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How to Run for Charity & Raise Money

How to Run for Charity & Raise Money

by Tom Wood | Mar 26, 2025

Running is one of the most popular ways to fundraise for a charity, but what’s the best way to go about this? Read on to learn how to raise money for charity by running, find upcoming race events, and discover how Crowdfunder can help you throughout your fundraising journey. Contents Why run for charity? There […]

The final installment + Q&A | Diaries of a crowdfunder

The final installment + Q&A | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Oct 24, 2024

For the last six weeks, I have been documenting my journey of crowdfunding for my CIC that I run in Cornwall – 2nd Hand Sundays. In that time, I have successfully raised £5,165, which was made possible due to Cornwall Council’s extra funding from the Climate and Nature Fund. They gave us £2,500 towards that […]

Making the most of your project dashboard | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Making the most of your project dashboard | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Oct 08, 2024

Your dashboard is on your project’s back end. This is where you will find everything you need, from reporting stats to sending updates. Admittedly, I did not realise the full potential of the dashboard until I sat down with Max from the project team at Crowdfunder. He talked me through every part of the dashboard […]

£1k to £1million – How to Run a Successful Prize Draw on Crowdfunder!

£1k to £1million – How to Run a Successful Prize Draw on Crowdfunder!

by Tom Wood | Oct 02, 2024

Running a prize draw is one of the most effective and scalable ways to raise funds for a cause—whether your target is £1,000 or £1 million. At Crowdfunder, we’ve seen firsthand how this approach can unlock new revenue streams, boost donor engagement, and help organisations create long-term impact. We recently explored this topic in our […]

Marketing your project | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Marketing your project | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Sep 24, 2024

Now your project is live it’s time to build as much traction as you can, this part we call ‘marketing your project’. Marketing your Crowdfunder project is multi-faceted, consisting of a few key ways to promote your fundraising efforts. I will break down these areas and give you my expert opinion on how best to […]

Launching our Crowdfunder | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Launching our Crowdfunder | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Sep 03, 2024

Our Crowdfunder is LIVE! This is a huge milestone to reach for any project, knowing you’ve overcome hurdles, learnt new skills and put previously dormant ones to work. For me, getting our +Extra Funding application sent off was the hardest thing, purely because I have never done anything like it before. With the expertise of […]

Deciding on a target and applying for +Extra funding | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Deciding on a target and applying for +Extra funding | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Aug 30, 2024

+Extra funding is what makes Crowdfunder a go-to fundraising platform for so many so when we were writing our project page and researching possible partners we could get on board, it felt exciting yet slightly overwhelming. But before we can get applying for +Extra funding we have to decide on a target. Choosing a target […]

Making our video | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Making our video | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Aug 29, 2024

Ok, once your page is ready it’s time to think about your video. I started gathering footage a little while back for our social media pages so I know I have an interview with a special customer Jan already, but I could do with a couple of extra voices from Alice and Karen. I also […]

Making our crowdfunding page | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Making our crowdfunding page | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Aug 29, 2024

Now it’s time to start the fun part of your Crowdfunding journey (in my opinion)… the page and video creation. Project page considerations Your project page is like your shop window, it’s the first thing your crowd will see as well as potential +Extra Funding partners so it needs to represent you and your project […]

Our first hurdle – Bank accounts! | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Our first hurdle – Bank accounts! | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Aug 22, 2024

Back to Diaries of a Crowdfunder I knew there would be a few hurdles along the way but I wasn’t prepared for one to happen during the planning phase of creating my Crowdfunder. But here we are, documenting everything, including the lows. What do we need? In order to Crowdfund for a charity, business or […]

Making my +Extra funding checklist | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Making my +Extra funding checklist | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Aug 22, 2024

Back to Diaries of a Crowdfunder By now you would have likely realised that Crowdfunder has a unique set up by working with major corporate clients who have pots of money to help support Crowdfunder campaigns. We call this +Extra funding and there is money available from all sorts of organisations to help different kind […]

Introduction to 2nd Hand Sundays | Diaries of a crowdfunder

Introduction to 2nd Hand Sundays | Diaries of a crowdfunder

by siri | Aug 22, 2024

Episode one: Intro to our crowdfunding project Hello! I’m Siri, and I run the social media channels at Crowdfunder. Beyond that, I co-run a Community Interest Company in Cornwall called 2nd Hand Sundays. And guess what? We’re crowdfunding! What is 2nd Hand Sundays? 2nd Hand Sundays is a not-for-profit initiative where we collect second-hand clothes […]

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