Category: Fundraising News

#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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There are many tried and tested employee engagement strategies in the market, but have you considered a CSR strategy to engage employees while also giving back to a good cause? GivGo, an innovative platform to help corporates raise vital funds for their charity partners while creating a digital footprint of the company’s social responsibility impact, is the latest solution. Here’s why:

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For Fundraisers, its absolutely vital to create a Christmas campaign and ensure you give yourself enough time to thoroughly plan. Whether you’re looking to create a local campaign or go global, the sooner you get started the less you’ll have to worry about when the time comes to launch. Continue reading “Time To Start Planning Your Christmas Fundraising Campaign!”

Did you know that, according to Cisco, 85% of all content consumed online will be video by 2021, that’s madness, right?!We met with Luke Cameron from Nicest Productions, who has shared why the power of storytelling through the use of video content is key for a strong content strategy within the charity sector, along with some practical tips to get started.

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