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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
I was wondering if you've noticed any seasonal trends in charitable donations. Do you find that people tend to give more around Christmas, or is the frequency of donations fairly consistent throughou...
Marta Balint
We have been sent approached by fundraising platform Givematch who offer match funding to any donor who can encourage 2 further donors who can support us.  While this sounds tempting as we approach t...
Bruce warman
Hi all! We've recently had a supporter reach out asking if we have JustGiving so that they can fundraise on our behalf on the site. However, my manager has said that we previously held a membership t...
Adam Dennett
Hi, I wondered if you can help please. We work alongside a great charity who provide singing and activities for us at our services. We have recently received and email from them stating that they wil...
Margaret Dode-Angel
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi all! For the next few months I would like my CIC to raise funds to top up GoFundMe accounts as well as go to refug...
Ocean King
Hello! We are thinking about our Christmas raffle. Can anyone recommend a platform that can run online and offline sales? We have found in the past that people just want to get a ticket then and ther...
Helen Crockford
As I see from another thread other people are unable to claim gift aid via TotalGiving. Having managed to cancel the claim that was in limbo.. I'm now preparing to manually claim. But then realised I...
Emma Thompson
I have some challenge fundraisers who would like to use Just Giving to raise funds for my charity, but also a second charity. I cannot work out how to do this on Just Giving.  We want 1 way for donor...
Rebecca Gibson
Hello, a little bit of advice please. We currently use Enthuse, as they sort gift aid for us, however we are finding them slightly clunky and they don't accept certain payment methods.  We are a rela...
Joe Bailey
Hello all With my birthday approaching I've had one of those pop ups on Facebook where you can select a charity to fundraise for.  They are a nice, seemingly simple option to promote a cause to follo...
Paul Davies
We're looking into new Donation/Fundraising platforms at the moment but looking for one with good donor stewardship options as well. Have any got any good experience of platforms like these? Is there...
Jacob Dilley
We've been using it for quite a few years and claiming Gift aid monthly. I tried to make a Gift Aid Claim back at the beginning of June but an error message occurred and despite emailing customer sup...
Emma Thompson
Hello Is a relative of a member of staff allowed to make a donation? Or is this a conflict of interest. Thanks.
Angela Haylock
Does anyone have any suggestions about new Individual Giving products that have been successful for your charity? We currently offer a Lottery scheme, Payroll Giving, Regular Giving, In memory giving...
Imogen Healing
Does any one know of corporates and or organisations that provide in-kind gifts (not cash, but products, for self-care welfare packages, to female mature students. May last year we were gifted 10 tic...
Shelley Spence
Hi all, I know there are a few threads on here about online fundraising platforms that people like to use. I was wondering if anyone knew of sites similar to easyfundraising that are no-cost to donor...
Rosa Balliro
We need advice in terms of restricted funds if we to fundraiser for a specific dog that is currently with our charity for re-homing. We desperately need to find a home for a dog with addisons disease...
Louise McInnes
Hi all,  I am looking into what is needed for a sponsorship programme, like those done by animal charities by sponsoring a kennel, etc.  I have our plan figured out. But I have heard off a colleague...
Charlotte Hamer
Hi, I see there was a helpful post on this from about 3 years ago. What would people say about the best donation platforms now?  For fees, conversion rates, ease of use, etc. Also considering using a...
Karen Pluess
My understanding is that because of PECR, we need active consent to send marketing emails, including to people who have previously donated. I believe that it is fine to send a thank you mail. For exa...
Edward Hibbert
Our small charity uses Just Giving for donations etc on our website. We opted for the free Start membership but this does not entitle us to any reports whatsoever so we cannot identify donors and hav...
Jo Stone
Does anyone have any experience getting their charity added as a non-profit to TikTok, so people can donate straight from videos? My charity has sizeable audience thanks to a few videos we made that...
Jenni Herd
I would like to set up a community for gamers / streams to fundraise for our charity, but I am not sure where to start. Has anyone tried to do this and been successful, any tips / gotchas?
Alex Withers
Hello,  We use Depop as a selling site but wondered if anyone uses Vinted please as a charity organisation  Thanks Julie-Ann
Julie-Ann Chapman
Hi all, we have a new strategic plan that needs a number of support from strategic partners. Can someone suggest to us any potential charities or how we can approach this?
Wilson Chacha
Hello, I am wondering if anyone would be willing to share their experiences of memberships - we have a scheme but needs reviewing and changing. Best Wishes Jen
Jen Parker
Morning all!  Hope you all had lovely bank holiday weekends. First time posting and first time question.  I work for a regional disabilities charity, Living Options Devon which provides services for...
Lydia Browne
Hi Everyone I need to source a credit card reader for one of our volunteers who does collections both on the street and on the London Underground System. We don't have much in the way of budget for t...
Jill Taylor
Today, Virgin Money Giving has announced that they'll close on 30th Nov.  Undoubtedly, there will be charities who are quite reliant on the platform and who are left worried about which alternative p...
Rose Cruickshank
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