Striding out for Cancer Research
Team CJAM gathered in Colchester Castle Park on Sunday, together with hundreds of other women (and a few brave men) to complete the 2017 Race for Life in aid of…
European Fundraising Association names its first chief executive
The EFA says the appointment of Beatrice Schell is crucial to furthering its key aims of influencing European Union VAT rates and data protection reform.
‘George Osborne needs to understand that volunteering isn’t free’
Recently George Osborne announced his plans for the coalition’s new Help to Work scheme to get people who have been unemployed for three years or more back into work.
Sharing best practice – round up
David Hopkins, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
Don’t underestimate the value of natural interaction: Two vehicles that work well in terms of the idea of sharing have been the physical hub model – i.e. where an organisation has created a shared space that charities can work out of, and the natural interaction that evolves through conversation and partnerships.
It’s important to bring charities together to share war stories, swap ideas and hear from others about new approaches. My experience has been that the value of these events – as a grant maker and as a participant – far outstrips the impact of newsletters, guidance notes, case studies as a means of stimulating new approaches.
Small charities lead the way in online fundraising
We were interested to learn that small charities are leading the way when it comes to fundraising online. There are more than 220,000 charities registered in the UK today, all working hard to raise those all important donations. However, significant differences were recorded in a survey of 500 UK charities conducted for Everyclick’s Digital Giving Review.
Fundraising through iPads reaches new levels of sophistication
Raising funds for charity via iPads has hit the news pages again this summer as Fundraising Initiatives launched its new mobile-optimised, face-to-face fundraising solution to a packed audience of third sector professionals at the National Convention 2012. More than 2,000 delegates gathered to hear the latest in best practice techniques, with raising funds through iPads a hot topic of conversation.