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11 Months to Go – ‘Fete in a Box’ Countdown Planner!

On this page you will find:

Checklists for:
- Convenor
- Logistics
- Stalls
- Marketing
- Sponsorship
- Treasurer
- Entertainment
- Raffle
Suppliers who can help you – lucky dips and prizes
Links to useful articles
Fete video
Quickfind guide to source all the suppliers you need

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11 Months to Go! It’s time for:

☐ Convenor

Schedule committee meetings – either for the entire countdown or for the next few months.
Theme – are you going to have one? What’s your hook? Out of the box idea: find a local fete who recently had a theme and borrow their stuff!
What is your event going to raise money for? It’s important to have this discussion early so it can be woven through the whole fete story including sponsorship proposals etc.

☐ Logistics

Rest up for now – your work ramps up later!

☐ Stalls

Start brainstorming. Check out our 101 Stall Megaguide eBook.

☐ Marketing

Start spying on other fete websites and following other Facebook pages for ideas…

☐ Sponsorship

Get your sponsorship person locked in and get them tooled up with the resources here on this site that will help them, include draft proposal templates.
Consider individual stall sponsorship and the potential of getting each stallholder to source their own sponsor. This can divide up the work but can also get a little messy keeping track or everything.

☐ Treasurer

Time to tap out a rough budget?

☐ Entertainment

Unless you’re booking Bill Joel, you can probably relax for now 😉

☐ Raffle

If you’re not doing a major prize draw (like with a car), you can start brainstorming prizes but otherwise can kick back a little.

Send us your ideas!!!

Suppliers who can help you – Lucky Dips and Prizes

Below is a useful list of suppliers who can help you at this stage of organising your event. If you do end up booking with any of them, please let them know we sent you, so that they know, for sure, to continue supporting our good work!

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