Mobile technology

The cost-effectiveness and flexibility afforded by mobile technology means many charities make use of such devices. Examples of mobile IT devices include:


•    laptop computers
•    palmtop computers or personal digital assistants
•    mobile phones and 'smart phones' - high-end phones with more advanced capabilities
•    global positioning system (GPS) devices
•    wireless debit/credit card payment terminals

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Why charities fail to reach the mobile consumer
Expert advice

Why charities fail to reach the mobile consumer

IT | Dani Muir | 27 Jan 2012
Tags: Mobile technology

Consumers have embraced smartphone technology but the charity sector is lagging behind. Dani Muir explains how charities should harness mobile technology as part of a joined-up marketing strategy.

Commission launches mobile website
News

Commission launches mobile website

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 16 Dec 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Web technologies | Websites

The Charity Commission has today launched a mobile version of its website to provide information to the public and charities.

Stephen Hoddell, chairman of the Samaritans
News

Samaritans stays connected with smartphones

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 24 Nov 2011
Tags: Mobile technology

Trustees and regional representatives at the Samaritans have all been given a smartphone to improve communication and speed up decision-making.

Depaul UK's iHobo app
News

iHobo iPhone app tops 600,000 downloads

IT | Tania Mason | 22 Nov 2011
Tags: Digital fundraising | Mobile technology

Depaul UK’s iHobo app is still being downloaded 1,500 times a week and is not even available yet on the Android platform.

App-solutely fabulous: Charities embrace the smartphone generation
Blogs

App-solutely fabulous: Charities embrace the smartphone generation 2

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 1 Nov 2011
Tags: Communications technology | Communications | Mobile technology

Charities have shown no shortage of imagination in the range of smartphone apps they have launched into the market.  In this rolling blog, civilsociety.co.uk brings you some of the highs (and lows) from the latest app developments in the charity sector.

DEC breaks text donation record
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DEC breaks text donation record

Fundraising | Kirsty Weakley | 1 Nov 2011
Tags: Individual giving | Digital fundraising | Mobile technology

The Disasters Emergency Committee has announced that the East Africa Crisis Appeal has raised the highest amount of any of its campaigns through text donations, without taking away from other donation channels.

Cashless payment cards trialled in Africa to reduce misappropriation of aid funds
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Cashless payment cards trialled in Africa to reduce misappropriation of aid funds

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 25 Oct 2011
Tags: International | Mobile technology

SOS Children’s Villages Kenya is trialling a smart card payment system to distribute aid in northern Kenya and is hoping to roll the programme out across East Africa.

Charities need to embrace mobile technology
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Charities need to embrace mobile technology

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 17 Oct 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Digital fundraising

The charity sector lacks knowledge and understanding about interactive technology according to a new report.

Blackbaud enters mobile fundraising market
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Blackbaud enters mobile fundraising market

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 10 Oct 2011
Tags: Digital fundraising | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software | Mobile technology

CRM company Blackbaud has entered the mobile fundraising market in force with the launch of a mobile platform in the UK.

BHF launches mobile-optimised petition
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BHF launches mobile-optimised petition

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 3 Oct 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Campaigns

The British Heart Foundation has created a mobile petition website so that smartphone users can support campaigns from their device.

Oxfam shops help to launch 'social network for objects'
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Oxfam shops help to launch 'social network for objects'

IT | Gareth Jones | 16 Sep 2011
Tags: Charity shops | Mobile technology | Social networking

Oxfam is extending its use of new technology which allows shoppers to view the history of items, after an initial trial increased turnover in a Manchester shop by 41 per cent.

Have a lie-in to donate to charity with Snooze app
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Have a lie-in to donate to charity with Snooze app 1

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 19 Aug 2011
Tags: And finally | Mobile technology

People who use an iPhone as their morning wake-up call can now donate to charity every time they hit the snooze button with a new app developed in America.

Everything Everywhere launches text appeal for Unicef East Africa appeal
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Everything Everywhere launches text appeal for Unicef East Africa appeal

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 11 Aug 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Digital fundraising | Individual giving

Unicef is due to receive a boon from Everything Everywhere mobile customers as the operator launches an appeal for the charity’s East Africa crisis work.

Tearfund to engage young people with 'gamification' app
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Tearfund to engage young people with 'gamification' app

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 4 Aug 2011
Tags: Mobile technology

Tearfund is to launch a smartphone app based on the principle of ‘gamification’, the use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications.

SMS donations take off as DEC raises £42m for East Africa crisis
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SMS donations take off as DEC raises £42m for East Africa crisis

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 3 Aug 2011
Tags: Individual giving | Mobile technology | Digital fundraising

The Disasters Emergency Committee has raised more than £1m in text donations, five times more than its past record, to bring the total for its East Africa Crisis appeal to over £42m.

