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What strategies should the Finance Lead employ to effectively navigate the challenges of holding a finance position within a charitable organisation, particularly when an additional role focused on g...
Joyce Agba
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...
Emma Barlow
There was a thread about 4 years ago discussing which of these is the better platform for raising funds from supporters doing online shopping. That thread did not seem to come to any conclusion as no...
Moojan Momen
Has anyone had much experience with GoFundme pages? I'm tempted but when I've had a look (a while ago) it seemed to be geared towards those who were cycling miles or running or some sort of physical...
Steve Smith
I am currently looking at how our charity can improve complaint handling and overall effectiveness of the current process. Would anyone be open to sharing how their charity currently handles/investig...
Chris Warner
Hi all  Can someone advise me on where we can find grants for first aid training for our volunteers and purchase defibrillators. We are children and young people charity  Many thanks Nick
Nicholas Nunayon
Hi, I've been working at a hospital charity in Northampton for nearly two years as an Individual Giving Lead. Previously, I've worked in fundraising/supporter care, so this is a new area for me.  I'v...
Sophie Ockwell
Hi everyone, I have been working as a fundraiser for 8 years now, but have recently been given a project to work on for 12 to 18 months for In Memory of Giving. This is a completely new area for me a...
Sarah O'Reilly
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Corporate fundraising is an area that our charity has never particularly focussed on in terms of fundraising. Our costs are going up and we've identified this as an area with lots of potential for gr...
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Hi everyone I'm looking for advice for a step-by-step plan in how to go about seeking corporate sponsorship for a capital project for an animal sanctuary - advice from those who have been there befor...
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Hi everyone, I’m exploring GiveMatch as a platform for matched funding and wondering if anyone here has used it for a live campaign. I’m particularly curious about: How easy it was to set up Whether...
Anna Taylor
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I am new to trusts and foundations fundraising and am exploring core funding opportunities; however, I have been struggling to find places for this.  For context, I am applying on behalf of a small c...
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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
We're thinking of running a raffle which would offer one year's CIO membership as a prize, allowing the winner to excercise the privileges of full CIO member. The excess profits would all go to the C...
julian rees
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
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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 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
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