What is the 40 minute fundraise?
In Zambia a lesson lasts for 40 minutes. Will you fundraise for 40 minutes to fund new classrooms and teachers’ houses at Simakakata Community School? You can jump, busk, run, bake and much, much more. Learn more >

Dan Baskerville and Mark Newell (Unknown State) doing a 40 minute busking set to raise funds for Simakakata Community School. What will you do with your 40 minutes?

A fundraising pack which includes 40 ways you can fundraise for 40 minutes. That’s the first things we want your help to create.

So far there are 20 fundraising ideas in the pot (see below). Can you help to fill in the remaining 20? The more fun the idea is the better. You can leave your favourite ways to fundraise in the comments section.

The pack will be available for you to download shortly (we’ll let you know when it’s ready). It will be a great way to encourage your school, university, workplace, sports club, WI group etc. to get involved.

Just to clarify, you can spend as long as you like planning your fundraise, but the activity should only last for 40 minutes, the length of one lesson in Zambia.

We’d link to thank everyone whose idea is included in the pack. If you’d rather we didn’t mention your name please indicate this when you leave a comment.

The first 20 fundraising ideas

1. A 40 minute sponsored silence.

2. Get sponsored to stand on one leg for 40 minutes.

3. Busk for 40 minutes. Make a day of it and get your friends to busk before, after and with you.

4. 5km. 5miles. 10km. Pick a distance it takes you 40 minutes to run and get sponsored.

5. Bake some cakes and sell them for 40 minutes.

6. Do a sky dive. It’ll take about 40 minutes from take off to landing.

7. A sponsored swim. Could you do a relay with your classmates and create a 24 hour swim-a-thon?

8. Street Dance. Will people sponsor you to dance in the town centre for 40 minutes.

9. Comedy. Could you and your friends perform a 40 minute comedy routine?

10. Host a 40 minute coffee morning at work?

11. A half of rugby lasts for 40 minutes. Could you get sponsored to play?

12. Donate 40 minutes of your salary.

13. Sell lollies at a nightclub for 40 minutes.

14. Lie in a bath of beans for 40 minutes.

15. Find the tallest building you can and run up the stairs for 40 minutes.

16. Get people to throw a wet sponge at you every minute for 40 minutes.

17. Wash cars for 40 minutes. Relay in your classmate after 40 minutes and keep washing all day.

18. Could you do a 40 minute bucket collection at your local football club?

19. Get sponsored to attend a 40 minutes in drag.

20. Host a 40 minute quiz.

There’s the first 20 ideas for you. Please add your suggestions in the comments section below to help create the 40 fundraising ideas.

Thanks!