SPOTLIGHT ON FESTIVE FUNDRAISING
Get inspiration for your year end appeal
CAFOD: Digital Advent campaign with ethical, authentic creative
CAFOD wanted to create a new campaign supporting their work in Afghanistan over the festive period in 2023. The resultant digital fundraising appeal, created with Blue State, wasn’t just successful in recruiting new donors – it also put ethical creative front and centre.
Bloody Good Period: Festive period campaign
A campaign that won the hearts and minds at IWITOT (I Wish I’d Thought of That) 2019 – Bloody Good Period’s festive outing combined humour with a clear message that appealed to its target audience.
Bible Society: ‘The Greatest Journey’ Christmas appeal
By providing free resources Bible Society made it easy for supporters to stage their own nativity plays. This in turn ensured supporters could raise more donations with limited cost to themselves.
LATEST CASE STUDIES
Fantastic fundraising campaigns from around the world
Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation: ‘Sharing a vulnerability’ emergency appeal
Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation in Vietnam ensured urgency, consistency and transparency in their emergency appeal. As a result, the charity raised much-needed funds and recruited a number of new supporters – all during a time of crisis.
Mind: ‘Everlasting Forest’ digital memorial offers comfort and connection
UK-based charity Mind have created a highly successful donor acquisition product and offered new in memory donors a special supporter experience with this online digital memorial microsite. Click to find out how they used insight to inform the creative and discover the fantastic results.
UNFPA: ‘No matter what’ digital acquisition campaign
In this recent digital fundraising campaign, the creative focussed on images that juxtaposed difficult and dangerous environments with safely delivered newborns. It achieved excellent results and even increased return on investment from UNFPA’s existing donors.
LATEST ARTICLES
Expert opinions, insights and how-to guides to inform your fundraising
How to write for your most generous eyes and hands
Want to make sure your best givers can physically read what you write? Need to defend why you make some of the copy and design choices you do? Then don’t miss Lisa Sargent’s latest tips on making your fundraising communications accessible to older donors.
SolarAid: Lighting the way
Richard Turner, director of fundraising at SolarAid, highlights how the charity took a strategic phased approach to raising £1 million over three years. He also includes useful top tips to help you secure funding for your next new idea.
Five key findings from Blackbaud’s 2024 ‘The Status of UK Fundraising’ report
Are you looking for views on the current state of charity fundraising in the UK? Well, look no further. Over 850 fundraisers shared their recent fundraising performance and experience with Blackbaud to help generate this useful benchmarking report.
SOFII’S MOST POPULAR
Your shortcut to our must-see examples of fundraising inspiration
Extra Life: ‘Play Games, Heal Kids’ 24-hour gaming marathon
In this case study, video game enthusiast and fabulous fundraiser Rickesh Lakhani asks: How can a plumber, riding a dinosaur, help raise money for children?
Keep reading to find out!
Age UK: Cadbury ‘Donate Your Words’ corporate partnership
It’s not often that a chocolate bar stops you in your tracks and makes you want to start talking (and donating) to a charity helping older people. But in this case study, you’ll discover how Age UK’s superbly executed brand and fundraising campaign raised both money and awareness in a clever, captivating, and caring way.
Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony: ‘Adopt a penguin’
We are fundraisers, but we are often donors too. In this case study Simone Owens shares how a day out on her family holiday in New Zealand led to a very special penguin adoption... and a very memorable supporter experience.
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