6 advent calendars for fundraisers in 2015
Howard Lake | 15 December 2015 | News
The advent calendar is the perfect chance to share a series of fundraising ideas, thank you’s, or how to tips. Here is a selection of this year’s crop.
1. SOFII and inspirational fundraising
SOFII, the Showcase of Fundraising Inspiration and Innovation, is offering a Fundraising Inspiration Advent Calendar.
Each day you will find one of its many fundraising campaign stories and examples showcased.
2. Management Centre and Santa’s Big Strategic Ideas
The Management Centre is offering Santa’s Big Strategic Ideas in the run-up to Christmas.
“This Christmas”, they said, “we wanted to share 12 Big Strategic Ideas (as used by Santa) to help you and your organisation achieve all your goals throughout the festive season and onwards”.
Just click on each one to open the window into Santa’s ideas.
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3. John Popham and Social Media for Social Good
Here’s one more from last year. Digital storyteller John Popham shared his Social Media for Social Good Advent Calendar, full of daily tips on how to make the most of digital.
[youtube height=”450″ width=”800″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffdPE7mvv80[/youtube]
4. Evening Standard and 12 Days of Christmas for #GivetoGOSH
The Evening Standard is inviting its readers to support its Christmas charity appeal in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital over 12 days. Each day a different celebrity will promote the appeal.
.@JohnBishop100 kicks off our #GivetoGOSH 12 days of Christmas https://t.co/G0Ygumjj7z pic.twitter.com/27IeuPSefI
— Standard News (@standardnews) December 14, 2015
5. City Philanthropy and 25 inspirational stories
City Philanthropy is sharing 25 inspirational stories about giving from its archive for 2015. The ‘window’ for each story is a quotation with a link for further information.
6. WCRF and #25for25
World Cancer Research Fund is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a #25for25 advent calendar of messages throughout December, including tips on fundraising.
No. 15 on our #25for25 advent calendar – an environmentally-friendly way of raising money! https://t.co/PTT1fPfh2i pic.twitter.com/xIqOkc6gPm
— WCRF UK (@WCRF_UK) December 15, 2015
Main image: advent calendar by Ksenia Lokko on Shutterstock.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.