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Major Donor Fundraising

Major Donor Fundraising and Coronavirus

Posted on 23 June 2020

Adapting your Major Donor Stewardship in response to Coronavirus

 

Major donor fundraising has always been, and always will be, principally about developing and maintaining relationships with the supporters who can make a significant gift to your cause. But nurturing and maintaining those relationships has been quite difficult over the past few months, as we haven’t been able to meet with philanthropists face-to-face during lockdown – and so we’ve all had to think differently about engagement and communication.

This blog will collate some of the lessons we have learnt in recent months about major donor fundraising – and will highlight which of these learnings we could usefully employ into the future, when the COVID-19 lockdown and pressures have all eased.
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Planning for Recovery - How Charities can Prepare

Planning For The Recovery

Posted on 26 May 2020

How charities can prepare for the future

 

In this article, we review the uncertainty about the future for our sector and consider the ways in which charities can prepare for the recovery from the Covid-19 Crisis.

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Virtual Fundraising Events

Virtual Fundraising Events – Our How to Guide

Posted on 03 April 2020

Our How to guide on developing and promoting virtual fundraising events

 

Virtual fundraising events aren’t new, many charities have been operating some form of virtual event for years with great success, however in light of social distancing and stay at home measures during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic they are going to see a huge upsurge in interest.

Many charities have had great success with scheduled sporting challenge events and these have become a mainstay of voluntary sector income over recent years with strong year on year growth. All of that has stopped almost overnight and it is one of the areas that has left charities wondering how to fill the gap left by this crucial source of funding.

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Free Fundraising Consultation

Posted on 25 March 2020

Free fundraising consultation for UK Charities affected by Coronavirus

 

The implications of Coronavirus (Covid-19) are presenting enormous challenges for Charities across the UK both in operational service delivery and the immediate or anticipated drop in funding.

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Fundraising in the wake of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak

Posted on 20 March 2020

Fundraising and Coronavirus

 

Mitigating the impact on your charity’s voluntary income when all else is chaos

 

The Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak is set to have a serious and unprecedented impact on the charity sector – and will continue to do so for a long time to come.

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London Grant Funding for Charities

London Grant Funding – Top 10 Trust and Foundation Grant Opportunities

Posted on 07 February 2020

Top 10 Grant Opportunities for Charities in London

 

We have put together a list of our favourite London grant funding opportunities for charities working in London. Take a look and see if your Charity could benefit.

Total grant-making through different kinds of charitable trusts and foundations has been estimated at £6.5 billion in the UK. This figure demonstrates the huge value of trusts and foundations as a vehicle for supporting social good (Foundation Giving Trends, 2018).

According to the Charity Commission (2020) there are 6040 registered charities in London; the largest concentration of charities in the UK. We have therefore sent our team on a mission to find the best grant opportunities for you in 2020. From that, we present you a list of some of the top funding opportunities in London right now.

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