic Church, Methodist Church or any specific denomination. Formats are generic UK fundraising mechanisms that work alongside any guidance your bishop, denomination or trustee body provides.

Can we run a roof appeal as a multi-year campaign?

Yes — a recurring 100 Club provides the multi-year predictable base, layered with annual cause-specific drives for headline moments (a new boiler one year, the porch the next, the roof the year after).

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