From gapyear.com: A to Z of fundraising ideas for travelling and ... Working your arse off and saving like crazy is all very well, but there are other ways to make money. Legal ones, too. Fundraising involves getting your friends, family, colleagues and total strangers to part with their cash. You can go about it in a variety of ways: organise an event and charge people to attend, do something challenging and get people to sponsor you, make stuff to sell, or do something a little different. Whatever you do, tell your local newspaper about it to gain publicity... and more moolah. Gap year fundraising can be great fun, and looks impressive on your CV too. Like the sound of it? Check out an A to Z of fundraising ideas or head over to gapyear.com for more. A is for Auction of Promises Visit local businesses and ask them to donate their services for you to auction off. Or rope in your friends, who could promise to wash cars, mow lawns or do housework for the highest bidder. B is for Bring and Buy Sale We bet you've got loads of junk in your attics and under your bed. Why not raise some money (and keep your mum happy) by organising a Bring and Buy sale. You could even charge other people to set up their own stalls. C is for Car Washing Grab some willing friends and get knocking on your neighbour's doors. Tell them why you are offering to wash their car - to fund you gap year - and chances are, they'll gladly stump up a bit of cash. D is for Dance Marathon Get people to sponsor you for every five minutes of boogying you manage - or for every song you shimmy to. E is for Egg Painting Something to have at your craft fair or fete. Set up an egg painting stool, provide the eggs and the paint and charge people to get creative. F is for Fun Run Get sponsored to take part in an organised race - or organise your own where you live. G is for Guess the Weight... Find something suitably heavy - anything from a jar full of sweets to your Grandma - and ask friends and family to guess it's weight. Charge folk 50p to enter and buy a small prize for the winner. H is for Head Shaving Less impressive if you already have a crew cut, but for those of you with long flowing locks this could earn you shed loads of cash. Or if you aren't feeling brave, get sponsored to shave the head of a hairy (willing) mate. I is for Ice-cream Eating Either get sponsored to make lifelong friends with Ben and Jerry or buy huge tubs of ice cream and sell them by the scoop as cornets on a hot day. J is for Joke-a-thon Go up to people on the street and asking them to pay you fifty pence if you can make them laugh. Best to be armed with a ready supply to hilarious jokes for this one. K is for Karaoke competition Rent a karaoke machine and hold an event in your local pub, college bar, or bedroom. Sell tickets, or make it a competition and charge people to enter. Get a local company to donate a prize. L is for Lawn Mowing Borrow a lawn-mower and drop leaflets through doors, charging a couple of quid for your services. Make sure the leaflet explains what the money is for, and people will be more inclined to pay. M is for Marshmallow Eating Lull your mates into a sense of security with a campfire-and-guitar evening, then crack open the marshmallows and charge extortionate rates for them (a quid each?) Who can resist the gooey-marshmallow-over-campfire experience? N is for Name the Baby/Teddy No, we're not suggesting you have a baby for the purposes of gap year fundraising and then charge people for the privilege of naming it. A photo of a friend's baby will do. Make a list of 100 names, charge people a quid to choose a name, make a hundred quid and give £25 for the correct guess. Ask if you can put the photo up in your local shop, with a moneybox and list of names. O is for Odd Job Days Lawn-mowing, DIY, carrying shopping, walking dogs... offer your services in the neighbourhood - no job too small. Dress in a superhero costume to get noticed. P is for Parachute Jump Raise sponsorship - you'll need enough to pay for your parachute-jump; the rest can go towards your gap year. Contact friends, family, colleagues, your parents' colleagues, and local companies. Q is for Quizzes Quizzes are very popular and hence a good way to make money. Pubs are the usual venue, but you could also hold one at a local college, at a day centre for older people, or in a town or village hall. R is for Raffles Get friends and local companies to donate prizes. Go for cool, unusual prizes like a day in a spa, a go-karting session or a takeaway pizza. S is for Swear Box Get your mates or colleagues to put 50p in the box if they swear. T is for Treasure hunt People pay you for the first clue. You lay a trail of clues, with a top prize at the end. Car treasure-hunts can work really well. U is for Underwear Party For some reason, people will pay good money to attend a party packed with members of the opposite sex in their smalls. Beats me. V is for Video-a-thon Rent a bunch of classic movies and play them back-to-back for 24 hours. Print schedules and hand them out to your friends and acquaintances, who'll hopefully turn up and pay to watch their favourites. Offer a discount for those who last the whole 24 hours. Don't skimp on the popcorn. W is for Window Cleaning Spend a weekend cleaning windows for your neighbours or local shops. Fundraising Tip: Ask for donations rather than charging a set fee and you may get more money. X is for Xmas fair/panto/party 'Tis the season to make money! Get out the mistletoe for a big Christmas party, or sell home-made gifts at a Christmas fair. Y is for Yo-Yo competition Get people to pay to enter; hand out small prizes for duration and tricks. Z is for Zany Dress Day People at your office or school pay a quid or two for the chance to come dressed as celebs, as animals, in their team's strip, or all in pink... For more fundraising ideas go to gapyear.com.

From gapyear.com: A to Z of fundraising ideas for travelling and ...

