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Raise the fun(ds)

By Dan Etheridge

Use these ideas to raise some much needed funds for persecuted Christians during the World Cup! Try a sweepstake, put a big screen up and charge entry, get sponsored to wear one countries kit or get your hair cut like Neymar!

Any money you raise will go to cheer on Christians where the needs are greatest. That could mean providing trauma care for widows and orphans in Nigeria, supplying Bible’s and Christian literature across the Middle East and North Korea or helping the church around the world to keep shining God’s love during the darkest of times!

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Sweepstake

Put all the names of the teams taking part in the World Cup in a hat and get each person to pick out a team (or two). Charge £3 per team/pick until all the teams are gone. Spend £5 of the kitty from picks on prizes for the teams that come 1st and 2nd (some chocolates, drinks or snacks), and give the rest to Open Doors. The winner is the person that choses the team that wins the World Cup (and runner up is the person that picks the team that loses in the final).

First to score

Watching the footie with your mates? Split the 90 minutes up into 5 minute segments and give each person a five minute section of the game. Charge £1 for each of the 5 minute segments. The person with the 5 minute segment of the match that coincides with the first goal is the winner. Everyone else has to be nice to them, make them a cuppa, bring them sweets and marvel at their footballing punditry. All the cash gets donated to Open Doors. Easy right…

Pay per view

Host a World Cup game at your house, but charge a small entry fee and donate the funds to Open Doors. Crack out the snacks, drinks and some of the ideas on page 4 to make sure your World Cup Party kicks off in style!

Get your kit on

Get sponsored to wear your favourite football kit (or the one you wear for Sunday league) for an extended length of time. That could be a whole day, 3 days or even an entire week. If you’re keen you could even go with socks, shorts, shin-pads and associated footwear.

Non-uniform day

Try this one at your school, college, uni, workplace or just with your mates! Organise a non uniform day with a twist. Everyone pays £2 and then gets to wear their favourite football shirt for the rest of the day.

A close shave

Footballers love a good haircut. Just look at Neymar or Marouane Fellaini. So why not join the football style icons and get sponsored to have a crazy haircut. You could raise money by shaving all your locks off – or you could grow it out and style it up like the cream of the Premiership!

The Author

Dan works part time with Open Doors, mainly sorting out the comms stuff for youth and students. In his other life he's a freelance writer and graphic designer who likes collecting records and sitting on beaches looking at waves.