Make the most of Justgiving.com for all your fundraising
What is Justgiving.com all about?
Justgiving.com is a website that enables you to raise money for your favourite cause online. ECHO has teamed up with Justgiving.com so that all our fundraisers can raise money quickly and easily online with their own personalised fundraising web pages. Setting up a fundraising page with Justgiving is free and the step-by-step process is very simple. If you tell your friends and family about your page they will be able to donate online with a credit or debit card (this is 100% secure) – so there is no need to use a paper sponsorship form, or chase cheques and cash after your event. Not only this is time-saving for fundraisers, but receiving donations from Justgiving is tax efficient for ECHO and reduces our administration costs – so everyone benefits!
You can use Justgiving to fundraise when you:
- take part in a sponsored event (whether it is an organised event or one that you have set up yourself)
- celebrate your wedding or birthday
- wish to raise money in memory of a loved one
In addition, you can also use Justgiving.com to make one off, monthly or yearly donations.
Some tips on how to make the most of your fundraising page
- It’s a good idea to personalise your page and to make it as eye-catching as possible for example, add photos and write a personalised message. There is also a facility to link your fundraising page to your Facebook or MySpace page if you have one.
- Email your closest friends first – the people who you can really rely on to support you tend to be more generous.This will give other sponsors confidence in you and they may match the first few donations. This could make a big difference to the total amount you raise. Once your closest friends have sponsored you, email details of your page to everyone you know!
- Why not contact your local paper, radio and TV stations and tell them about your fundraising efforts? If you would like a mention in the ECHO newsletter or on the ECHO website please let Jessica know.
- If you are completing an event, write to everyone again with an update on your activities as some donations on Justgiving come in after the event has taken place.
- If you receive donations from sources offline (ie not through Justgiving) you can still add these details to your Justgiving page so that people who visit your page can see how much you have raised in total. There are also web links (called widgets) that you can add to your page that show your target amount and how much you have raised so far. The widgets update each time you receive a donation and it’s a great way to draw attention to the cause!
How to use Justgiving.com
To set up your page today visit www.justgiving.com/echoevelina/raisemoney or call Justgiving.com on 0845021 2110 for more details.
Joanne Williams, May 2009