Community fundraising

One of the most traditional methods of fundraising, community fundraising involves building relationships and hosting events in local communities for either a locally-based charity, a national organisation or a local branch of a big charity.

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Maximising returns on fundraising is simple if you keep it simple
Expert advice

Maximising returns on fundraising is simple if you keep it simple 1

Fundraising | Giles Pegram | 6 Feb 2012
Tags: Investment | Digital fundraising | Community fundraising | Corporate fundraising | Events fundraising | Face-to-face fundraising

Different types of fundraising require different return on investment ratios, right? Wrong, says Giles Pegram.

Fundraising in the year 2012
Analysis

Fundraising in the year 2012

Fundraising | 16 Jan 2012
Tags: Digital fundraising | Events fundraising | Community fundraising | Corporate fundraising | Face-to-face fundraising | Major donors

Now that 2011 is firmly under our belt, what will 2012 mean for fundraisers? Five leaders in fundraising discuss what the year ahead might bring.

Sarah Simblet, artist in residence, the Sylva Foundation
News

Charity appoints artist to illustrate fundraising book

Fundraising | Kirsty Weakley | 12 Jan 2012
Tags: Human resources | Community fundraising

An environmental charity has appointed an artist in residence to work on illustrations for a new book which it hopes will raise funds for the charity.

ActionAid UK: 'We want to offer other ways to join us'
Interviews

ActionAid UK: 'We want to offer other ways to join us'

Fundraising | 11 Jan 2012
Tags: Community fundraising | Corporate fundraising | Events fundraising

Helen McEachern has taken the reins at ActionAid UK and the charity is preparing to refine its messaging and asks in 2012. We catch up with the fundraising director, just a few months before she heads off on maternity leave.

This tash was grown in aid of Luke Moss who is fundraising here http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1445892/
Blogs

The Movember nod 1

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 30 Nov 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

The end is nigh, but the boys should be proud of what they have achieved this Movember, says Niki May Young.

Copyright illustration Korky Paul
News

Slideshow: Cats Protection Celebrity Paws auction

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 25 Nov 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

Brigitte Bardot, Bruno Tonioli, Quentin Blake, Simon Thorp and Dame Shirley Bassey are among the celebrities putting their artistic talents to use to raise funds for Cats Protection in this year's Celebrity Paws auction.

Born to Shine raises £2.1m for Save the Children
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Born to Shine raises £2.1m for Save the Children

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 21 Nov 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Events fundraising | Corporate fundraising

ITV's Born to Shine talent series raised £2.1m, including over £500,000 of match funding from the British government, for Save the Children's No Child Born to Die campaign.

Fundraising is everybody's business
Blogs

Fundraising is everybody's business 1

Fundraising | Jo Swinhoe | 10 Nov 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

The funding crisis means that now, fundraising is everybody's business, says Jo Swinhoe. Fundraisers need to encourage themselves, and others in their organisations, to start talking about the good they do.

38 per cent of Scouts volunteer for another organisation
News

Scouts new bob-a-job week will see 40,000 volunteers in action 1

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 19 Oct 2011
Tags: Volunteering | Community fundraising

The Scout Association is asking the public for their suggestions on where up to 40,000 Scouts should volunteer during their first volunteering week for almost 20 years.

Frocktober ideas
News

First Movember, now Frocktober 2

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 28 Sep 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

Cancer Research UK is planning to launch ‘Frocktober’, a community fundraising campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month that will mimic Movember, the annual month-long moustache-growing fundraiser for male cancers.


Canterbury Cathedral stained glass copyright Paul Gillett
Blogs

The lazy fundraiser – a Canterbury tale 7

Fundraising | David Philpott | 26 Sep 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

Some causes are more, shall we say, engaging than others. David Philpott considers how to counter the 'heart-string effect' to recognise the efforts of fundraisers working on less emotive plights.

Online fundraising initiatives spring up in wake of riots
News

Online fundraising initiatives spring up in wake of riots 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 16 Aug 2011
Tags: Digital fundraising | Individual giving | Community fundraising | Trusts and foundations

The fundraising response to the riots which spread from London last week has already begun in earnest, with individuals and charities asking for charity donations.

John Penrose, minister for tourism and heritage
News

DCMS to meet with charity lotteries to discuss monetary limits

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 21 Jul 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Law

John Penrose, minister for tourism and heritage, is “happy to meet” with representatives from the Lotteries Council, the Hospice Lotteries Association and the People’s Postcode Lottery to discuss increasing monetary limits contained within the Gambling Act 2005.

The search for Britain's Kindest Kid begins
News

The search for Britain's Kindest Kid begins

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 18 Jul 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

Now in it's fourth year, Britain's Kindest Kid, run by the Charities Aid Foundation and Five News, is again calling for nominations to  recognise the nation's kindest children for their exceptional efforts to make the world a better place.

Swings and roundabouts - Charity Market Monitor 2011
Analysis

Swings and roundabouts - Charity Market Monitor 2011

Fundraising | Cathy Pharoah | 3 Jul 2011
Tags: Spending Cuts and Recession | Events fundraising | Community fundraising | Corporate fundraising | Face-to-face fundraising | Legacies

Some are up, some are down, some are staying put. The Charity Market Monitor 2011 finds that while events fundraising has flatlined, other income streams are either more or less profitable than before. Cathy Pharaoh discusses some of the top trends from 2009/2010.

