Individual giving

Individual giving is the term given to charitable donations made by members of the public.  Charities try to boost individual giving income through a number of methods, such as direct mail, face-to-face, door-to-door, community fundraising and events.

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Blog: Clever move for DEC or the triumph of internal politics

Blog: Clever move for DEC or the triumph of internal politics 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 12 Mar 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Human resources

So I hear on the grapevine that Disasters Emergency Committee have appointed a fundraising manager. And in a shock move they have selected someone with no experience of fundraising.

Uprising against chugger 'blight' in Edinburgh

Uprising against chugger 'blight' in Edinburgh 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 10 Mar 2010
Topics: Individual giving

A groundswell of discontent about face-to-face fundraising is building in Edinburgh, as a national newspaper backs calls from business leaders and politicians for a crackdown on chugging.

Scotland Office probed over charity advertising

Scotland Office probed over charity advertising 0

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 9 Mar 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Campaigns

A Freedom of Information request has been lodged with the Scotland Office to find out what action is being taken against charities that claim on TV ads to be UK-wide but do not actually operate in Scotland.

Communication breakdown: How donors react to charity communications

Communication breakdown: How donors react to charity communications 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 8 Mar 2010
Topics: Direct mail | Individual giving

Last year more than a third of donors stopped giving to their regular charity. In research revealed exclusively to Civil Society, fast.MAP explores why donors stayed loyal or gave up and how they prefer to be contacted by charities.

Continental drift: Changes in cross-border giving in Europe

Continental drift: Changes in cross-border giving in Europe 0

Fundraising | Jim K Myers | 8 Mar 2010
Topics: Legacies | Individual giving

Are your next big donors in Sweden? Austria perhaps? The law is changing around European residents being able to give tax-effectively to charities in other European Union countries, potentially opening up the floodgates to cross-border competition for donors.

Vodafone joins O2 in cutting charges on text donations

Vodafone joins O2 in cutting charges on text donations 0

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 26 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Mobile technology

Vodafone has followed O2 in reducing the cut it takes from text donations to charity so that the beneficiary charity will receive 90 per cent.

Fewer people plan to cut back on giving

Fewer people plan to cut back on giving 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 26 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

Less people are planning to cut back on their charitable giving now than at any point since the UK dipped into recession, according to new research.

Blog: Making the most of the honeymoon period

Blog: Making the most of the honeymoon period 0

Fundraising | Jonathon Grapsas | 22 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

I'm sure you remember the excitement of that new relationship. You can't get enough of each other, in constant contact, living in each other’s pockets, wondering what the next encounter will bring, waiting by the phone in anticipation of that call..? Right?

Blog: Bad call - the Pell & Bales telephone fundraising scandal

Blog: Bad call - the Pell & Bales telephone fundraising scandal 1

Fundraising | Suzie Who | 19 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

Telephone fundraising agencies are an easy target - as the recent News of the World attack shows - and fundraisers should defend them because they are critical to the success of our charity's work.

Blog: Is 1 per cent the magic number?

Blog: Is 1 per cent the magic number? 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 17 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

Giving is indeed a numbers game. But what number? Nick Hurd wants to bring giving levels up to 1 per cent but hasn't got any plans. What the sector needs is a five-a-day type campaign for philanthropy.

UK universities consider higher fees as US institutions’ fundraising drops

UK universities consider higher fees as US institutions’ fundraising drops 0

Fundraising | Stefan Marseglia | 15 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Major donors | Statutory funding

Universities may have to raise tuition fees in order to maintain teaching standards, according to research released last week.

Blog: Campaigning and fundraising - it's so passé

Blog: Campaigning and fundraising - it's so passé 1

Fundraising | Suzie Who | 15 Feb 2010
Topics: Volunteering | Individual giving

I'm the kind of girl who likes to stay ahead of the curve. I think I have noticed the next big thing, and it is not integrating campaigning into your fundraising, it is integrating volunteering.

Symposium organised for more telephone fundraising debate

Symposium organised for more telephone fundraising debate 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 12 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

Ongoing uncertainty over telephone fundraising best practice and restrictions has prompted the Fundraising Standards Board and Institute of Fundraising to arrange a telephone fundraising symposium.

No moves on gift aid before election, govt confirms

No moves on gift aid before election, govt confirms 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 12 Feb 2010
Topics: Gift aid | Individual giving

There will be no move on gift aid before the general election, a government minister told sector leaders in a meeting early this week.

Campaign against bogus charity collections launched by govt

Campaign against bogus charity collections launched by govt 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 12 Feb 2010
Topics: Charity shops | Individual giving

The government has today launched a public awareness campaign to help the public identify charity collections from commercial operations.

