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Are you looking to connect with other fundraisers but not sure where to start? Join our fundraising Connections event, hosted by  Angie Turner, Senior Philanthropy Manager at The Children's Trust.  S...
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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
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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm about to step up into a senior role within an organisation I have been working for for several years and would li...
Rose Cruickshank
Hello everyone, Firstly thank you to anyone who reads my first post 😊 I have just created a CIC which will enable to Neuro-diverse community access personal training and Nutritional advice. I have o...
Hello, my charity client is looking for a venue that can host an awards event for up to 400 people including a dinner/buffet. It needs to be in London and as affordable as possible. Does anyone have...
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
We are embarking on a much-needed replacement of our CRM system for the running of our charity. This is a pricey project but an investment for growth, and we are already in the process of research an...
Emma Cortes
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...
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
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED ---------------------------------------------------------- Do you work for a small charity?  It’s that time of year again! As part of its annual giving, our sister site Chari...
Hello everyone, Two quotes I wanted to share today. They're from Dr. Beth Breeze from the University of Kent on giving during hard times: 1: "" There's never a shortage of donors, but there is a shor...
We're absolutely thrilled to announce our October Fundraising Connections event, featuring the wonderful Angie Turner, Senior Philanthropy Manager at The Children's Trust,  who will be diving into th...
Hi  I just opened my CIC company and am looking for grants to purchase property for it. Can you help me with this? Best regards,
Tomasz Mielnik
Hi Our board meetings require 4 members to be quorate. Does anyone know the procedure if we have 4 at the start of the meeting and one has to leave mid-way through - does the meeting have to stop at...
Lainy Bedingfeild
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are a small counselling support charity and have a client that requires a BSL interpreter. This is the first time...
Ocean King
Hi there. Can anyone recommend any low cost (or FOC!) event ticketing solutions? Something like Eventbrite, but lower cost.  As a small charity, we don’t often do ticketed events, but have the occasi...
Michelle Hamilton
Hi everyone, Our Charity is considering organising a one-day festival-style event. I would love to hear from anyone with experience in this area, especially if you’ve worked with an event management...
Paula Maplesden
Hi! My charity has recently moved offices and we are thinking of getting a digital donation box (we have regular cookery classes and visitors to our office).  Has anyone got any experiences of digita...
Becks Wood
We are an umbrella organisation which is a UK registered charity. Our network of homeshare providers cover 17 countries. Most homeshare programs are very small volunteer groups serving the needs of t...
Hello I'm looking for some advice. I need to sell tickets for an event (Christmas party) and I want to use Microsoft forms. How can I collect ticket money in the most cost effective way? I've looked...
Laura Connor
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 just taken over a NPO which wasn't set up as a UCG but has been operating as such but without a board of trustees.  I obviously want to change this and I would like some guidance. How do I fin...
Jason Ghartey
Hello We are hoping to run a charity ball and invite everyone to pay an entrance fee. We are trying to register with Eventbrite to sell tickets. They are insisting upon a UTR number which we do not h...
Deborah Phillips
I am having some difficulty in persuading a client that GDPR is designed to help, not hinder our activity. They say that the fundraising team cannot collect and collate information on potential donor...
Eric Grounds
Hi,Just wondered if anyone has any experience of using Fundraise Up and whether they would be happy to have a chat with me about the advantages & disadvantages of the tool. Thanks! Pip. 
Pip Wilford
Hi, Am looking for a cheap and cheerful t-shirt supplier who can turn around a small order in the next 2 weeks, need a bit more design than a logo on the front. Any suggestions to save me trawling th...
Julia Benning
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
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme reopens at 10am on 2 Sep for UK charities with an income up to £200,000 pa supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Up to £5k. It will close when 40...
Hi everyone :)  hoping someone has some advice!  Corporate partners frequently ask us for images of our work in action. We need to make sure we're getting the right consents and whether we're allowin...
Lily Kendall
I am doing a bit of research into the success rate of funding applications - both from a financial point of view and from a number of applications point of view. I appreciate that it will be differen...
Barbara Hamilton
Anyone ideas or names of funding orgs in the SW london and Surey area... small registered charity of 8 years est . Thanks
Peter Webb
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