New app allows charities to collect donations through Twitter
News

New app allows charities to collect donations through Twitter 1

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 28 Jul 2011
Tags: Social networking | Mobile technology | Digital fundraising

Twitter users can now donate to charity via JustGiving using a new app called giv2.it.

Computing the past
Blogs

Computing the past

IT | John Tate | 4 Jul 2011
Tags: Web technologies | Communications technology | Mobile technology | Social networking

John Tate takes a look back to see what the future of computer technology may hold.

Everything Everywhere drops donation fees for good
News

Everything Everywhere drops donation fees for good

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 20 Jun 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Individual giving

Everything Everywhere, the mobile telecom giant comprising Orange and T-Mobile, has become the last of the big mobile providers to drop its fees on text donations.

New customisable app to help charities offer mobile giving
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New customisable app to help charities offer mobile giving

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 2 Jun 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Digital fundraising

Rapidata has launched a smartphone fundraising app for UK charities, with the Prince’s Trust and Comic Relief among its first users.

Volunteering apps aim to engage young people
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Volunteering apps aim to engage young people 2

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 1 Jun 2011
Tags: Volunteering | Mobile technology | Social networking

YouthNet will partner with Sony to develop a mobile phone volunteering application called '+U'.

First free text donation service launched by Vodafone and JustGiving
News

First free text donation service launched by Vodafone and JustGiving 2

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 9 May 2011
Tags: Individual giving | Mobile technology | Digital fundraising

Vodafone and JustGiving have shaken up the emerging text donation market by launching a free text-to-donate service which they say will open up the fundraising stream to charities of all sizes and income.

Comic Relief raises £15.2m in text donations
News

Comic Relief raises £15.2m in text donations

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 3 May 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Individual giving

Comic Relief raised £15.17m via mobile phone text donations this year, accounting for nearly £1 out of every £5 donated via the event.

Unwanted emails, texts and calls could attract fines of £500k
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Unwanted emails, texts and calls could attract fines of £500k

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 20 Apr 2011
Tags: Digital fundraising | Mobile technology | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software | Individual giving

Charities could be fined up to £500,000 for sending unwanted SMS messages, emails, live and recorded phone calls as a result of amendments to UK regulations due to come into effect next month.

Everything Everywhere suspends text donation fees
News

Everything Everywhere suspends text donation fees

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 15 Apr 2011
Tags: Individual giving | Mobile technology | Digital fundraising

Everything Everywhere, the mobile communication behemoth created in the merging of Orange and T-Mobile, has suspended fees for text donations and announced a review of its text-to-donate service following an Institute of Fundraising push for the fees to be dropped.

Do Some Good app was launched on 31 March
News

Orange launches Do Some Good volunteering app

IT | Kirsty Weakley | 5 Apr 2011
Tags: Mobile technology | Volunteering

Mobile phone provider Orange has teamed up with 12 UK charities to create an app which enables people to volunteer through their mobile phone for the first time.

Cloud gazing: An introduction to cloud computing
Analysis

Cloud gazing: An introduction to cloud computing

IT | 24 Feb 2011
Tags: Web technologies | Mobile technology | IT strategy and management

Richard Ferriman outlines why cloud computing has become the biggest buzzword in IT.

Salvation Army donation app receives 190,000 downloads
News

Salvation Army donation app receives 190,000 downloads

IT | Gareth Jones | 4 Feb 2011
Tags: Mobile technology

A mobile app created by the Salvation Army has received more than 190,000 downloads in six weeks, with 6.2 per cent of users clicking the ‘donate now’ button.

Marie Curie app dodges Apple’s fundraising ban
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Marie Curie app dodges Apple’s fundraising ban

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 28 Jan 2011
Tags: Digital fundraising | Mobile technology

Marie Curie Cancer Care has launched a fundraising smartphone app as part of its £5.5m Daffodil Day fundraising effort.

Battle to overturn Apple's charity donation ban gathers momentum
News

Battle to overturn Apple's charity donation ban gathers momentum 1

IT | Gareth Jones | 20 Dec 2010
Tags: Mobile technology

A petition calling on Steve Jobs to end Apple’s ban on charity donation apps for the iPhone has gained nearly 8,000 signatories.

Three new mobile giving platforms launched in one week
News

Three new mobile giving platforms launched in one week 2

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 26 Nov 2010
Tags: Digital fundraising | Individual giving | Mobile technology

The prediction that 2011 will be the year of the mobile looks more and more likely to bear fruit as three different organisations launch SMS and mobile giving services this week.

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