Working your arse off and saving like crazy is all very well, but there are other ways to make money. Legal ones, too.

Fundraising involves getting your friends, family, colleagues and total strangers to part with their cash. You can go about it in a variety of ways: organise an event and charge people to attend, do something challenging and get people to sponsor you, make stuff to sell, or do something a little different. Whatever you do, tell your local newspaper about it to gain publicity... and more moolah. Gap year fundraising can be great fun, and looks impressive on your CV too. Like the sound of it?

Check out an A to Z of fundraising ideas or head over to gapyear.com for more.

A is for Auction of Promises
Visit local businesses and ask them to donate their services for you to auction off. Or rope in your friends, who could promise to wash cars, mow lawns or do housework for the highest bidder.

B is for Bring and Buy Sale
We bet you've got loads of junk in your attics and under your bed. Why not raise some money (and keep your mum happy) by organising a Bring and Buy sale. You could even charge other people to set up their own stalls.

C is for Car Washing
Grab some willing friends and get knocking on your neighbour's doors. Tell them why you are offering to wash their car - to fund you gap year - and chances are, they'll gladly stump up a bit of cash.

D is for Dance Marathon
Get people to sponsor you for every five minutes of boogying you manage - or for every song you shimmy to.

E is for Egg Painting
Something to have at your craft fair or fete. Set up an egg painting stool, provide the eggs and the paint and charge people to get creative.

F is for Fun Run
Get sponsored to take part in an organised race - or organise your own where you live.

G is for Guess the Weight...
Find something suitably heavy - anything from a jar full of sweets to your Grandma - and ask friends and family to guess it's weight. Charge folk 50p to enter and buy a small prize for the winner.

H is for Head Shaving
Less impressive if you already have a crew cut, but for those of you with long flowing locks this could earn you shed loads of cash. Or if you aren't feeling brave, get sponsored to shave the head of a hairy (willing) mate.

I is for Ice-cream Eating
Either get sponsored to make lifelong friends with Ben and Jerry or buy huge tubs of ice cream and sell them by the scoop as cornets on a hot day.

J is for Joke-a-thon
Go up to people on the street and asking them to pay you fifty pence if you can make them laugh. Best to be armed with a ready supply to hilarious jokes for this one.

K is for Karaoke competition
Rent a karaoke machine and hold an event in your local pub, college bar, or bedroom. Sell tickets, or make it a competition and charge people to enter. Get a local company to donate a prize.

L is for Lawn Mowing
Borrow a lawn-mower and drop leaflets through doors, charging a couple of quid for your services. Make sure the leaflet explains what the money is for, and people will be more inclined to pay.

M is for Marshmallow Eating
Lull your mates into a sense of security with a campfire-and-guitar evening, then crack open the marshmallows and charge extortionate rates for them (a quid each?) Who can resist the gooey-marshmallow-over-campfire experience?

N is for Name the Baby/Teddy
No, we're not suggesting you have a baby for the purposes of gap year fundraising and then charge people for the privilege of naming it. A photo of a friend's baby will do. Make a list of 100 names, charge people a quid to choose a name, make a hundred quid and give £25 for the correct guess. Ask if you can put the photo up in your local shop, with a moneybox and list of names.

O is for Odd Job Days
Lawn-mowing, DIY, carrying shopping, walking dogs... offer your services in the neighbourhood - no job too small. Dress in a superhero costume to get noticed.

P is for Parachute Jump
Raise sponsorship - you'll need enough to pay for your parachute-jump; the rest can go towards your gap year. Contact friends, family, colleagues, your parents' colleagues, and local companies.

Q is for Quizzes
Quizzes are very popular and hence a good way to make money. Pubs are the usual venue, but you could also hold one at a local college, at a day centre for older people, or in a town or village hall.

R is for Raffles
Get friends and local companies to donate prizes. Go for cool, unusual prizes like a day in a spa, a go-karting session or a takeaway pizza.

S is for Swear Box
Get your mates or colleagues to put 50p in the box if they swear.

T is for Treasure hunt
People pay you for the first clue. You lay a trail of clues, with a top prize at the end. Car treasure-hunts can work really well.

U is for Underwear Party
For some reason, people will pay good money to attend a party packed with members of the opposite sex in their smalls. Beats me.

V is for Video-a-thon
Rent a bunch of classic movies and play them back-to-back for 24 hours. Print schedules and hand them out to your friends and acquaintances, who'll hopefully turn up and pay to watch their favourites. Offer a discount for those who last the whole 24 hours. Don't skimp on the popcorn.

W is for Window Cleaning
Spend a weekend cleaning windows for your neighbours or local shops. Fundraising Tip: Ask for donations rather than charging a set fee and you may get more money.

X is for Xmas fair/panto/party
'Tis the season to make money! Get out the mistletoe for a big Christmas party, or sell home-made gifts at a Christmas fair.

Y is for Yo-Yo competition
Get people to pay to enter; hand out small prizes for duration and tricks.

Z is for Zany Dress Day
People at your office or school pay a quid or two for the chance to come dressed as celebs, as animals, in their team's strip, or all in pink...

For more fundraising ideas go to gapyear.com.