This time of year many charities are releasing dates for their 2012 Midnight Walks. The walks are planned to start at midnight, normally the route is set around the 10k mark but could be shorter or longer depending on the route.
All fitness levels are welcome on the walks and often the Charity Website will offer tips and hints on training and fitness on the run-up to the event. Continue reading
The Race for Life 2012 dates have now been launched on the Race for Life official Website.
After a beautiful end to September it now looks like Autumn has set in, which means Christmas is getting ever closer. This is a very busy time of year for everyone at Care from Contraband, the Christmas Charity Fundraisers start to plan events for the coming season. Continue reading
Within the UK, Christmas Cards are one of the biggest fundraising channels for a charity. More funds are raised by the sale of charity cards than by any other product. Festive Fates are a good idea, bring and buy sales and home made crafts and Christmas Charity Products are popular at Christmas time. Continue reading
Christmas is one of the best times of year to raise money for charity, with increased shoppers in local shopping centres and towns and the joy of giving gifts at Christmas makes it an ideal time to collect donations.
At Care from Contraband we have launched our new Christmas Catalogue to ensure your existing and new clients have plenty of time to prepare for this busy period.
We hope that these fundraising ideas will help you with your charity organisation: Continue reading
The sun is shining and summer is in full swing so why have I mentioned the word Christmas? Well here at Care from Contraband this is the time of the year we get ready for our Christmas orders.
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Here at Care from Contraband we deal with many Charities and Fund Raising Groups throughout the year. Fundraising is a great way of raising money for your organisation but time should be taken to ensure that you carefully plan your event plenty of time in advance. Here are our tips and hints to help you plan a great event .
Did you know that in England and Wales, there are around 170,000 main charities that are registered with the Charity Commission? Most of the Charities are not for profit organisations so they depend on receiving their donations through different types of fundraising events, and charity merchandise.
When it comes to raising money for charity events a great way to accomplish this is through charity fundraising. Many organisations rely on large amounts of money being raised for their cause to keep them going. Their main focus is to promote charity events that will spread the word about their specific cause.
As with all fundraising events money can be raised through these events but not many people really understand the cause. However, to make people more aware organisers can use promotional materials to raise money for the events as well as strengthen the cause by raising the awareness of the cause in people. Continue reading
How much will the charity market be hit by the economic recession? How will fundraisers respond to the challenge of maintaining donations? Will national disasters such as the flooding in Pakistan attract donations that would otherwise go to local Charities or will “charity begin at home”? Continue reading