Hi all I've got these two running on CharityJobs and Linked In, plus a bit of legwork on Facebook and other social media. The question is whether there are other low-cost platforms to increase reach...
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Hello. I just joined CharityConnect today. I'm wondering if any other charity trustees have had similar issues to the one we're having. An anonymous member of the public with an unidentifiable ema...
Hi, I've just had our charity shop featured in a newspaper article, the article went live yesterday, and is part of a series of articles aiming to promote local bargain shops in the area. What would...
We are a small CIO, with only trustees and no staff, on the final stretch of deciding on our first CRM and fundraising platform. Although a CRM is an important investment, we are in the Catch 22 of n...
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We are a small charity which delivers services through wonderful volunteers who all have specialist professional skills. Some of these volunteers do the same role in their day job. One of these volun...
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We are a small charity and I am a Trustee. I have concerns that in our Governing Document it states clearly that we can use the income from the fund for the purposes of the charity. Our funds are i...
Hi All What alternative match giving platforms are there to Big Give - preferably that provide the matching pot rather than requiring the sourcing of pledgers? Your help on this would be hugely app...
Hi members Charity Connect lovely people I am new here, I am board of trustee for 9 years. Can I set up CIC charity as a director ? would this be considered as conflict of interest while still act...
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I am the Operations Manager for a small charity and have received an expression of interest from someone who I think would be a great Trustee. I have forwarded the details onto the 3 existing Truste...
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Hi, I am benchmarking our current company sick pay entitlement. I know this can vary widely from organisation to organisation. We have approx 60 employees in the charity, which includes our retail te...
Hi We are a small charity, income around £1m, with 10 staff. We currently use ThankQ (version 8.5.006) for our fundraising and Benefactor for our grants programme. We now need to overhaul this and id...
Hi everyone! I work as a Dementia Activities Coordinator with a small charity in Southeast London. We run an art group for people living with dementia and their carers. We're thinking about selling c...
Hi everyone, I’m exploring GiveMatch as a platform for matched funding and wondering if anyone here has used it for a live campaign. I’m particularly curious about: How easy it was to set up Whether...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Face to face fundraising / accounting - a small charity I support receives good income from F2F fundraising but this...
Hello, has anyone registered on Vinted as a charity? Our charity shop would like to do this but I'd be grateful for any feedback from others - is there anything we need to do/watch out for? Thanks
Hi, we're looking to find funding for a project, but have seen that some funders expect to part fund a project. How do other charities go about applying to multiple funders for one project? We only h...
Hello All, I am the Chair of a new charity focused on mental health called "RookMay Foundation" - does anyone know of any companies or oganisations that actually manage grants (application, sourcing,...
I'm Scottish and we're the people who invented the deep fried mars bar, so funding and sweets works for me. Rowntree’s – Free the Fund Community Grant Programme - registered charities and not‑for‑pro...
Hi all A local business is going to donate a washing machine or other appliance that we can use as a prize. The idea is to get donations and then you can opt to be entered into the prize draw. I know...
I have recently become involved with a Charity in the Bristol area and am wondering whether anyone has any experience of using and recommendations for specialist content creators to boost awareness o...
Hi, my name is Gabi, and I am a Fundraising Officer at Imperial Health Charity. We have some fundraisers running the Hackney Half for us, and I was hoping to hold a post-race for the fundraisers in...
Hi everyone I'm looking for advice for a step-by-step plan in how to go about seeking corporate sponsorship for a capital project for an animal sanctuary - advice from those who have been there befor...
Hello everyone, I hope all is well. I wanted to ask what In Mem Supporter looks like to you and what rules do you set, differentiating between a way of giving and NOK supporters I.e. the wider suppor...
Does anyone have experience of fundraising at a conference? I recently joined a non-profit medical membership organisation, fundraising for their international development work. As part of my inducti...
Hi, I've been working at a hospital charity in Northampton for nearly two years as an Individual Giving Lead. Previously, I've worked in fundraising/supporter care, so this is a new area for me. I'v...
I have opened an online Investment account whereby we will be able to invest in Investment Trust shares of our choice. I have read that shares purchased using money from an account in a charity's na...
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we are a new organisation and would love to set up Using Stripe for regular donors. Can someone help us with this please or just advise how we can do this. we are having our 1st Charity launch this J...
There was a thread about 4 years ago discussing which of these is the better platform for raising funds from supporters doing online shopping. That thread did not seem to come to any conclusion as no...
Dear Colleagues, I just wondered if any CVS colleagues were willing and able to share some insight into where they had been able to successfully secure funding from to fund capacity building staff ro...
