Methods of Fundraising / Collecting Donations
Article created 3 years ago
Updated about 1 year ago
There are various ways your society can collect donations for charity. This includes through
- Fixr
- Card Readers
- Enthuse (an online fundraising platform)
1- Fixr
Purpose: If you're running an event whereby the ticket proceeds go to charity.
Example: If you're doing a pub quiz for charity whereby 100% of the profit goes to charity.
You need to make it clear on your Fixr event page
- Which charity you're fundraising for
- How much of the money is going to charity
2- Card Readers
Purpose: If you want to collect money during an event. You can request the use of one of our card readers here. This means the money will automatically go into your society account.
Example: if you're selling cakes as part of a bake sale
You need to make it clear on all posters and your stall
- Which charity you're fundraising for
- How much of the money is going to charity
3- Enthuse (online fundraising)
Purpose: If you want to collect donations online for a chosen charity with no service fee. It's a bit like JustGiving!
Example: Your society is doing a sponsored walk and want to raise donations for a specific charity
How to set up your fundraising page:
- Go to: Exeter Students' Guild (enthuse.com)
- Sign up: Click on the "Fundraise for us" and sign up using your society email address (this is important so we know which society account your fundraiser links up to!)
- Target: decide on the goal, decide on how much you want to raise
- Task: Decide what campaign you are taking part in.
- Reason: When creating the page, there has to be a title of the campaign and why it has been created.
- Share: Distribute your fundraising page, by sharing the URL with your social media account included on the page
What's Next? How to Donate to the Charity of your Choice
Whichever method you've used to collect donations, the money will go into your society finance account.
In order to release the money from your society account and donate the money to charity, you need to fill in a Charity Donation Request form (hyperlinked)
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