Fundraising Ideas for Fetes – All the Fun of the Fete!
We have had a great few days of sun in the UK and here at Charnwood Catalogue we’ve been inundated with people asking for our fundraising ideas for fetes. We have been asked for our recommendations on the best way to generate funds at fetes and what we would recommend based on our experiences with [...]
Organising A Charity Bingo Night
Out of our vast range of fundraising supplies, Bingo Supplies and Bingo Machines are undoubtedly two of our best sellers. The reason for this is not a great mystery as one of the simplest and most effective ways to fundraise for a charitable cause is for people to hold their own bingo night. It is [...]
Organising A Duck Race
Charity duck races have become a really popular method of fundraising across of the UK, with more and more people looking to organise their own duck race in order to capture people’s imagination and raise a lot of donations in the process. Over the years, the team here at Charnwood Catalogue have constantly strived to [...]
Events & Holidays
After a long silence we thought it was time to say hello and start blogging again! We have some exciting things in the pipeline, we will be attending the Institute of Fundraising Cymru’s Annual Conference on the 16th October where we will be on hand to give any tips or advice and, of course, to [...]
Shaking the collection pot … does it work, and what are the rules?
Asking members of the public to give to charity is a very familiar way of fundraising whether by way of a collection box at your local pub or shop, or what was often known as a “flag-day” when you collect from passers-by in the street. Before you embark on a charity collection, there are two [...]
A Guide to Gift Aid
What is Gift Aid? Suppose you have a fundraising event at which you ask for donations, and you raise £1000. If you have asked those giving to make a Gift Aid declaration, then your charity can claim a tax repayment from the Inland Revenue currently 28p for every £1 given by individual donors who are [...]