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Could anybody recommend a company to organise a fundraising event for us? We are looking for somebody who would do the lot, invite people sell tickets organise food and performances. We are based in...
noor light
Hi  I'm a treasurer of a tiny Community Orchard (not FAVOR UK) , we have just set up and are doing the rounds trying to get a bank account set up. in the interim, we need to be fundraising.  I wonder...
Justine MacArthur
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We are tiny organisation, so budget is very limited, but wonder if the community can recommend some free or very inexpensive tools to help visualise data in our organisation - primarily our fundraisi...
Milly Moss
Hi All - were hosting a 13 mile walk to raise funds to build a school in Gambia. I wondered if anyone knows what we need to have in place legally? Insurance/disclaimers etc, and whether anyone has an...
Paula Carey
Hello - can anyone offer any guidance on how to get on good terms with Trust and Grant bodies who don’t take unsolicited applications? Thank you
Emma Pond
Hi everyone, I’ve noticed that more and more funders are shifting to invite-only application processes. Has anyone found effective ways to get onto their radar? Also, if you've applied to a funder in...
Olivia Anderson-Davies
Hi all, We’re hosting a fundraising gala dinner, but the venue doesn’t have its own bar. Has anyone worked with an external bar company they could recommend?
Paula Carey
Hello, I will shortly be applying for a Capital Funding grant to provide a group workshop and basic amenities, toilets and kitchen. One of the funders requirements is to submit an Impact Assessment m...
Timothy Turner
Hi All, Our branch of RSPCA has been chosen by our local Ford dealer for their Drive 4UR Community. I just wondered if anyone has done it and if you have was it successful and what worked well to pro...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Has anyone used the new event fundraising platform Fundeey?
Hello I've spent the last few hours going round in circles trying to find clarity as to how a non-registered charity can receive donations in a legal manner. We are a small group of volunteers who re...
Rachel Davies
Hello! I volunteer with a small animal rescue charity, and we're thinking of getting some wall calendars made for 2026 to sell to our supporters. We've ordered other kind of print merchandise (e.g. p...
Christine Jakobsson
Im the director of a CIC (ltd by shares) (we converted from a Ltd company so were told we could not change the ltd by type).  Can anyone explain to me: why is ltd by shares viewed to different to ltd...
Nicola Witcombe
Hi Firstly thanks for reading this post. At another charity that I involved with, we are hoping to run our first fundraising dinner at a restaurant. We need to do the following: 1. Take the booking a...
Hayley Harris
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Back in March/April time a representative from a local business got in touch to say she had nominated our charity for...
Ocean King
Hiya,  I'm looking for some help and advise on income generation for a CIC. Can anyone recommend any Trusts and Foundations who would fund a CIC?
LAURA Baker
Just putting this out there  , What would be really handy would be some network meetings regarding funding or various important issues in running a trust or a charity. A place where we could help eac...
Does anyone have experience of using either of these platforms please? Trying to get my head around them to see if they're worth signing up to. Thank you
Lorraine Schulze
When we hold raffles at events we find fewer people are carrying cash and we don't currently have a card reader. But can card readers be used for payments for raffle tickets? From what I've read it s...
Sarah Clements
Does anyone have any experience getting their charity added as a non-profit to TikTok, so people can donate straight from videos? My charity has sizeable audience thanks to a few videos we made that...
Jenni Herd
Hello A question about gift aid and funding streams.  Our charity claims gift aid on eligible donations made to restricted and unrestricted funds. If the gift aid is claimed against a donation made...
Mary Louisa Gillett
Hi everyone I was wondering if any of you had any funding ideas for a grass roots Homeless Publication from Bristol Homeless. We have successfully compiled and printed 2 quarterly Issues and the thir...
noor light
Early years parenting support and promote children’s development through sustained, face-to-face work in the home. UK registered non profits providing direct service delivery, with income under £1m,...
Hello we are a small registered charity in teesside and we are looking for a small storage area for about 15 small tomedium boxes
Simon Wood
Hello everyone, we have a charity shop that isn't claiming any gift aid and I'm looking into this now. Is anyone in a similar situation? Or has a charity shop and could offer any advice? I'd love to...
Debbie Holden
Hi Charity Connect people,  I am doing some research on behalf of a charity which provides a magazine and a list of support places for people living on the streets or sofa-surfing in London and Scotl...
Phyllida Perrett
Which digital tools for grant finding do you find to be the best?
Paul Pirie
Just launched, a new £500m fund to break down barriers to opportunity for up to 200,000 vulnerable children and young people. It's aim is to boost pupil achievement and could fund programmes to reduc...
Ian McLintock
Hi all, the charity I work for are looking for a consultant who would be able to pull together our content and create online training for us to then sell on to our clients. It's quite a niche thing t...
Natasha Mills
We are new Donkey Sanctuary based in the west midlands. We are in progress of building stable block for our now 5 donkeys. We have managed to raise some funds and also been donated some materials. Bu...
Jayne Bryan
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