The Vital Role of PTA Fundraising Primary schools, secondary schools, SEN schools and independent schools, they can all benefit from PTA fundraising. It provides an added stream of funds to help the school give the best possible learning experience for their students. Whether you’re part of an experienced PTA or you’re new to the PTA Read More …

The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Stories aren’t just a way to inspire and entertain your audience. They also bind us, framing goals and motivations we can buy into. Even the clearest, most urgent facts need a narrative to raise cash for a cause. If you’re running a fundraising campaign, it’s crucial that there’s a Read More …

The Potential of Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is an approach used across a variety of industries to raise funds, particularly for start-ups but increasingly for charities. It involves collecting relatively small amounts of money from a large number of people, to turn modest donations into considerable funding. It can be used to finance short-term projects, like the Read More …

Crowdfunding – A Powerful Tool for Causes Crowdfunding is perhaps one of the most popular and impactful ways to raise funds for a given cause. As a form of online fundraising, crowdfunding causes are typically promoted through channels such as social media, paid advertising, and email marketing, amongst others.  Regardless of the focus of your Read More …

Understanding Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is a way of raising money for personal fundraising campaigns, charities, non-profits and businesses. It involves securing small donations on a large scale to achieve your goals. As you’re only asking for small amounts of money, people are often likely to part with their cash if they believe in your goal. But Read More …

Fundraising is the lifeblood of many nonprofit organisations. A regular stream of donations can make charitable work sustainable and ensure your organisation is effective in its mission. Community fundraising (link to Complete Guide to Community Fundraising) involves raising donations within your surrounding community using both online and offline initiatives. It can be a successful way Read More …

Choosing the right fundraising ideas for your organisation and managing them with thought and skill can bring huge benefits. Fundraising activities can boost awareness, engage supporters, encourage donations and allow your organisation to secure the funds it needs to continue important work.  To realise the potential of fundraising, you’ll need to organise creative, distinctive and Read More …

The COVID-19 pandemic had a tremendous impact on fundraising. Nonprofits embraced digital fundraising like never before, seeking out connections with supporters on social media and offering a variety of options to give online. While the pandemic has receded, online fundraising is very much here to stay, and nonprofits will face new challenges in 2023 and Read More …

For many charities, non-profits, faith-based organisations (link to faith-based comprehensive guide), PTAs (link to PTA fundraising ideas article), animal sanctuaries (link to animal shelters article) and more, community fundraising forms the bedrock of their existence. Without an engaged community that’s willing to support with their time and money, these organisations wouldn’t be able to do Read More …

Educate and Nurture Your Fundraising Audience Finding donors for your charity means speaking to them personally, over time, to build trust with convincing arguments. Just think about the sheer volume of ads, businesses and charities yearning to be heard — it’s a lot of competition. If you want to stand out, you’ll have to launch Read More …