Yes, it can be done, but as stated above there are one hell of a lot of hoops to jump through.
My rugby club wanted to offer a flight with me as a Christmas raffle prize, and after much protracted discussion, I discovered the easiest way around it was to buy a 30 minute trial lesson with an instructor at my local airfield......was quite good really, I just presented the 'winner' with a voucher and had nothing else to do with it. Everyone was happy!
Iain.