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Does anyone out there have any tips or contacts for trusts and foundations who like to support new CICs?
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Fundraising by spamming
Hi Community In your opinion and experience, how do the UK public respond to receiving direct appeals daily - or even twice daily - during an appeal? My view is that UK supporters may click 'Unsubscr...
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I have recently become involved with a Charity in the Bristol area and am wondering whether anyone has any experience of using and recommendations for specialist content creators to boost awareness o...
TIM DUGGAN
Hi There, We want to start using QR codes for donating, which is the best platform? Many thanks, Carl
Carl Saunders
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Issues with CAF donate regular donations
Hello, We are currently running a regular giving campaign and very frustratingly the payment gateway on our website has stopped working so people aren't able to set up a regular donation without gett...
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Good morning,  I work for a non-profit organisation whose mission is to use digital tools to support humanitarian aid. Are there any grant opportunities open which we can apply to? Thank you in advan...
Maria Kusheela Maroni
Hi all, does anyone have any recommendations for suppliers for donor recognition walls? We're looking for something a bit unique or interesting as our charity brand is vibrant and fun. Thanks in adva...
Imogen Healing
Hello All, I am the Chair of a new charity focused on mental health called "RookMay Foundation" - does anyone know of any companies or oganisations that actually manage grants (application, sourcing,...
May Ladd
Happy Monday all!  As a Prospect Research Manager I've been tasked with looking at Trusts and Foundations that support international conservation. I've been asked to 'think outside the box' beyond Tr...
We are a small charity that lease a 1st floor office.  Unfortunately there is no lift access and we would like to understand if there are any funding opportunities we can explore to purchase an Evac...
Teri Parish
Looking for some advice on this please. We use CAF Donate as our giving platform but businesses can't donate through it using business cards due to the level of checks needed. We nearly lost a £2500...
Lorraine Schulze
Hello all, I am the Ops Director for a small charity and have been asked to produce a fund raising strategy for 2026. I have never been involved in fundraising before so any pointers, dos and don’ts,...
Lyn Tiller
Hi, we're looking to find funding for a project, but have seen that some funders expect to part fund a project. How do other charities go about applying to multiple funders for one project? We only h...
Julia Norton
Hi all, I'm looking to purchase 2 tap to donate machines for a large corporate partnership I'm running. We'd like to trial having one in a podium in the office lobby, and one we can take to smaller e...
Megan Earl
I'm involved in a not for profit local carnival (not a registered charity) and we use a text to donate platform - however, they have introduced an annual fee as well as the usual percentage per trans...
Fran Marshall
Hi there, We have been asked to sign a Deed of Indemnity in relation to a gift that someone has left us in their Will. We would appreciate a legal pair of eyes over this, and wondered if anyone knows...
Hannah Crompton
I wondered if  we could register for a Nectar card as a charity as we regularly by food etc from  Sainsbury's to support our work with the homeless.
Richard Pierce
Hello, has anyone registered on Vinted as a charity? Our charity shop would like to do this but I'd be grateful for any feedback from others - is there anything we need to do/watch out for? Thanks
Debbie Holden
Hi everyone, we're looking for a capital funder for the renovation of our old disused cafe space to create more space for service delivery for women from across London who have experienced gender-bas...
Sue Canderton
Hi,  Has anyone held a virtual duck race before and if so which company would you recommend to use?  Any advice given would be massively appreciated. Thank you
Stephanie McCawley
Hello everyone We currently use CAF for regular donations and they do the gift aid for us automatically but they do charge of course for this. We have recently integrated Stripe into our website for...
Ginny Cullen
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Face to face fundraising / accounting - a small charity I support receives good income from F2F fundraising but this...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hi and happy new year! I'm a sole UK worker for an overseas charity. I've been asked to expand my team of one (and tw...
Ocean King
Happy New Year!  Are there any Connections events planned in the London/SE region? I'm a sole UK worker, keen to get out from time to time! 😊 Linda
linda whiteley
Morning all, I've recently moved jobs and at my new charity, Luminary, we're looking to improve systems for collecting & analysing data on our community, to better demonstrate impact. Nothing unusual...
Sue Canderton
Would anyone be interested in putting on a charitable event part venture on the south coast  ??  , spring time 2026 , possible good areas between Brighton , Worthing and Chichester , have some connec...
Hi, i work for a small non profit charity that helps support healthcare staff, with wellbeing, workplace issues and education. We really need to secure funding which is new to us. Any ideas for good...
Good afternoon respected charity connect members , This question is regarding a charity who generates income working with National Health Service ( 20%)  and Insurance companies ( 80% ) and wanted to...
louis Maxwell
Hi,  The charity I work for are interested in starting a payroll giving programme, so we are interested in hearing other charities' (especially animal charities) experiences with this income stream a...
Rebecca Phillips
Dear Colleagues, I just wondered if any CVS colleagues were willing and able to share some insight into where they had been able to successfully secure funding from to fund capacity building staff ro...
Jamie Kesten
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