Category: Success Stories
This week’s guest blog comes from easyfundraising member Dawn Green. “My name is Dawn Green and I would like to share with you how being diagnosed with an incurable cancer has changed my life in more ways than one. In Feb 2008 I was diagnosed with a rare form of appendix cancer and given just Read More …
Our last blog post of 2012 is about one of our partner retailers who goes the extra mile to make a difference to disadvantaged children. We thought it was an appropriate end to the easyfundraising year to tell you about White Stuff and its great work for good causes. The mission of the White Stuff Read More …
Harborne Primary School in Birmingham was recently hit by a devastating fire that destroyed parts of the building and left the junior classes in temporary classrooms. When our members heard about their plight, they voted for them to become Cause of the Month for May and receive a £200 donation from Viking. We went along to the school to see how the support Read More …
easyfundraiser Phil Battrick is a fantastic example of how easy it is to raise funds with www.easyfundraising.org.uk. So far he’s raised over £2,000 for King’s Stanley Primary School , here’s how….
Our guest post this week comes from Kath Fackrall from Telford & Wrekin CVS, explaining how they make use of social media. “Let me introduce you to the BASIS Project. BASIS is the first Big Lottery Fund programme to focus solely on developing voluntary and community sector infrastructure. The whole purpose is to recruit, support and Read More …
The winners of our Cause of the month for December are Chelsea’s Angels who win a £250 donation from Halfords. Chelsea’s Angels was set up in memory of Chelsea Knighton who had Neuroblastoma and lost her battle age 3 last August.
easyfundraisers have done it again! We’ve just added up the donations raised by our members between July and September this year and it comes to an impressive £187,854.63 so well done everyone and thanks for making a difference. We asked our Facebook community how much they have raised and what they’ll be spending their donations on this Read More …
Solihull Jamboree Scout Unit are raising money to visit the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden in 2011, along with thousands of other scouts. They’ve already raised almost £1,000 through shopping online with easyfundraising. We went to visit them on camp to find out more… [efvideo]nnUqMtrzJYc[/efvideo]
This is a guest article from Graham Richards, a freelance legacy fundraiser and social media champion for charities & businesses. Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), the coalition of several key aid charities, received a record-breaking £70m+ in donations for its Haiti Appeal. A staggering 48% of the UK population Read More …
A couple of weeks ago we sent our causes cheques for the funds they raised in the second quarter of this year. The total amount sent out came to just shy of £200,000 – not at all bad for just three months of shopping and searching. We asked our causes on Facebook what they plan to use the money for, Read More …
