Small charities
The Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) helps small charities by sharing knowledge, expertise and experience. Upwards of 1,500 charities are helped each year, not one of them with a turnover above £1.5 million and most raising considerably less.
SOFII believes we should celebrate small charities more than we do so, together with FSI, has started this showcase with the aim of levelling the playing field, or even to get the ground sloping just a little in the small charity’s direction.
Shine virtual balloon race
by John Grain
A smart, environmentally-friendly strategy change from small charity Shine inspired John Grain at IWITOT London 2018.
Read moreKiKa's story: how a small charity gained success through donor engagement
by Joe Burnett
A small Dutch charity shows the way in event fundraising and donor relations.
Read moreAbortion Support Network 'Why do you support ASN?'
by Damian O’Broin
By asking a simple question of their donors and sharing the responses in later communications, a small Irish charity provided inspiration for all fundraisers.
Bluebell Wood's Soapbox Derby 2016
by Joe Burnett
With their first Soapbox Derby, Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice smashed their fundraising target with a fun and thrilling public event.
CDE project 23: small charities
by The Commission on the Donor Experience
This project is intended to give a starting point to allow any charity with limited resources to easily look at some of the most important parts of the output and to suggest some of the areas where charities with small or sole fundraisers might look at interpreting some of the output’s recommendations. It is not intended to replace reading and interpreting each project.
Read moreCDE project 23: part 1 - project 1 - 6
by The Commission on the Donor Experience
1. The use and misuse of language
2. Fundraising and vulnerability
3. Satisfaction and Commitment
4. Thank you and welcome
5. The supporter's journey
6. The use and misuse of emotion
Read moreCDE project 23: part 2 - project 7 - 10
by The Commission on the Donor Experience
7. Companies
8. Trusts and foundations
9. Major donors
10. Legacies
Read moreCDE project 23: part 3 - project 11
by The Commission on the Donor Experience
11. Communication with individual donors
11a. Mass Media
11b. Direct Mail
11c. Digital
11d. Community fundraising
11e. Telephone fundraising
11f. Face to face fundraising
Read moreCDE project 23: part 4 - project 12 - 17
by The Commission on the Donor Experience
12. Inspirational creativity
13. Giving choices and managing preferences
14. Getting the right people as fundraisers
15. The role of trustee boards and senior management
16. A distinctive service culture
17. Leadership
Read moreCDE project 23: part 5 - project 18 - 22
by The Commission on the Donor Experience
18. Supporters as advocates
19. Evidence of impact and effectiveness
20. Fundraising investment
21. Working with suppliers
22. Media relations and the public face of charities
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