Collection tins and other fundraising materials

Please order materials using the form, or email NDCS@send-for.it.

You can order 2 collection tins per team member for free, put them in reception, in your canteen, local pub etc. Large collection buckets are also available for supermarket collections, tube and train station collections.

Fundraising materials order form.pdf (114 kb)

Undertaking the Three Peaks Challenge is an impressive feat, local press will love your story - you're doing something amazing! Use our draft press release to send to your local newspapers,  it really helps us raise awareness of NDCS and it will also help with your sponsorship. If you need any advice or help with your PR please call the NDCS press office on 020 7014 1146. 

You can use the template press release, and why not get a team photo taken to increase your coverage. Template press release (33 kb)

Step 1 Hold a meeting so you can allocate the tasks below to different people in your team!

Step 2 Decide on a date!

Step 3 Find a Venue
A lot of pubs host their own quiz nights or can donate a room if the participants at the quiz spend a minimum amount at the bar. The best way to find a venue is to approach pubs in your area, explain that you want to host a private pub quiz in aid of the National deaf Children’s Society. They will outline what they can provide you with e.g. room, microphone, scoreboard and even a prize for the winner!

Ask if you can put up posters and balloons on the walls. Order whatever materials you need (stickers, collection tins etc) using your materials order form.

Step 4 Find a quizmaster
You need someone to compere the quiz and be the quizmaster. Make sure it’s someone who won’t be fazed by public speaking and that they can confidently and clearly read out the questions.

Step 5 Nominate a marker
Most quizmasters can mark up to 10 teams’ answers between rounds, but they may need a helper. Alternatively you may let teams swap papers and mark each other’s quizzes between rounds then hand in marked answers for you to keep score.

Step 6 Hire a P.A system
Unless it’s a really small venue, you will need a P.A system capable of being heard above general pub conversation – not everyone will be taking part in the quiz.

Step 7 Get prizes
Write to local companies and ask them to donate a prize for the winning teams. Restaurants or leisure facilities are generous if you can offer some publicity in return either through adding them to the local press release or mentioning them at the quiz. Prizes could include dinner for two in a restaurant, a bottle of champagne, a day at a golf club, a food hamper.

Step 8 Write the questions
You can download our sample questions and answer sheets to get you started. To write write your own questions you can look on the internet and quiz books.

Step 9 Get a tiebreaker
If there is a tie between teams, always have a tiebreaker question up your sleeve. We recommend that a tiebreaker is a current affairs question; potentially something that has happened in the news that day and preferably a numerical question. For example how many actors have played James Bond to date? (5) To the nearest 10 years when did the National Hurricaine Centre start recording tropical storms and hurricanes? (1851)

Rather than shout out the answer, which can be confusing in a noisy pub, ask teams to write down their answer and submit to the quizmaster.

Step 10 Get these things together to take with you on the night
You will need to take these things with you on the night:
Whiteboard or flip chart to keep a record of the scores, you may be able to borrow this from your work place
Microphone and amplifier/PA system (if you are using a large room with lots of teams) – why not use a karaoke machine? One of your colleagues or a friends may have one hidden away!
Scoresheets and spare paper for the teams
Pens
The questions!
The prizes
NDCS balloons, leaflets, collection tins, sponsorship forms
Perhaps a photo board pictures of your team training and some of the peaks you will be climbing.

On the night
The quizmaster announces that the quiz will start in 30 minutes, 20, 10, 5 etc. and collects team names and entry fees. Give each team some answer sheets for them to complete with their answers and have a stock of pens for them if needed. For the quiz enclosed, you will need five sets of answer sheets per team. It is always advisable to print out spare sheets for the quiz.

Record the team names on your scoresheet then start the quiz by reading out team names (giving everyone a name check) and begin the quiz.

Each question should be read out once, a short break then repeated, then at the end of the round, quickly recap all 10 questions.

Collect sheets from teams for marking (perhaps announcing that if they’re not handed in within a minute, the team gets 0 points) or get teams to swap papers then read out each question then its answer (however, be warned, this can lead to some highly competitive marking!).

If you have any teams that question their score, remember the golden rule – the quizmaster is always right!

Give the total scores at the end of each round. At the end of the quiz read out the final scores in reverse order. As suggested above, have a tiebreak question ready. Then finally, announce how much has been raised for NDCS, thank all of your sponsors, and celebrate a successful event!

You can use the pub quiz questions below to start you off, or use the interent or pub quiz books to design your own.

Pub Quiz Questions and Answers (175 kb)

Corporate ID guidelines poster (450 kb)