Fundraising Ideas For Charities

Running and Sporting Events
One of the most popular ways charities can inspire the general public to raise money for them is to get people to enter running, sporting or challenge events and then motivate the individuals to raise money through being sponsored by friends, family and colleagues. Not only does this form of fundraiser typically provide good publicity and funding for the charity in question, it can also be seen as a goal by the individuals doing it, therefore driving them on to challenges that they did not previously believe they could complete. Some individuals become regular charity fundraisers once they have been bitten by the charity bug. From a charity perspective the main thing that they need to do is to get organisers of races and events to provide charity places. Continue reading

Legal Criteria For Charities

It is important that there are a set of guidelines to say who can claim to be a charity and who cannot. The reason for this is that people need to be sure that organisations they are donating to are genuine charities. There are a set of criteria that an organisation must fall under to be considered a charity by UK law. A Charity must be working to fulfill one of the following goals. Continue reading