Charities & Fund-Raising Ideas

There are several ways in which you can raise funds during a night at the dogs.

Race Sponsorship

Groups, individuals or businesses are invited to sponsor a race for a minimum donation of £100 per race. (If a Charity sponsors all the races, we will only charge £30 to cover the cost of the trophy and framed photograph, with the profit being donated to the Charity). Included within your race sponsorship is:

• Sponsors name and details in the racecard
• PA system announcements up to the start of the race
• Sponsors present trophy to winning owner/trainer
• Opportunity to display advertising banners around track perimeter
• Photograph of winning ceremony

Nominators

A total of 78 greyhounds on average race during the evening. Invite guests to nominate a greyhound at say £10.00 (£780.00 raised). You will need a sponsored prize for each race. The nominator of the winning greyhound in each race wins the prize.

Racecard Advertising

Sell advertising space to sponsors. Our normal advertising rates are:

• Full Page (140mm x 200mm) £100 plus vat
• Footnote size (140mm x 40mm) £40 plus vat
• Any profit goes direct to the Charity.

Charity Collection

Organise a stadium-wide Charity collection.

Raffles

Hold a raffle for sponsored prizes and sell tickets to anyone in the stadium. It is advisable to use sales people, and different colour raffle tickets for different areas of the stadium and a limited number of prizes e.g. a few big ones rather than lots of smaller ones. Our Commentator will assist on the night and we suggest you draw the raffle not too late (before 10.00pm) so you won’t have to wait for people to claim prizes after racing.

Auction

Organise an auction with sponsored prizes (only available in Executive Suites).