JustGiving breaks new ground with the UK’s first AI fundraising coach

JustGiving has launched an AI-enabled fundraising coach to help fundraisers to achieve their fundraising goals – a first for the UK market. Called Hope, the new fundraising coach will provide bespoke guidance to users of the UK’s largest fundraising platform, advising them on how to increase awareness and support for their challenge throughout their fundraising journey. Internal research from JustGiving shows that the period after creating a fundraising page can be quite daunting for fundraisers who have committed to raise money for a good cause but aren’t sure how to…

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JustGiving offers Digital Learning Grant to 200 fundraisers and charity professionals

For a second year running, the UK’s leading fundraising platform, JustGiving, is joining forces with online learning community, Fundraising Everywhere, to help fundraising professionals upskill digitally. This year, JustGiving’s Digital Learning Grant will now provide funding for 200 charity professionals which will give them access Fundraising Everywhere’s online training programme which aims to help participants develop their digital skills and achieve their fundraising goals sooner.  According to the Charity Digital Skills Report 2024, seven out of 10 charities are struggling to progress digitally*. However, previous participants of the online training programme reported a…

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GoCardless renews headline sponsorship for JustGiving Awards 2024, strengthening relationship with fundraising platform

GoCardless, the bank payment company, has renewed its commitment to be the official headline sponsorship for the annual JustGiving Awards this September. This follows a hugely successful partnership for the 2023 GoCardless JustGiving Awards which brought in nearly 20,000 votes for 12 incredible finalists. The sponsorship builds on a two-year relationship which started when JustGiving selected GoCardless to collect recurring donations via Direct Debit. Earlier this year, GoCardless was also named the open banking payments provider for the fundraising platform, enabling the public to make instant, one-off donations through its…

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Record breaking year for giving according to leading fundraising platform

It’s been a record-breaking year for charitable giving with more than £550mn raised for almost 20,000 UK charities, according to the country’s leading fundraising platform, JustGiving. Despite the rising cost of living, JustGiving has seen the most donations to good causes and the highest total amount raised since it started more than 20 years ago. This year, almost one million (+950,000) JustGiving fundraising pages were set up, which is on average 2,600 pages per day and overall, 9% more than last year. Highlighting the sheer generosity of people across the…

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What Have I Done?: JustGiving partners with award–winning fundraiser Caroline Jones to launch first of its kind fundraising podcast

JustGiving has partnered with award-winning fundraiser Caroline Jones to create a new podcast focused on fundraising.  What Have I Done? delves into the stories of ten inspirational fundraisers who have to date collectively raised more than one million pounds for charity.  The series is hosted by Caroline, who in 2015, after sadly losing her mother Mary to breast cancer, began her own fundraising journey.  Through her Knickers Model’s Own campaign, where she wore and modelled a different second-hand outfit every single day of the year, Caroline raised over £55,000 for…

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