actuallydata.comPeople fundraise for many different reasons, but the three factors that are most important to them are because they want to do more for charity, to raise awareness of the charity or just because they want to raise as much money as possible, according to new research by JustGiving.
via People fundraise because they ‘want to do more’ for charities | UK Fundraising.
The Institute of Fundraising has launched the Fundraising Academy, a series of courses in fundraising, as part of its promotion of continuous professional development.
I’ve always been a great fan of Civicrm and their latest release (3.3) has some great news for CivICRM users in the UK.
CiviCRM now comes with ‘out of the box’ support for Gift Aid. The code is freely available for download, installation instructions here and use on your site.Gift Aid makes use of two new features that we’ve added to core CiviCRM in 3.3, and as such you will need to upgrade your site to 3.3 to make use of this functionality. And what better way to be a part of the 3.3. release cycle!The module comprises a couple of custom data sets to hold all Gift Aid data, a profile to use on contribution forms to collect this data, a task to batch ‘gift-aidable’ contributions and a report to submit batches to HMRC Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in case any of you are wondering. Nice! The two things we’ve added to core because we think they will be generally useful in other situations are the ability to insert tasks into component task lists, and the concept of batches, which allows you to put any of CiviCRM’s entities into batches.
The module currently works with Drupal but Joomla integration thanks to Joomkit for their sponsorship should follow within the month.
via Gift aid for CiviCRM released | CiviCRM Community Site.
The site also details agencies that may be able to help you with your Civicrm installation.
We know that processing donor and fundraiser data is a headache experienced by many charities. That’s why we’ve got together with Anthony Fawkes from Actually Data to give data grants to 10 JustGiving charity members between now and Christmas. Read on for all the details, and apply today by filling in this simple form: http://just.ly/datagrant
via Cut time admin time – apply for a data grant « JustGiving blog.
Pudsey Bear, the iconic symbol of the annual BBC Children in Need telethon appeal, is joining the impressive roster of charity clients who have chosen thankQ to handle their fundraising and marketing activities.
via NFP Techno.