Fundraising
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This guide has been produced as a practical tool to help groups to support and ensure that disabled women will be included and participate when planning meetings and events.
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Lime Green Consulting has produced a series of free helpsheets providing advice on fundraising strategy, events management and individual giving. To access the helpsheets, all you need to do is join our mailing list and you’ll be sent a hidden link so that you can download them.
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nfpSynergy have produced a comprehensive beginner’s guide called ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’, introducing a variety of fundraising income streams to help you chose the best route.
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This guide offers useful information on how to produce a clear and effective pricing strategy. It explains the importance of a variety of different factors charities must consider when setting an effective pricing strategy.
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This guide will help charities understand how to help donors make informed decisions. It explains how to take into account the needs of individuals who may be in vulnerable circumstances and situations when fundraisers shouldn’t take donations.
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HMRC have produced an infographic explaining how to register for Gift Aid and the four main steps you need to complete. For every �1 donated under Gift Aid, HMRC will give your charity an extra 25 pence.
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NCVO are offering a free guide to Writing a Fantastic Funding Bid as part of their Quick Guides series. This guide is a really useful tool on how to whittle down everything your organisation does, and the people you help, into a bid that gets results.
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This toolkit will help you create and manage a successful fundraising appeal. It gives instructions for designing print and digital appeals to help your organisation stand out from the crowd and really connect with your donors.
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The toolkit is a practical guide to help you implement proven fundraising strategies that your whole organisation can get united behind, and proud of, to help strengthen your fundraising efforts and raise more money for your cause.
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Useful Services
A report issued by the Institute of Fundraising recommending that more support and focus is needed to help smaller charities to fundraise.
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Kingston Smith Fundraising and Management offer registered charities a free, no-obligation two-hour consultancy session tailored to their specific needs. To use this service, contact James Newell on 020 7566 3635 or [email protected]
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Get Event Fit provides your fundraisers with a more engaging training experience by replacing PDFs with professional training programmes that are branded to your charity and automatically delivered daily to a mobile app.
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KindLink is a free online payment system for charities. It provides the cheapest bank fees @1.3% flat and no other cost for managing your donations. You can record manually donations and as HMRC approved agent KindLink will file Gift Aid for you.
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Fundraising and sponsorship training , mentoring and away days for individuals and organisations. The training can also be made bespoke to your specific organisational needs and is ideal for small to medium sized charities who need help with capacity building.
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Join the contactless payment revolution and raise funds through contactless technology. Tap+DONATE™ from National Funding Scheme provides both rental and for-purchase contactless giving units.
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Useful Websites
DSC offers a range of training courses and publications to help charities improve their fundraising. Topics include corporate fundraising; fundraising events; individual and legacy giving; and effectively using social media to fundraise.
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FSI provides free practical training courses for small charities, an annual fundraising conference, advice clinics, and fundraising events via Small Charity Week. Support includes how to apply for funds (from major donors, corporate and trusts), communicate with donors and run events.
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oF is a professional membership body for UK fundraising. They offer support for small charities, including �20 courses, conferences places, online resources, video guides and advice for getting started, as well as one-hour “surgery” slots.
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KnowHow Non-Profit hosts a range of free resources on fundraising topics, as well as ‘how to’ guides written and rated by users. They also produce cheap e-learning units and a collaborative learning space
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This website is a compilation of fundraising ideas and quick guides on their successful implementation, with a focus on easily promoting community fundraising and individual fundraising.
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