The main areas of fundraising

World Vision: The Story Shop

by Joe Burnett

Learn how World Vision took their cause into the world of high-end shopping – through an interactive, beautifully-designed store that was informative and made it easy for donors to make their gift. 

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UNICEF and Pampers: ‘1 pack = 1 vaccine’ partnership

by Joe Burnett

Learn how a big brand partnered with a charity to transform the lives of women and children for thirteen years and counting.

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How celebs use social media for fundraising

by Joel Voysey

Three campaigns show fundraisers can learn from how celebrities use social media. From IWITOT London 2019.

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Strike Debt: The Rolling Jubilee telethon

by Tain Joliffe

Discover how a superb telethon, dedicated to eradicating household debt in America, grew out of the Occupy movement.

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Secrets of direct mail 4: storytelling, fundraising and the dialogue method

by Chris Keating

How does Siegfried Vögele’s dialogue method work in terms of storytelling? In the final piece in his series on the great man, fundraiser Chris Keating explores how and even asks why storytelling matters in fundraising.

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University of Sheffield: Direct mail – the longer the better? Two page vs. four page letters

by Heather Clement

How the University of Sheffield drew on best practices to challenge their own preconceptions and achieve markedly improved results.

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Mind Pause Box

by Caroline Appleton

A beautifully designed self-care subscription box that was tailor-made for its target audience and encourages regular giving for Mind -the Pause Box is a trailblazer.

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Help Refugees: Choose Love pop-up shop

by Ben Eden-Davies

Ben Eden-Davies sings the praises of Choose Love, a unique pop-up charity shop with a smart and engaging difference.

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Testicular Cancer New Zealand: #GOBALLSOUT

by Tom Hodgson

This attention grabbing digital campaign captured the imagination of Tom Hodgson. Find out why he wishes he thought of it, by reading the complete case study.

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Secrets of direct mail 3: how people read letters

by Chris Keating

How do potential donors react to direct mail letters? In part three of our series on the legendary Siegfried Vögele, we explain this important aspect of his approach.

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Secrets of direct mail 2: answering the right questions with your envelope

by Chris Keating

In part two of our series on the ideas of Siegfried Vögele, Chris Keating explains how to use Vögele’s method in how envelopes are designed. Something that simple can make all the difference to your direct mail campaign. And you could also help some capybaras too.

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Mermaids: how one man raised £250k by playing a game.

by Nikki Bell

The story of how one man took on prejudice and transphobia by raising £250k in just two days.

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