Institute clarifies guidance on fundraising in cold calling zones

Institute clarifies guidance on fundraising in cold calling zones 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 9 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

The Institute of Fundraising has revised its code of practice on telephone fundraising to help clarify whether charities can fundraise in cold calling control zones.

Blog: What is the public collections regime and why should Nick Hurd care?

Blog: What is the public collections regime and why should Nick Hurd care? 1

Fundraising | Michael Naidu | 9 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Face to face fundraising

Speaking at the Institute of Fundraising conference 'Ready for the recovery?', the shadow minister for charities, social enterprise and volunteering Nick Hurd laid out three areas that a new Conservative government would help the voluntary sector.

Direct debit donations increase

Direct debit donations increase 1

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 9 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

The value and number of direct debit donations to charity slightly rose over 2009, according to the latest figures.

Blog: Cheque-ing out

Blog: Cheque-ing out 3

Fundraising | Suzie Who | 9 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

I am in two minds about whether or not it is such an issue that cheques are being withdrawn. Being an old-fashioned kind of girl I still like to write the odd cheque so will be sad to see them go, but even I am prepared to pay with plastic or online nowadays.

What do we want? The rise of the campaigning-fundraising charity

What do we want? The rise of the campaigning-fundraising charity 2

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 8 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

In a world long past there were campaigning charities and there were ‘doing’ charities, and never the twain did meet. But in our brave new world, more and more charities are making campaigning a central part of their mission and messaging. Celina Ribeiro looks at what is behind the trend and what it means for fundraising

Decisions, decisions: How donors decide which charities to support

Decisions, decisions: How donors decide which charities to support 1

Fundraising | Beth Breeze | 8 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

It is not just major donors and new philanthropists who want to support effective charities, the prompts for giving are complex across the giving spectrum. Beth Breeze discusses the latest research on how donors select which charities to support

Unicef to raise £55m in five-year multimedia campaign

Unicef to raise £55m in five-year multimedia campaign 0

Fundraising | Stefan Marseglia | 5 Feb 2010
Topics: Corporate fundraising | Individual giving | Digital fundraising

Unicef UK is set to launch an integrated five-year advertising campaign next Monday to raise £55m for children worldwide. The ‘Put it Right’ campaign, which will begin next Monday, 8 February, will be rolled out in three phases across TV, print, digital and outdoor media.

Angela Smith weighs into cheque abolition debate

Angela Smith weighs into cheque abolition debate 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 3 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

The sector's fears about the impact of the abolition of cheques has reached parliament, with the government expressing “concern” over the plans.

Scots turn local for charitable spending

Scots turn local for charitable spending 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 1 Feb 2010
Topics: Individual giving

More Scots want their charitable donations to be spent within Scotland, potentially creating a shortfall in the rest of the UK, according to the latest research.

Relationship Marketing to expand south

Relationship Marketing to expand south 0

Fundraising | Stefan Marseglia | 29 Jan 2010
Topics: Individual giving

Telephone fundraising company Relationship Marketing is set to expand into southern England in a bid to increase its client base.

Blog: Lancet's Haiti relief effort attack reeks of anti-big charity bias

Blog: Lancet's Haiti relief effort attack reeks of anti-big charity bias 3

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 27 Jan 2010
Topics: Individual giving

The DEC fundraising effort has been brilliant, the efforts of a seven-year-old who cycled around his local park has been similarly spectacular, but no one would claim that Haitians have got the kind of response any human being would hope for in such a situation.

Hold fire before you fight to keep cheques

Hold fire before you fight to keep cheques 5

Fundraising | Scott Gray | 27 Jan 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Major donors

Concerns have been voiced across the sector about the planned abolition of cheques in 2018, but little has been said about the alternatives that will be developed and the benefits of offering a suite of payment options to donors, says Scott Gray.

Haiti relief effort ‘polluted by power politics’, says Lancet

Haiti relief effort ‘polluted by power politics’, says Lancet 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 22 Jan 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Impact reporting

The Disasters Emergency Committee has hit back at claims in a Lancet editorial that the Haiti earthquake relief effort has been marred by competition among aid agencies, as it reports its fundraising total has reached £42m.

Update: DEC raises £42m for Haiti earthquake appeal

Update: DEC raises £42m for Haiti earthquake appeal 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 22 Jan 2010
Topics: Individual giving

The Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti earthquake appeal has now raised £42m, a week after launching its television campaign.

Institute campaigns on cheque abolition proposal

Institute campaigns on cheque abolition proposal 0

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 21 Jan 2010
Topics: Individual giving | Major donors

The Institute of Fundraising is launching a campaign to highlight the importance of cheques to charities following a proposal to phase out the payment form.

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