# Cancer Research UK chooses Convio Teamraiser for Relay for Life

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/01/25/cancer-research-uk-chooses-convio-teamraiser-relay-life/
- Published: 2012-01-25T13:23:13+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Cancer Research UK has chosen Convio Teamraiser™ to support its Relay for Life fundraising
campaign, with the aim of turning event participants into year-round fundraisers.

The cloud-based [TeamRaiser](http://www.convio.co.uk/products/teamraiser), now available
to UK charities, will provide Cancer Research UK with a fully branded online platform
that features registration, online donations, real-time fundraising reporting, event
management, email capability and social media integration.

The system includes step-by-step prompts to help team captains and event participants
raise more money, involve others and share what they are doing with other volunteers.
It provides fundraising pages for a particular event, for teams, and for individuals.
Event participants can use it to send and track emails to their contacts, share 
pictures and messages via social networks and track their progress against team 
and individual targets.

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In the USA, the [American Cancer Society](http://www.cancer.org), which first developed
the [Relay For Life](http://www.relayforlife.org) idea, has been using TeamRaiser
nationally since 2005, during which time it has increased online revenue by 48%.
Cancer Research UK will be the first UK organisation to use it.

Simon O’Leary, Head of Volunteer Fundraising at Cancer Research UK, said: “TeamRaiser
allows us to provide a better experience to members of the public who are registering
for our Relay For Life events and crucially provides more integrated fundraising
capability that we can use to drive incremental income growth.”

The charity will be able to use TeamRaiser to access an instant picture of how all
Relay For Life events are developing, throughout the 12 month period of the event.

Martin Campbell, UK Managing Director at Convio, said: “Coordinating so many events,
teams and participants is a real challenge and TeamRaiser offers everything you 
need to manage a Relay For Life in one joined-up platform, helping to raise awareness
and funds for Cancer Research UK.”

www.convio.co.uk

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