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Giving Tools: a guide to creating and promoting your fundraising page
Fundraisers
Why use a fundraiser page?
Fundraiser pages can be set up by anyone who wants to individually fundraise directly for a project featured on GlobalGiving.
Fundraiser pages can be used by someone taking part in an event such as a marathon run, bike ride or other sponsored event. It could also be used by an individual who wants to raise a targeted amount for a project during a different event such as the GlobalGiving Alive and Learning challenge.
Fundraiser pages are easy to set up, manage and share as well as tracking donations made.
Using a fundraiser page can help to increase supporter awareness and donations to the project as well as help fundraisers to monitor their fundraising progress and success.
6 steps for setting up a fundraiser page
1. Sign in to your GlobalGiving profile or set one up here: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/dy/login/uk.html?cmd=login&fromca=true&show=createAccount
2. Go to create a fundraiser: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/dy/fundraiser/editfund/uk.html?null
3. Add in your fundraiser information including title, goal, image and description. Then click ‘continue’.
4. The next screen gives you options to manage your page. First step: ADD A PROJECT. To do this, either go to the project URL or search for the project in the catalogue.
5. Once you are on the Project Page, scroll down slightly to the section ‘More information about this project’. Here you will find an Actions box. Click ‘Add to fundraiser’ in order to add the project to your fundraiser page.
6. The project will now be added to the page, you can preview the page (note the URL web link to share with others) and also promote the fundraiser by email as well as manage other elements of the fundraiser page.
Giving Groups
Why use Giving Groups?
Giving Groups, collective group fundraisers, can be used to collect online donations from a group of people that want to support the same project. This might be a group of colleagues, university alumni, school friends, company partners, family or any other group of people joined in some way with a common project interest.
Instead of fundraising individually, together as a group you can donate via a personalised giving group page so that you can measure your collective impact for your chosen project.
Giving Groups are easy to set up, donate through and share and you will be able to see who has donated (or you can be anonymous) and how much has been collectively raised so you can understand your group impact for the community you are supporting!
6 steps to set up a Giving Group page
1. Sign in to your GlobalGiving profile or set one up here: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/dy/login/uk.html?cmd=login&fromca=true&show=createAccount
2. Go to create a Giving Group: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/dy/givinggroup/editgivinggroup/uk.html
3. Add in your Giving Group information including title, goal, image and description. Then click ‘Continue’.
4. The next screen gives you options to manage your Giving Group page. First step: ADD A PROJECT. To do this, either go to the project URL or search for the project in the catalogue.
5. Once you are on the Project Page, scroll down slightly to the section ‘More information about this project’. Here you will find an Actions box. Click ‘Add to Giving Group’ in order to add the project to your Giving Group page.
6. Now the project is added, you can preview the page (note the URL web link to share with others) and also promote the Giving Group by email as well as manage other elements of the Giving Group page. If you set up a Giving Group, you will be the admin for that page and will be the only one who can make changes to the page.
Promoting your Fundraiser or Giving Group
Now you have set up the Fundraiser or Giving Group page you can start to promote it. Tell your friends and family about the fundraiser. Use at use the ‘Tell a Friend’ feature on GlobalGiving to send an email with the fundraiser page link and asking for their support.
Ideas for fundraising activities: use your online pages to promote and raise funds
Sponsored fundraising events Do something challenging that most people would not do. Ask people to sponsor you to take part and let them know that all funds raised will go to your chosen project.
Here are a few sponsored event ideas to get you started:
Run 5k, 10km or a whole marathon
Cycle
Walk
Sky dive
Weight loss
Head/Beard Shaves
No cigarettes/alcohol for xx Months
Abseiling
Parachuting
Rally
Long Distance Walk
Bike Push
Sponsored Swim
Litter pick
Choose your event and choose your project then set up your fundraising page and away you go!
Giving Group ideas
Often, as a group, you will already know what cause or country you would like to support. If this is the case, you can refine your search by browsing for projects on GlobalGiving: http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/ac/browse.html.
If you are not sure which project, cause or country you would like to support, discuss as a group which areas you are most interested individually and then see where there are overlapping interests. You can actually choose multiple projects to support!
Make a celebration a fundraising occasion:
Instead of birthday, wedding or other celebration gifts, set up a gift list and ask people to donate directly to the project you have chosen to support. Set up a Gift/Wedding list and start sharing with your friends so that their gift can help many more people. http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/gifts/registries.html
