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Hi,  We're looking to run a C2C TM campaign and I was wondering if anyone could help provide some figures for benchmarking. What have your charity's RG attrition rates been in the 1st and 2nd year af...
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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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Hi, my name is Gabi, and I am a Fundraising Officer at Imperial Health Charity.  We have some fundraisers running the Hackney Half for us, and I was hoping to hold a post-race for the fundraisers in...
Gabriela Peacock
Hi everyone! I work as a Dementia Activities Coordinator with a small charity in Southeast London. We run an art group for people living with dementia and their carers. We're thinking about selling c...
Isabella Coin
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
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
Hi I have recently employed a Philanthropy & Partnership Co-ordinator who has been set objectives to boost our charitable trusts and donations income.  When have others seen a return on receiving inc...
Deb Cheetham
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 all, I'm currently in the process of planning a regular giving pack which I'd like to send to regular givers when they've signed up for a regular gift either via our face to face fundraisers or vi...
Sophie Ockwell
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I'd value some insights, pro and cons about Community Lotteries? How do people find they compete with other individual fundraising actions ie not grant funding, but individual donators. Thank you :)
Barbara Hamilton
Hi there, I am about to start a really new exciting role with a charity and im trying to find out how we connect wth the super markets to become one of the charities they support through the token do...
Libbie Waddleton
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
Looking for some advice or anyone else's experience of joining their local chamber of commerce. We are a very small international development charity and we want to try and utilise local businesses a...
Tom Bailey
Nice chatting to you all, would like to keep in contact I don't think I have a LinkedIn anymore, but I'll try and set one up. I would like to keep in contact, was speaking to Syed, Jo, Vanessa and a...
Lee Sims
Hi Everyone,  Previously we've used TicketTailor for selling fundraising event tickets as the fees/rates were a bit better than EventBrite. Has anyone got any other alternatives they like to use or w...
Roxanne Hargreaves
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
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
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
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
Which digital tools for grant finding do you find to be the best?
Paul Pirie
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
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
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...
Lee Sims
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 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
💬 Discussion questions:  Introduce yourself and the charity you work for. What does your role involve? What is your fundraising team currently working on? What are some of the current challenges yo...
Ocean King
Hi everyone Just wondering if there are any UK charities on here who are using Zeffy? If you are and you wouldn't mind sharing your experience (whether that's good or bad!), I'd be really grateful fo...
Kirsty Holtby
Are any other charities having problems with the stripe onboarding process for Enthuse?   After confirming trustees etc, I am asked to sign that I am "the bank account holder and that I am the only p...
Kim Mullard
Persimmon Foundation - the first round has three donations of £50,000 to projects supporting children and young people, living in areas of economic and social deprivation. It's open 2 to 15 Mar. The...
Ian McLintock
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