Chance for small charities to show impact on Big Screens
Howard Lake | 27 May 2015 | News
As part of Small Charity Week, small charities across the UK have an opportunity to publicise what they achieve via a network of Big Screens in city centres.
Selected messages will appear on 20 June, the final day of Small Charity Week. dubbed Celebration Day. They will appear on screens in:
• Bradford
• Bristol
• Coventry
• Greenwich
• Leeds
• Portsmouth
• Swindon
• Waltham Forest
What kind of messages?
If you are used to Tweeting then this won’t be much of a challenge, but all messages must be no longer than 140 characters.
To get your message posted on your local Big Screen, send it by 29 May 2015 (or 1 June for Bristol) to
in**@sm**************.com
.
It must appear in the form of an ‘impact statement’ rather than a fundraising appeal or other request.
Small Charity Week organisers the FSI suggests this kind of message:
“Every week Sutton and Croydon MS Therapy Centre help more than 100 people stay healthier, happier and in better control of their lives”.
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This initiative is open only to small charities which the FSI defines as “a not-for-profit organisation (registered charity or a small charity registered with HMRC) with an annual turnover of less than £1.5 million”.
Image: Big Screen in Bristol’s Millennium Square by DCRC-UWE on Flickr.com
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.