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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 30th January to gather as a community and meet others in...
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has any experience/thoughts with grant funding for CICs limited by guarantee vs shares. We are currently a company limited by shares and want to convert to a CIC lim...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all. I am new to website. This is a sensitive topic for me. I ask for some help and guidance. I am really strug...
Ocean King
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Hi there everyone, we are struggling a bit to raise funds for our projects. I need to post job but not quite sure where to recruit these specialist from.Anyone can help?
James McQueen
Hey, I am looking for a business sponsor form template. any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, James
James Dewar-Haggart
Hello, Grateful for any insight into how to run a charity auction. We've never done an activity like this before and don't have a huge amount of time or capacity to dedicate to it so simple and manag...
Eleanor McMahon
Hello, could someone help me understand sponsorship? I'm a little lost it how it actually benefits a charity. Thank you
Liz Jenkins
Hi Everyone  I am the branch manager for an independent branch of the RSPCA, which means we are entirely self-funded. At the moment, we are fundraising to replace our 12-year-old ambulance/collection...
Carl Saunders
Hi I just starting this project and am wondering were is the best place to start.  My company is a non profit at the moment but I'm looking to convert it to a CIC
Angela Whiteley
Hello,  I am fairly new in post as an Individual Giving Officer and have been asked to do some benchmarking on Regular Giving and Supporter Journeys. I would be very grateful if anyone would be willi...
Hi everyone, SMAG has been running for about 1 yr now, and we just got our CIO status. We have been successful to partner with a large international charity - creating a corridor to take people from...
INSOF LIBON
Hello everyone. I am looking for some support / suggestions . I have been using Total Giving donation manager for some time , this is fundamental to our charity to get through gift aid claims etc.  I...
Hi everyone, We have a few businesses who have kindly displayed donation pots on their counters for us. Our team are all remote and we don't have a central working base. Some supporters of ours have...
Hannah Carter
There will be six £1,000 draws this year and you can nominate your registered charity or non profit for each. The first winners will be announced on 31 Jan. Plus 4 special draws with 10 awards of £5,...
Can anyone suggest ways how to do local fundraising as well as looking at the large donor groups such as National Lottery? How easy is it to do crowd funding starting from scratch ?  Or will local bu...
Peter Webb
Hi, we are looking for grants that will help the charity be more sustainable ie solar. Grants for dug outs and improvements to kitchen, toilets, dressing rooms etc. If you have any suggestions please...
Naomi Pearce
Hi, I work for an eating disorder charity called First Steps ED. We are looking for funding for a research project in ARFID next year - anyone got any suggestions of a good place to look?
Emma Greenough
Hi!  We're an experienced youth work charity. We are looking at setting up a weekly youth group targeted at adopted young people. We would be doing this in partnership with an adoption service follow...
Big Give - Champions for Children. Opens tomorrow 2 Jan. Unrestricted funding for UK Registered charities working to alleviate child poverty (18 and under) across London. You must have income of at l...
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
 As we see cash, cheque and DD donations declining then we need to reach out to millennials and Generation Z donors in their preferred environments.Do you have time to give me an introduction to how...
Paul Pirie
Hi, is there funding or grants available for an employee to further there own learning at university from a charitable organisation that can not fund it themselves which would be hugely beneficial to...
Stacey McWilliam
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I've been approached for advice around how too access funding to build a detox/rehab centre in Zimbabwe. Although the...
Ocean King
We are a small charity run by volunteers with limited spare time. Does anyone know of any grant making organisations that would offer grants directly to a charity to increase capacity ( perhaps buyin...
William Nolan
Any experienced bid writers you can recommend? We have several projects requiring bids for 2025. Thanks. Also could anyone recommend other banks to use? We use Metro but would like to know any other...
Is anyone else struggling with potential corporate partnerships post pandemic and actually being able to talk to the right person rather than just send an email. I'm finding that some companies don't...
Sarah King
Hello We are a very small charity on the Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire border which was gifted a substantial arts and crafts style village hall 100 years ago.We need to carry out a full building surve...
Anne Oxley
Hello Has anyone got any updated information about Total Giving.  The reviews (all 2*) on Trustpilot are last dated Dec 2022.  I contacted Total Giving on the 4th April and although they promise to r...
Vanessa Eden
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
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
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
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