Digital Gift Aid
Collecting Gift Aid through DONATE™ Gift Aid is a vital source of revenue for all charities in both its traditional and digital forms. In 2020, 31% of all digital transactions given through DONATE™ attracted Gift Aid generating significant additional income for our charitable partners. However, the rules and processes around… read more
5 Steps to a Great Text Giving Campaign for your Charity
The average person in the UK spends more than 24 hours a week online (that’s one whole day every week). In April 2020 this increased by 37 minutes more each day per online adult compared with January 2020 [i] Text Giving for Charities Text giving allows charities to accept donations… read more
How To Incorporate Contactless Giving Into Your Venue
With attractions and tourist destinations reopening their doors to visitors this month, introducing contactless giving is a great way for many to recoup income in an easy and cash free way. DONATE™’s easy to use contactless giving provides an efficient way of encouraging donations throughout your venue. These can be… read more
Spotlight Spring. How small charities are creating a huge impact
Spotlight Infographic_Spring ’21 pdf . In this edition of Spotlight we review the spring Fundraising we have seen across DONATE™ by our smaller charity partners. Featuring Animal conservation, essential and personal fundraising campaigns.
Networking from home – how to best handle the pandemic as a furloughed fundraiser
Working from home for the last year has left over half of furloughed employees feeling an impact on their mental health. According to Westfield Health, 61% said financial concerns were the cause of this impact. The desire to network, to meet colleagues again and to feel connected to work are… read more
Five ideas for PTA fundraisers this February
Parent Teacher Associations (PTA’s) up and down the country are fundraising to support their schools through these difficult times, however for many it’s becoming more difficult to come up with new and innovative ideas to keep fundraising going. Whether it’s an online concert or a virtual bake-off, here’s our top… read more
Charity text raffles raise over £28,000 during the festive period
As Christmas lockdowns continued, Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) up and down the country took to text raffles to raise much needed funds. With parents not allowed into school, the PTA’s turned to DONATE™ to provide a virtual raffle. Schools like The Friary School PFTA in Staffordshire saw parents text their… read more
Hybrid Fundraising into the New Year
Last year many charities found new ways to encourage donations. 83%* small charities had to rethink their fundraising activities and over half found digital fundraising to be a new and important channel for their organisation. There’s no denying that fundraising has dramatically changed in the past year and many of… read more
Top Ten Fundraising Campaigns of the Year
There have been some truly inspirational fundraising campaigns this year from Captain Tom Moore to the Ruth Strauss Foundation raising £289,000 through text giving in the summer with ‘Red for Ruth’. Here are our top ten fundraising highlights of the year: London Marathon Innovation knew no bounds with this year’s… read more
Winter Spotlight – Christmas Special. How small charities are creating a huge impact
Spotlight Infographic_Winter 2020. In this edition of Spotlight we are shining a light on the Festive Fundraising we have seen across DONATE™ by our smaller charity partners. Featuring Schools and PTAs running bumper Raffles, presents for patients and Christmas dinners for doggies.
