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Christmas fundraising ideas for food banks and warm spaces

Christmas fundraising ideas for food banks and warm spaces

by Rebecca Hughes | Sep 03, 2026

Last winter, food banks across the Trussell network distributed 740,000 emergency food parcels between December and February alone.

Eight Christmas fundraising ideas for faith groups and churches

Eight Christmas fundraising ideas for faith groups and churches

by Rebecca Hughes | Sep 03, 2026

Accessible and functional fundraising ideas for your faith group.

6 ways to give differently this Christmas

6 ways to give differently this Christmas

by Rebecca Hughes | Sep 03, 2026

None of these ideas need a big budget. They just need a small shift in how you already spend at Christmas.

How to approach organisations to match fund your project

How to approach organisations to match fund your project

by Rebecca Hughes | Aug 27, 2026

Chat with AI about this article: ChatGPT Google Claude Grok Perplexity Match funding can be the single biggest lever you pull in a crowdfunding campaign. When a business, funder or local authority commits to matching donations, every pound your supporters give effectively becomes two, three or more. Research shows people are 84% more likely to […]

A brand new dashboard, built with project owners in mind

by Rebecca Hughes | Aug 13, 2026

This month we’re launching something we’ve been working on for a while. Your new project owner dashboard. When you log in, this is where you’ll land. It’s been designed around a simple idea: you shouldn’t have to go looking for what to do next. The dashboard gets you where you need to go, quickly, and […]

Can the crowd do the work of a grant? Bristol Community Sauna says yes

Can the crowd do the work of a grant? Bristol Community Sauna says yes

by Rebecca Hughes | Aug 11, 2026

It started with an Instagram post. Just one word, really: “SAUNA?” An invitation to look at an overgrown former council car park behind St Anne’s House in Bristol and imagine something else entirely.

Six years, six campaigns: how Guiseley Cricket Club raised over £100,000 on Crowdfunder

Six years, six campaigns: how Guiseley Cricket Club raised over £100,000 on Crowdfunder

by Rebecca Hughes | Aug 11, 2026

Some fundraisers are one-off appeals. Sean Yeates and Guiseley Cricket Club had a different idea: treat Crowdfunder as part of the club’s yearly toolkit, not a last resort. Since 2021, Sean has launched six campaigns for the West Yorkshire club, ten miles north of Leeds. Between crowd pledges and match funding from Sport England, they […]

The Community Right to Buy is here. Here’s what it means for your campaign.

The Community Right to Buy is here. Here’s what it means for your campaign.

by Rebecca Hughes | Aug 10, 2026

On 16 June 2026, the government announced a new Community Right to Buy, and if you’re trying to save a pub, a community centre, a sports ground, or any other local asset, it’s worth understanding what’s changed and what it means for how you raise money. The short version: community groups in England now have […]

A complete guide to crowdfunding for musicians

A complete guide to crowdfunding for musicians

by Rebecca Hughes | Jul 30, 2026

The music industry has always asked independent artists to do more with less. Record deals that once covered recording, distribution and promotion are rarer and more conditional than they’ve ever been. Streaming pays fractions of pennies. Touring costs more than it returns for most artists at the early and mid stages of a career.

Why this artist is running a crowdfunder and a prize draw at the same time

Why this artist is running a crowdfunder and a prize draw at the same time

by Rebecca Hughes | Jul 28, 2026

When Ella Starling launched her fundraising campaign for Ceasefire, a large-scale oil painting reinterpreting Picasso’s Guernica in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza — she didn’t choose between a crowdfunder and a prize draw. She ran both, simultaneously, for two different reasons. It’s a smart approach that more creative projects should know about. The […]

Why regular donations are an underused tool on Crowdfunder

Why regular donations are an underused tool on Crowdfunder

by Rebecca Hughes | Jul 24, 2026

Most crowdfunding campaigns are built around a moment. A target, a deadline, a push to get there. And we know that works; it creates urgency, it gets people moving, and when it goes well, it’s one of the most satisfying things in fundraising. But what happens after the campaign closes? For a lot of organisations, […]

Match funding, TikToks and more: what we’ve shipped this month

Match funding, TikToks and more: what we’ve shipped this month

by Rebecca Hughes | Jul 23, 2026

July 2026 We ship updates to Crowdfunder regularly, and most of them don’t come with a fanfare. Here’s a quick roundup of what’s landed recently. TikToks and YouTube Shorts on your project page If you’ve already got a video on TikTok or YouTube Shorts that captures exactly what your project is about, you can now […]

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