Case Studies (15)
Wintershall CIO: Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square
How Wintershall CIO raised £1,321 through text donations during a live Trafalgar Square performance with simultaneous Facebook livestream reaching 6,900 viewers.
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Fire Brigade Union – Uniting in Times of Need
How the Fire Brigades Union uses DONATE™ to create memorial donation pages for bereaved families following the death of firefighters, raising £16,000 since January 2021.
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Vauxhall City Farm: Contactless Giving
How Vauxhall City Farm transformed their donation income with contactless giving - raising £2,974 through 2,961 transactions - and maintained giving levels post-lockdown despite reduced visitor numbers.
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Religious Festival Giving – Mauritian Marathi Society
How the Mauritian Marathi Society used text and web giving during a virtual Ganesh Chaturthi festival to raise donations from participants unable to attend in person.
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Covid-19: Big Issue North Hardship Fund
How Big Issue North raised £22,347 to support homeless vendors when street magazine sales were suspended at the start of the UK lockdown in March 2020.
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King's Community Church: Sunday Service Text Giving
How King's Community Church in Southampton generates nearly £400 per month from casual visitors and students through text giving prompted during Sunday services.
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St Cadoc's Youth Club: Kiev Champions League Final Raffle
How St Cadoc's Youth Club raised nearly £20,000 from 3,975 donations in two weeks using a text raffle for Champions League final tickets, amplified by Liverpool player Andrew Robertson's Instagram post.
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Charlie Watkins Foundation: White-Collar Boxing Night
How the Charlie Watkins Foundation raised £6,856 through personalised text and web giving links at a white-collar boxing fundraiser, with integrated contactless giving on the night.
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Art 4 Grenfell: Online and Live Auction
How the Kensington & Chelsea Foundation raised £22,500 through a combined online and live art auction in the City, with artworks donated by London's artist community following the Grenfell fire.
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Mayor's Fund for London – Contactless Giving in Retail
How community barber salon Barber Streisand raised £4,302 in five days for the Mayor's Fund for London's Kitchen Social campaign, with contactless donations accounting for 86% of the total.
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The Environment Trust: Text Giving at a Community Talk
How The Environment Trust raised £114 from a single community lecture - with a third of the 70-strong audience donating on the spot via text after Dame Fiona Reynolds asked them to support the cause.
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Gunge Off! Family Holiday Association at TTG Travel Awards
How TTG Media raised nearly £3,000 for the Family Holiday Association through a live vote-to-gunge fundraiser at the TTG Travel Awards, using text and web giving with a split totaliser display.
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Bournemouth Parks Foundation: Local Authority Fundraising
How Bournemouth Parks Foundation enabled residents and visitors to donate to parks and open spaces via text, QR codes, and web - helping a local authority charity replace reduced government funding.
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Find a Better Way: Gala Dinner Fundraising
How Sir Bobby Charlton's landmine clearance charity raised £11,200 at their 2014 gala dinner - a 29% increase on the prior year - with 93% of dinner guests donating and 70% adding Gift Aid.
Read case study →Case Study: Community Sports Club Raffle
How a local football club raised £4,850 in 14 days using NFS DONATE's online raffle platform.
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1 December 2022
12 Giving Days of Christmas
Twelve case studies of charitable organisations demonstrating successful digital fundraising through the DONATE platform during the Christmas season.
Read more →20 April 2022
The Spotlight – How Small Charities Are Creating a Huge Impact
A showcase of seasonal spotlight editions highlighting how small charities use the DONATE platform to raise vital funds through creative digital fundraising strategies.
Read more →15 April 2021
Spotlight Spring: How Small Charities Are Creating a Huge Impact
A spring 2021 review of fundraising campaigns by smaller DONATE charity partners, featuring animal conservation, essential services, and personal fundraising initiatives.
Read more →1 December 2020
Winter Spotlight: Christmas Special – How Small Charities Are Creating a Huge Impact
A Christmas edition showcasing festive fundraising activity by smaller charity partners using DONATE™, from school raffles to Christmas dinners for dogs.
Read more →1 September 2020
Autumn Spotlight: Virtual Conferences, Musical Marathons and Religious Giving
An autumn 2020 showcase of three diverse organisations using DONATE™ - a community food share, a virtual trade conference, and a church receiving text donations during Sunday services.
Read more →1 August 2020
Summer Spotlight: Virtual Music Festivals, Borderlands Treasure and a Local School
A summer 2020 edition featuring three fundraising stories - a virtual music festival, a national borderlands nature conservation campaign, and a local school making PPE for healthcare workers.
Read more →1 April 2020
Spring Spotlight: Food Banks, Dog Rescue and The Big Night In
A spring 2020 edition featuring a dog rescue charity campaign, a foodbank that raised £9,000, and a local football club that used social media to its full potential.
Read more →20 March 2020
Covid-19: Emergency Fundraising for Foodbanks
How foodbanks can urgently raise text and web donations from the public using the DONATE platform during the Covid-19 crisis.
Read more →1 August 2019
Contactless Comes of Age: Vauxhall City Farm
How Vauxhall City Farm trialled contactless giving at the Lambeth Country Fair and raised £400 via tap+DONATE™ - from visitors who had no cash.
Read more →1 June 2017
DONATE™ Delivers Local Community Impact: Natural England's Bergum Wood
How DONATE™ helped Natural England raise £7,451 for Bergum Wood restoration in Shropshire, reaching a wider donor base beyond the local community through text and web giving.
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