The power of one - making the most of existing supporters
Case studies

The power of one - making the most of existing supporters

Fundraising | 14 Jun 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Charity shops | Volunteering | Leadership and strategy

With an ambitious plan to increase its committed giving base nearly ten-fold and significantly expand its shop network, Sue Ryder Care decided to start taking a 'single supporter view' of its donors, shoppers and volunteers. Ian Campbell says the charity is already seeing dividends.

The era or the end of the 'Charitocrat'?
Blogs

The era or the end of the 'Charitocrat'? 4

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 14 Jun 2011
Tags: Major donors | Community fundraising | Human resources

As sector transparency grows, increased awareness of the salaries of charity employees has sparked debate and outrage amongst members of the public. But is this the beginning or the end of the 'Charitocrat', wonders Niki May Young.

Pubs raise as much as £101m for charities a year
News

Pubs raise as much as £101m for charities a year

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 12 May 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Corporate fundraising

More than three-quarters of British pubs did some kind of fundraising for charity last year, a level of activity which the industry body PubAid estimates could mean up to £101m of pub pounds for charities.

Low sign-ups force cancellation and merger of some Race for Life events
News

Low sign-ups force cancellation and merger of some Race for Life events 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 3 May 2011
Tags: Events fundraising | Individual giving | Community fundraising

Cancer Research UK reduced the number of Race for Life runs this year, merging and cancelling events in some localities, as a result of below expectation sign-ups.

Prince William and Catherine Middleton
News

Will and Kate set up charitable gift fund for royal wedding 1

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 17 Mar 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Digital fundraising | Websites

Three community foundations feature in a list of 24 beneficiaries chosen by Prince William and Catherine Middleton for a charitable gift fund launched ahead of their April wedding.

Too Many Women
Case studies

Breakthrough Breast Cancer discovers the power of pyramid fundraising in the social era

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 8 Mar 2011
Tags: Social networking | Digital fundraising | Community fundraising

When two well-connected individuals decided to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, they turned to the power of the web and a new kind of campaign was born. Celina Ribeiro reports.  

Speculate to accumulate
Analysis

Speculate to accumulate

Fundraising | 10 Feb 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Corporate fundraising | Events fundraising | Face-to-face fundraising | Accountability and transparency | Mergers

Sarah Tirrell sets out the case for investing in fundraising.

Life for a small charity - jack and master of all trades
Analysis

Life for a small charity - jack and master of all trades

Finance | 10 Feb 2011
Tags: Charities Act 2006 | Charity Commission | Community fundraising | Law | VAT | Gift aid | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Think you've got it tough out there? Try being a charity with less than £1m income, says Cath Lee.

From left to right: Nic Harper, Chair of Victoria BID Safe & Secure; Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Local Government, Ruth Duston, Chief Executive of Victoria Business Improvement District (BID); Mick Clarke, Chief Executive of The Passage.
News

New scheme to combat street begging launched

Fundraising | Stephen Bain | 28 Jan 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

Homelessness charity The Passage has teamed up with the Victoria Business Improvement District to launch an initiative to reduce street begging around London Victoria.

ActionAid hosts Happy Bubble for Blue Monday
News

ActionAid hosts Happy Bubble for Blue Monday

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 13 Jan 2011
Tags: Volunteering | Events fundraising | Community fundraising | Brands and Marketing

Kick-starting a campaign to encourage supporters, ActionAid will host the Happy Bubble in London's Finsbury Avenue Square on 17 January to help beat Blue Monday, statistically the most depressing day of the year.

Graham Jones supporting local charity Home Start Hyndburn
News

Big Society to blame for failing charities says Labour MP 8

Governance | Niki May Young | 12 Jan 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Big Society

Labour MP Graham Jones has blamed the coalition’s Big Society agenda for the funding problems faced by a charity in his constituency.

Barnardo's wins Charity Calendar of the Year comp
News

Barnardo's wins Charity Calendar of the Year comp

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 10 Jan 2011
Tags: Community fundraising

Barnardo’s has won Fundraising’s Charity Calendar of the Year competition for its ‘A Child’s View’ 2011 calendar.

Bryn and Emma Parry on fundraising cycle for Help for Heroes
Interviews

Heroic fundraising

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 9 Jan 2011
Tags: Community fundraising | Events fundraising

Help for Heroes has attracted media coverage, high-profile sponsorship and is doubling annual income year-on-year. Celina Ribeiro talked to co-founder Emma Parry about the not-so-secrets of the charity’s success .

Lapsed donors
Blogs

Charities failing to plug the donor holes

Fundraising | 6 Jan 2011
Tags: Face-to-face fundraising | Community fundraising | Digital fundraising

For all the talk about preventing lapsed donors, many charities still aren’t on top of retention, says Barry Floyd.

Ten-year-old Dylan Ward wins Britain's Kindest Kid
News

Ten-year-old Dylan Ward wins Britain's Kindest Kid 1

Fundraising | Stephen Bain | 17 Dec 2010
Tags: Community fundraising

Ten-year-old Dylan Ward from Washington, Tyne and Wear, has been voted Britain’s Kindest Kid in the third annual competition launched by the Charities Aid Foundation and Five News.

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