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Hello everyone,  Just wondering what your experiences are of using Sender for email newsletters? Currently looking into it as an alternative to Mailerlite, since they reduced their free contact limit...
Anonymous user
Hi, We want to update (rebuild) our website as it is no longer fit for purpose. Can anyone suggest the best and preferably cheapest way of doing this? I have heard about  Common Good Digital  from th...
Pauline Everitt
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Hello everyone, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an email newsletter platform for a small but fast-growing charity? Looking for a free plan option to use for email newsletters and...
Anonymous user
Hi all, we've been recieving emails from Lucas Fonts/Font Radar asking for us to pay a licence for using the font Calibri on our website. They're threatening a 15% penalty fee.  Has any one else expe...
Niamh Moore
Hi, Does anyone have any advice on which of the website builders (e.g. Wix, SquareSpace, etc) are best for a charity just starting off? We want to get it up and running as soon as possible, and will...
Karen Pluess
Hi everyone, I noticed that although my organisation's website engagement has increased, traffic has decreased. I suspect the AI overviews following a google search, plus the increased use of tools s...
rummena begum
Does anyone have any suggestions for good social media support (to deliver) for small charities. We are a small community garden.
Claire Ryan-Cater
Hey community!  I'm working for a charity that is wanting to commence using TikTok for paid ads - there was previously an account set up years ago by a member of staff no longer with the organisation...
Louise Cordery
Hi, There was a post about google ads and whether it was worth it. I did give a brief answer but I felt I should share more in details.  1. Charities (registered with charity commission and CIO) If y...
Christina Quek
I'm looking to talk to more charities and I just wondered, how have you found your email marketing for generating website traffic and donations? Is it one of your best channels?
Vicky Carter
​Hi everyone! ​As I’m currently transitioning into the third sector, I’ve been thinking a lot about the intersection of technical infrastructure and digital impact. ​With a background in Networking (...
Rafal Puchalski
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for marketing grants/free advertising available to nonprofits? I know that there have been threads about this before, but they all look to be quite o...
Rosa Balliro
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Hi, I've just had our charity shop featured in a newspaper article, the article went live yesterday, and is part of a series of articles aiming to promote local bargain shops in the area. What would...
Anonymous user
we are a new organisation and would love to set up Using Stripe for regular donors. Can someone help us with this please or just advise how we can do this. we are having our 1st Charity launch this J...
Primrose Betera
Hello everyone, We've experienced AI bots/people pretending to be someone else completing surveys or forms where payments or vouchers are used as incentives and we’re keen to learn from others’ exper...
Ewa Woodward
Hi, my name is Julia and I've recently on taken Comms and Marketing responsibilities at the non-profit I work for. I have been doing this informally for the past couple of years but now my role has c...
Julia Domagala
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Which social media is used most often? Instagram? Facebook? Twitter/X? LinkedIn? TikTok? Blue-sky? Snapchat?
Anonymous user
Hi all! I'm a Digital Marketing Consultant and I'm looking to create some packages for small to medium charities in the UK. I'm trying to do a bit of market research. What do you struggle with when i...
Vicky Carter
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Hi, we're being chased relentlessly by NLA media for posting stories on our website about the press we've received.  They are demanding money for a licence.  I've not heard of them before - has anyon...
Anonymous user
Hi everyone. Does anyone here work with volunteers who capture and process photos and/or videos of the general public, e.g. workshop / event attendees? If so, how do you manage this in line with GDPR...
Rosie Clarke
Hello everyone - I'm looking for some insight into successful NGO website redevelopment projects.  We're an international animal welfare NGO, and recently secured some investment for an overhaul of o...
Catherine Thomson
Hi all,  We're a small charity with a list of people that could help us promote our cause. Unfortunately, they may well have gatekeepers and I'm wondering if there's anyone out there that offers pro...
Steve Albasini
Anybody know of any networking events for charities in the North West region please?
Stephanie Carr
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Anonymous
Can anyone recommend an affordable marketing company to help us grow our social media and also set up campaigns?
Anonymous user
Hello, I work for a small charity with a limited budget. We are currently using Mailchimp, but we are curious as to what alternatives there are as we are migrating to a new CRM this year (from Etapes...
Camilla Maclaverty
Hi all - I work at a charity with an established Meta/Facebook/Instagram account, which was mysteriously registered as a business, rather than a charity (this pre-dated me!) We're trying to convert o...
Molly Horsburgh
Hi, wonder if anyone can help. Can I use images in a report that got from the internet, without having to get permission and pay copyright fees? We are a charity & it's a report about an issue that w...
Khalida Khan
Which email marketing platforms are charities using?
Veronica Ghobert
Hello everyone,  PR is a big priority in the coming financial year and we're looking into media and PR databases to reach out to journalists etc. Some of the subscription fees are really high,  aroun...
Lizzie Stevenson
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