Category: Fundraising News
It’s Student Volunteering Week and our second student story comes from Joe, currently volunteering for easyfundraising cause Nuevas Esperanzas: “As an Oxford University student studying for a BA in French and Spanish, I came to Nicaragua in October to spend my third year abroad immersed in a Spanish speaking culture. “Shortly after arriving I realized that I Read More …
Continuing our focus on young fundraisers for Student Volunteering Week, here are Zoe and Sam’s stories: Zoe – dog loving volunteer “I’m Zoe Bridson, I’m 17 years old and a student at Carmel college, St Helens. “My Wednesdays and some weekend days are spent at Dogs Trust Merseyside, walking the dogs. Me and my family also foster boxer Read More …
This week’s guest blog was written by easyfundraiser Samantha Green, Operations Director & Trustee of Dogstar Foundation. “So what drives 2 charity trustees, 2 volunteers and a 7 inch stuffed dog to climb a mountain in Sri Lanka in the middle of the night…? Dogstar Foundation is a small UK Charity that has worked in rural Sri Read More …
If one of your New Year Resolutions is to raise more for your cause, check out our top 10 ways to do it: 1. Visit our Free Funds page You can raise over £200 on the Free Funds page without spending anything at all, just by signing up for newsletters, taking out free trials, entering Read More …
Thanks to everyone who has voted – this poll has now closed. The winners are RSDR who win a £150 donation which they have chosen to share with Animal Rescue Kos.
It was the prize everyone wanted to win. Our Christmas Day Grand Prize was £3,000 to be shared between one lucky winner and their cause. And the lucky winner in question is Jane Osborne from Bristol! Her cause is Avon World Scout Jamboree 2011 Sweden, a group of 36 young people and 4 adults heading off to Sweden in May to take Read More …
Has your easyfundraising good cause received Lottery funding in the past 16 years? If so, you can nominate them for recognition in The National Lottery Awards 2011 and give them the chance to be selected as the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded project. Rebecca Gowrley of The National Lottery Awards said: “Lottery players raise £28 million every week for projects Read More …
Sourcing funding can be very difficult for many non-profit organisation. It’s not easy at the best of times and now especially while Britain is being squeezed by the recession, it’s becoming harder. Many charities and good causes are struggling to find funding and face closing down altogether. Mulberry Community Project are one such charity. They help with people with drug Read More …
Well, 2010 is nearly at an end and we’ve been thinking about all that’s happened at easyfundraising in the last 12 months.
Last night my colleague Tracey and I worked the nightshift as volunteers at Birmingham Christmas Shelter. This amazing place offers a warm bed for night, food, showers and much more for one week over the Christmas period to anyone in need. It’s also an easyfundraising cause so we wanted to go along, see what it’s all about Read More …
