Editorial feature: fundraising and giving platforms

Howard Lake | 23 October 2020 | Blogs

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This week saw UK Fundraising’s first editorial calendar feature, a focus on fundraising and giving platforms. This is the first in a series of features that we have planned, with the aim of combining editorial and paid-for content around a particular topic.
 

Paid-for content

Blackbaud Europe have shared details of their guide to adding value to end-of-year campaigns with a multi-channel mindset:
 
https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/19/how-to-add-value-to-your-end-of-year-campaign-with-a-multichannel-mindset/
 
 
Recent paid-for content from other fundraising and giving platforms include Joanne Warner of Engaging Networks explaining the value of email marketing automation:

https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/09/28/what-is-email-marketing-automation/

and The GivingMachine explaining its online fundraising options:
 
https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/08/31/thegivingmachine/

The Giving Machine also operates The Giving Lottery, which they also promoted recently.
 
 

Fundraising and giving platform news

Some recent news coverage of developments at various fundraising and giving platforms.

https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/23/raisenow-secures-5-4m-chf-in-series-a-investment-round/
 
 
https://twitter.com/ukfundraising/status/1319579462405705728
 
 
https://twitter.com/ukfundraising/status/1319181463636504576
 
https://twitter.com/ukcharityins/status/1319624624796303360?s=12
 
 
https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/21/raffle-platform-raises-over-100k-for-charities-during-lockdown/
 
https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/10/20/work-for-good-to-double-donations-in-smallbusinessstar-christmas-campaign/
 
 

Future editorial features

For details of future topics in our editorial features series please contact Connor Seaton.
 

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.