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Gift Aid reform and tax relief figure prominently in Budget – Third Sector

In today’s Budget, Osborne announced reforms that included enabling charities to claim Gift Aid on donations totalling up to £5,000 per charity without any paperwork,

via Gift Aid reform and tax relief figure prominently in Budget – Third Sector.

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Civicrm user and administrator training – April 2011

London user and administrator training – April 2011A comprehensive two day hands on training course covering the configuration, administration, and every-day use of CiviCRM. This event is aimed at administrators and technical users at organisations that are either using CiviCRM, or interested in evaluating it. It is also useful for staff at organisations that develop or implement CiviCRM who need a complete understanding of “out of the box” features and configuration options.

via London user and administrator training – April 2011 | CiviCRM Community Site.

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Data Protection Seminar sells out – 2nd one arranged.

Book now for all things DP…The Institute of Fundraising has organised a second Data Protection half day seminar, following the sell-out success of the seminar planned for February 19th. The second date is Wednesday May 18th in central London, 9am – 1pm. Full details via link below. Purple Vision is pleased to announce our continued involvement via me chairing the session – as well as in my capacity as IoF Trustee and Vice Chair of IoF Tech Group! Lots of hats to wear that day. See you there!

via Data Protection Seminar sells out – 2nd one arranged. Book now for all things DP… | LinkedIn.

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What 1.9 Million Donors Can Tell Us About Fundraising on the Web

This is from NTEN email I received.

I know that this is a US Study, but I think it is still relevant for UK Charities as well.

Interesting bit about online fundraising being about relationships and not technology.

Have a read if the full details here:

What 1.9 Million Donors Can Tell Us About Fundraising on the Web: A Cliff Notes Tour of The Online Giving Study | NTEN.

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Fundraising Databases in the UK

I’m regularly asked to comment on fundraising databases and what I would recommend. Naturally, it depends on your organisational circumstance. Whilst I like The Raiser’s Edge, the huge outlay in cost may not make sense for a very small charitable organisation.

I was clearing out my online cupboards over christmas and I came across this article which was a review of fundraising databases used in the not for profit sector. So I thought I would post it up here for others to have a look at.

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Hope it helps with any decision processes you are going through.

Whilst Salesforce is a growing market and offers a great licensing agreement, please remember that you will still need to invest a lot of time for customisations to make it fit with your organisations requirements.