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It’s #SmallCharitiesWeek!

If your charity has an annual voluntary income under £50k, this is your reminder: you're eligible for free organisational membership with us! Giving every fundraiser in your charity full access to our benefits and support.

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List of Courses between 1 April and 10 April.

List of Courses between 15 April and 6 May.

List of Courses between 7 and 14 May.

List of Courses between 15 and 28 May.

We have another jam-packed training calendar for April and May to support fundraisers develop and improve existing skills. This includes 2 brand new courses in May!

Check out our courses below.

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Deadline looms for small charities to apply for free entry to the Third Sector Awards Eligible organisations need to register their interest to enter by the end of Wednesday

Charities with an annual income of less than £100,000 have until Wednesday to register their interest to submit a free entry to this year’s Third Sector Awards

Vote For Your 2025 Fundraising Campaign of The Year.

The deadline to submit your vote for the 2025 Fundraising Campaign of the Year is 5pm tomorrow. Be sure to cast your vote and have your say in selecting this year’s winner.

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#NationalFundraisingAwards

The sun's shining, winter's almost over and it's nearly Easter! We love to give our visitors a treat at this time of year. If you are able to donate we would be so grateful. Last year we received enough eggs for all of our visitors.

Can we do the same this year?
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Member Benefits and Resources Refresher. Individual Members.

he Knowledge Hub and Getting Access to Your Benefits for Your Fundraisers. Organisational Members.

Two exclusive member webinars this April!

💡 Individual Members: Member Benefits & Resources Refresher
💡 Organisational Members: The Knowledge Hub & Accessing Benefits for Fundraisers

Join us to ensure you're getting the most from your membership: buff.ly/41eZ1Rm

Apply for funding under our local collaborations programme. Under this programme, we will support collaborations led by small charities seeking to influence and achieve local or regional change. Eligible collaborations can apply to a grant of £100,000 over two...

Funding is now open for local collaborations led by #SmallButVital charities working in social security, accommodation, and support for asylum seekers and refugees!

Successful applicants will receive a flexible grant of £100,000 over two years.

Apply by 30 April.
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No growth in online donations last year, report finds This is despite more than half of those surveyed saying they were more likely to donate online than they were five years ago

Online donation growth flatlined in 2024, despite 61 per cent of donors saying they are more likely to donate online than offline, a report has found

Analysis: How can charities make trusteeship more attractive? Four in five charities have at least one vacancy on their board. Dami Adewale examines what steps the sector could consider taking to alleviate the issue

Despite there being almost one million charity trustees in the UK, many voluntary organisations are struggling to fill vacancies on their boards.

What steps can charities take to tackle the problem?

Great news for those starting out in fundraising 👍🏻

Image of a family in a kitchen doing chores. Text reads: 'What you need to know visiting a food bank'

If you can't afford to buy food, you might be able to get a food bank voucher.

You'll usually need a referral to use a food bank.

Our advice can help ⤵️
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Red warning for charities that have not paid fundraising levy About 80 organisations have not paid the sum, which charities that spend more than £100,000 a year on fundraising are asked to pay

The Fundraising Regulator has begun highlighting on its website the charities that have not paid the voluntary fundraising levy

Sadly this is a pattern we are going to see more often as charities are forced to compete with commercial companies for Council contracts. Charities don’t have an automatic right to local funding but non-profits are more often best-placed to serve their clients’ needs.

Fantastic news 👏