The Funding School Blog
Is your charity missing out on donations now that we have become a predominantly cashless society? Learn from experts Vicky Hewlett and Emma Rose at 'Give a Little' who give us a whistle stop tour of how you can cheaply integrate contactless donations into your charities fundraising activity....
I recently delivered a workshop on this topic for the 'Fundraising Now' conference for the Directory of Social Change, and it was a great hit. I've outlined here the key takeaways. To get the best advice possible, I consulted widely with other fundraising colleagues, so these ideas represent...
Could a mobile phone transform the profiles and awareness of small charities?
If your small charity is like most, communications and marketing is probably one of your last priorities amongst all the other ‘to-dos’ on your list.
Large charities have comm’s teams or pay...
For many of the small charities I've worked with the idea of creating a fundraising campaign may be daunting to say the least. It really doesn't need to be though. Really creating a campaign can be as simple as writing a letter or email and sending it to some supporters.
However, in order to...
I've always felt that its really easy to get turned off from writing a fundraising strategy. Just the phrase can make one shudder!
But actually it really isn't that complicated, and believe it or not it can become quite an interesting and fun opportunity to bring people together in shared purpose...
There are now a plethora of International Awareness Days from ‘Answer your Cats Questions Day’ and ‘Wear Pyjamas to Work Day’ to serious topics like ‘Holocaust Memorial Day’ and ‘Domestic Violence Awareness Month’.
Although...
Are small charities missing a trick by not engaging with Individual Giving?
It is a commonly held belief that individual giving is the sole domain of large charities that have the budget and capacity to design, resource and administer powerful and high-quality fundraising campaigns. However, an...
