Hi everyone, I have been working as a fundraiser for 8 years now, but have recently been given a project to work on for 12 to 18 months for In Memory of Giving. This is a completely new area for me a...
Corporate fundraising is an area that our charity has never particularly focussed on in terms of fundraising. Our costs are going up and we've identified this as an area with lots of potential for gr...
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...
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...
I am new to trusts and foundations fundraising and am exploring core funding opportunities; however, I have been struggling to find places for this. For context, I am applying on behalf of a small c...
We are tiny organisation, so budget is very limited, but wonder if the community can recommend some free or very inexpensive tools to help visualise data in our organisation - primarily our fundraisi...
We're thinking of running a raffle which would offer one year's CIO membership as a prize, allowing the winner to excercise the privileges of full CIO member. The excess profits would all go to the C...
Hi there, I am about to start a really new exciting role with a charity and im trying to find out how we connect wth the super markets to become one of the charities they support through the token do...
Hi, can't get to grips with the Companies House requirement for all the trustees to have a company ID on order to submit Annual Return and Accounts. Can anyone help
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Hi, Any charities out there using post office for depositing income? Do you send material to volunteers on best practice, how to bank cash and cheques etc. DO you use Post office own online material...
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Hello everyone, Just wondering what your experiences are of using Sender for email newsletters? Currently looking into it as an alternative to Mailerlite, since they reduced their free contact limit...
Hi all Can someone advise me on where we can find grants for first aid training for our volunteers and purchase defibrillators. We are children and young people charity Many thanks Nick
Hello Does anyone know if you run a small society lottery if you have to make a yearly contribution to one of the gambling charities as advised by the Gambling Comission? We can't work out if this is...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have a modest account with CafBank. The service has been progressively downgraded. A few years ago we were forced...
We're considering a move to CAF Bank. Likes: Charity specialist; payment card available with useful features. Dislikes: Payment card can't be monitored by push notifications: you'd have to log in to...
Hi, We want to update (rebuild) our website as it is no longer fit for purpose. Can anyone suggest the best and preferably cheapest way of doing this? I have heard about Common Good Digital from th...
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 run a C2C TM campaign and I was wondering if anyone could help provide some figures for benchmarking. What have your charity's RG attrition rates been in the 1st and 2nd year af...
Hello, We are currently running a regular giving campaign and very frustratingly the payment gateway on our website has stopped working so people aren't able to set up a regular donation without gett...
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 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...
Good morning, I work for a non-profit organisation whose mission is to use digital tools to support humanitarian aid. Are there any grant opportunities open which we can apply to? Thank you in advan...
Hello! I volunteer with a small animal rescue charity, and we're thinking of getting some wall calendars made for 2026 to sell to our supporters. We've ordered other kind of print merchandise (e.g. p...
Hi I have recently employed a Philanthropy & Partnership Co-ordinator who has been set objectives to boost our charitable trusts and donations income. When have others seen a return on receiving inc...
Im the director of a CIC (ltd by shares) (we converted from a Ltd company so were told we could not change the ltd by type). Can anyone explain to me: why is ltd by shares viewed to different to ltd...
Hi all, I'm currently in the process of planning a regular giving pack which I'd like to send to regular givers when they've signed up for a regular gift either via our face to face fundraisers or vi...
Hello all , hope you are all doing well, I would like to know if any charity is using vibe coded apps to maintain their website and if they are facing any difficulties please , many thanks Louis
Hi. Around the country following the recent local elections there must be charitable organisations coming to terms with the election of Reform UK led local authorities. This is particularly so if you...
Hello everyone, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an email newsletter platform for a small but fast-growing charity? Looking for a free plan option to use for email newsletters and...
