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Category Archives: Fundraising
Giving a goat (or similar) this Christmas? Get an extra half a goat for free
Oxfam Unwrapped is a kind of gift catalogue from which you can ‘buy a goat’ or various other items as a gift. A goat costs £25: you give Oxfam £25, which it uses to provide a goat to somebody in a … Continue reading
Posted in Effective giving, Fundraising
Tagged charity, donation, goat, Good Gifts, Oxfam, philanthropy, present, restricted, unrestricted
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Promoting giving to charity is like marketing discretionary purchases
Getting more people to give to charity = getting people to change their behaviour. That is, it’s a marketing job. The same as getting you to buy Coke rather than Pepsi, or to buy stilton outside Christmas, to buy a … Continue reading
Posted in Donor behaviour & giving stats, Fundraising
Tagged charity, charity marketing, donor recruitment, Fund-raising, Fundraising, giving, marketing, new donors
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Why do charities ignore millions of donors?
Despite my giving £200 to Cancer Research UK through JustGiving when a friend did a sponsored something, I never heard a bean from Cancer Research UK about it. A year later, I gave £100 to another charity when another friend did … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Promoting giving
Tagged charity, donation, donor, donor recruitment, donor retention, Fund-raising, Fundraising, gift, Just Giving, JustGiving, sponsorship
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Raising funds? Just dress well!
Wearing designer logos virtually doubles donations According to a study reported by The Economist, all you have to do to increase donations is to dress well! A team of volunteers knocking on doors solicited donations raised nearly twice as much when wearing … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising
Tagged charity, Designer, donation, donor, donor recruitment, Fund-raising, Fundraising, gift, giving
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Of course we don’t discuss charitable giving: there’s no decent term for it
Language shapes how we think. No clear language: no clear thinking What is this thing that we do? “Deploying money, time and other resources to achieve positive social and environmental change”. A snappy phrase, don’t you think?? I’ve been talking … Continue reading
Posted in Effective giving, Fundraising
Tagged charity, donation, donor, giving, giving circles, language
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Nine reasons why Red Nose Day is brilliant and deserves your money(!)
An independent view of Comic Relief & Red Nose Day In short, because they’re very impressive and focused, and do a lot more with your money than you could. What are their goals? Well, notice first that they have goals. They’re not … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Great charities
Tagged celebrity, charity, Comic Relief, donation, donor, Fund-raising, Fundraising, giving, philanthropy, Red Nose Day
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Why don’t we talk about giving?
“I gave some money to a charity the other day, and it was just wonderful. Apparently, my donation helped them to [do something amazing]. I’m so proud and happy.” Do you ever have conversations like this? I don’t. I realised … Continue reading
Posted in Donor behaviour & giving stats, Fundraising
Tagged charity, donor, giving, giving circles, group philanthropy, philanthropy
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Charity credit cards: generate 33 x as much for charity anyway!
Lloyds TSB is withdrawing its charity credit cards. Actually this doesn’t matter because you can actually generate MORE money for charities through your credit card. Here’s how: 1. Get a credit card which gives you cash-back on your purchases. The … Continue reading
Posted in Admin costs, Fundraising
Tagged bank, charity, credit card, donation, donor, gift aid, giving
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