Category: Fundraising News

One of the biggest obstacles for corporation’s looking to fundraise is obtaining prizes to sell. Whilst they need to raise funds for their corporate social responsibility policy, they also don’t want to spend large sums of money purchasing luxury holidays and designer jewellery. However, utilising unwanted hospitality tickets, gifts and merchandise to fundraise has huge potential if promoted correctly.

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Data is a highly valuable commodity in our industry: it paints a clear picture of who your donors are, enabling you to maintain the relationship. Investing time to understand and nurture this data, not just collate it, can help you get closer to your donors and may have a dramatic impact on funds raised.

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2018 is in full swing and were excited for what the year ahead holds for the third sector. We’ve consulted 5 fundraising experts to get their professional opinion on the trends, opportunities, and hurdles they think the third sector will face in the next 12 months. No doubt these predictions will inspire you to shake up your fundraising strategy!

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Queen’s Hall Arts wanted to fundraise to support children who are losing or have lost a loved one. The charity launched the campaign ART with HEART, to auction off pieces of art alongside their gallery exhibition. The had never conducted an online auction before but chose to use Givergy to try to increase funds raised by reaching a wider audience outside of the exhibition.

Givergy Australia’s Head of Business Development, Will Carrick, has given a first-hand account of his experience within the rapidly evolving fundraising industry in Australia. Will has worked for Givergy for 18 months and has helped over 90 causes maximise their fundraising efforts through bidding technology. Having built strong relationships with non-profits and industry bodies, his perspective is both interesting and educational.

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#GivingTuesday is the biggest day of giving worldwide, with companies and individuals raising funds or donating their time. Arriving in the UK in 2014, just 2 years later it broke the World Record for the most money raised online for charity in 24 hours! Its the UKs #1 Twitter trend, running in over 70 countries including the US, Canada, Russia, Germany, Australia and Brazil, with 1 in 10 people doing good stuff for great causes! Its a great way to encourage people to give to a support your charity, falling just after Black Friday and Cyber Monday when people are happily spending lots of money on gifts.

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The iconic Children in Need initiative started on Christmas Day in 1972 in the format of a five-minute radio broadcast. The response was jaw dropping, and the money raised was split between 4 children’s charities.

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Wednesday November 1^st2017 marks the beginning of this years Movember campaign. Movember is a movement that challenges men all over the globe to grow a moustache for the 30 days of November in order to raise awareness and funds for the physical and mental health of men. The Movember Foundation claim that the campaign will reduce the number of men dying prematurely by 25%.

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If you’re planning a fundraising campaign in the run-up to Christmas you’ll need to utilise the fact that people are much more generous around the holidays. Christmas is about so much more than just presents and good food, as over 50% of UK households make a charitable donation in December. So how exactly do you get people to give?

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