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Christmas fundraising ideas for schools and PTAs

Christmas fundraising ideas for schools and PTAs

by Rebecca Hughes | Sep 03, 2026

Are you a PTA or school looking to fundraise this Christmas?

Christmas fundraising ideas for arts organisations

Christmas fundraising ideas for arts organisations

by Rebecca Hughes | Sep 03, 2026

This guide is written for artists and creatives, whether you’re a company, a collective, or a single artist working under your own name.

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 Written: 27 August 2026 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 […]

How to raise more this Giving Tuesday with Crowdfunder

How to raise more this Giving Tuesday with Crowdfunder

by Rebecca Hughes | Aug 18, 2026

Written: 18 August 2026 This year, Giving Tuesday falls on Tuesday 1 December 2026. After the spending of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s the one day in the calendar built entirely around generosity, and on Crowdfunder, more people give, more often, than on any other Tuesday of the year. Here’s how to make sure […]

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.

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 […]

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