How to raise funds for your playgroup
Are you required to pay for venue hire? Do you want to purchase special books, toys or equipment for your playgroup? Or maybe you want to cover the costs of an excursion or picnic?
There are lots of ways you can raise money to help fund your playgroup’s special and ongoing activities.
- Charge an entry fee
This is the simplest way to raise funds but it is important to think about whether this is a good idea for your playgroup families and how much to charge.
Take a look at our Should we charge an entry fee? Information for help.
- Fundraise
Sausage sizzles, cultural food fairs, bake sales and garage sales are all relatively simple ways to raise some funds for your playgroup.
It helps if you can tell people what you are raising the money for. Make sure your families discuss this before you start to fundraise.
If you have enough time and people to help, you can consider more complicated fundraising activities like a raffle or auction.
Before you get started, check the Tasmanian rules about how raffles need to be run to make sure you are running it legally.
You can find the rules here: Raffles and Trade Promotions (https://content.nfplaw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Raffles-and-trade-promotion-lotteries-Tas.pdf)
- Apply for grants
Applying for a grant is a good way to get hold of a sizeable amount of funding, but it can be a complicated process.
Ask Playgroup Tasmania for information about available grants and what they can be used for.
From time to time Playgroup Tasmania has funds available to help with playgroups; these are often linked with special events such as Children’s Week and National Playgroup Week. We will make sure all playgroups know about these and what they need to do.