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Would you like to connect with other fundraisers but not sure where to start?  Join us at our next fundraising networking session on Thursday 21st November to gather as a community and meet others in...
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Hi all, I'm looking into securing the free Google Ads grant for my charity but would want a third party to manage this as I simply don't have the expertise or time to do so myself (it's just me on th...
Natasha Mills
Does anyone please have recommendations for suppliers for your charity branded cotton t-shirts and vests for runners? There are a few I'm looking into at the moment, but any suggestions for companies...
Imogen Healing
Kristina Martin Charitable Trust. Open to UK Registered charities in local, UK or international settings, with income under £1,000,000 and a core focus to support mental health well-being. Grant them...
Ian McLintock
Hello everyone, Firstly thank you to anyone who reads my first post 😊 I have just created a CIC which will enable to Neuro-diverse community access personal training and Nutritional advice. I have o...
James Dewar-Haggart
We have a collection of 8 community centres who have come together to form a consortium to serve the community in an area of high deprivation and need. Currently funding comes from the council and fr...
Molly Deakin
Hi, I am looking for assistance in a couple of areas. The first being knowledge on availability of grants specifically for the hospitality sector/community. Many thanks in advance
Roisin Reddington
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme reopens at 10am on 2 Sep for UK charities with an income up to £200,000 pa supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Up to £5k. It will close when 40...
Ian McLintock
Hi everyone, We're looking to test tap to give for donations at our events. Can anyone recommend an option that doesn't tie us in to monthly payments, but can capture Gift Aid opt-in/details?  We're...
Sally Fixter
Hello everyone, I am in the process of setting up a charitable foundation in my brothers name. Initially we are setting up as a micro trust through the charity Giving Works. My question is, are there...
Tanya Slater
This week we are having a quiz night.  We decided to sell tickets on a per table basis. (£80 per table for teams of 8). This has some issues: One person in a team needs to pay for the table and get t...
Roger Leitch
I wonder if anyone can give us suggestions how we can fund the purchase of premises to expand our ever growing IT recycling charity in Stoke on Trent. We have premises in mind that have a value of £6...
Bill Harvey
I have the opportunity for multi nation funding for five projects. Do you know anyone who has written such a proposal? I could do it per nation in Africa or could do it per project.   Any suggestions...
Ann Hubbard
As a relatively new charity to this platform, can you tell me is it only uk working charities can apply, or you do you consider also charities who work mainly in other nations?
I want to ask a question regarding exercising due diligence when receiving donations.  My question is what kind of due diligence should I exercise If I am offered unusually large donation to our char...
Ahmad Waseem
Dear All, Can we use small donations to create a financial endowment? All small donors will know that their donations are being used for creating a corpus that will establish a financial endowment. R...
Ahmad Waseem
Hello, Has anyone used Donorfy Forms to create their website donation forms? I'm interested to see what a 'standalone form' can look like as I believe that's the only way to enable Apple Pay  (that'l...
Hi all. We recently received a grant and are expected to complete an evaluation report regarding the project we undertook (therapeutic group work). I've personally never done one before - does anyone...
Adam Dennett
Are you looking to connect with other fundraisers but not sure where to start? Join our fundraising Connections event, hosted by  Angie Turner, Senior Philanthropy Manager at The Children's Trust.  S...
Ocean King
Does anyone have experience with donation devices? I am looking at DonarBox:  https://donorbox.org/  and would value comparisons
Caroline Jackman
Hi there! can we chat gift aid? A retired colleague has recently received a tax bill for gift aid - they had continued to financially support the charity post-retirement and appears their tax status...
Sarah McDonagh
Can I know how do I get the funding for workshop, if the foundation is under a church and the foundation it has its own name but we are not yet registered as a charity? We want to know more informati...
Sam Will
Bit of a curve ball question. Our charity has a copy of the DSC Directory of Grant Making Trusts 2020/21. Is it worth getting the latest edition? Probably won't be a great number of new entries in th...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We have recently been asked to return funds for activities we completed. We have asked for the reasons of breach - th...
Ocean King
Hello CharityConnect, Around the lead up to Christmas, my fundraising team we get a lot of enquiries about what items to donate to our frontline teams, and how and when to donate items. This is from...
Georgina K
Good afternoon, My name is Lewis Ashdown and I am one of the directors for Great Yarmouth Arts Festival CIC. Something we are interested in looking into is the possibility of seeing if there is any g...
Lewis Ashdown
Hello, A charity I work with received an email from Non Profit Growth to send 15 applications on their behalf for £3,000 – on a sliding – no win/no fee basis. So – no funding = full refund reducing p...
Lucy Lord
Hello Does anyone have any experience of using Microsoft 365 Dynamic to manage donors, volunteers and other relationships and would be willing to have a chat with me, or discuss in a thread here? Dav...
David Head
Do you struggle to make your data tell the right story? Perhaps you’re unsure how to make data visually appealing? Do you need help to analyse survey data and highlight key trends? Pro Bono Economics...
I'm helping to organise a pan-European 2 day scientific meeting for up to 100 healthcare professionals and researchers in Italy next summer for our particular rare genetic condition . We want to seek...
Robert Dalgleish
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