Being part of the online charity networking community is a great way to chat, stay connected, feel supported and access lots of great advice and ideas. Here's a list of 60+ charity social media and fundraising groups, on Twitter, Face Book and LinkedIn.
Various. The Charity Excellence Framework - 1700, Small Charities Networking & Advice - 829, Charity Meetup - 81 (London area), Sweet Charity Community - 197, Charity Eco Hub - 1126, Charity Women - 983, Social Media for Artists, Charities and Entrepreneurs (500), Charity Marketing Network (500), Charity HR Best Practice (200), Small International Development Charities Network.
Fundraising. Directors & Heads Of Fundraising (500), Fundraising For CICs (100), CIoF SE & London(90), Sussex Fundraisers Group (300), Chilterns CIoF Trust Fundraising (40), Spark Funding Support Somerset (200), Mid Level Fundraising Chat (200), Fundraisers in Christian Organisations (200), CIoF Digital and Technology Group(150), the Lone Raisers (800), Major Donor Fundraising (800), Community Fundraisers Network (1.2k), Gift Aid Chat (500), Data in Fundraising (1k).
Social Enterprise. Diversity In Social Enterprise 431, School For Social Entrepreneurs 1.5k, Impact Entrepreurs Club 849.
Freelancers. Fundraising Consultants & Freelancers UK and Impact, Evaluation & Monitoring Freelancers - 92
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Thse groups were created in response to Covid, but are still active.
COVID19 Charity Preparedness Group 7.5k, Furloughed Fundraisers Chat 1.9k.
Charity Excellence You Tube Channel. Regular short, new 'How To' videos, making the supposedly difficult simple; play lists for fundraising, governance, strategy, etc.
Various - Ian McLintock (CEF Founder) 20k+, The Charity Excellence Framework(500+), Charity UK - 40k, Social Enterprise & Development - 19k, Charity CEO, Social Enterprise UK, Charity Meet Up, Charity Network UK(1.7k), Third Sector NE, 3rd Sector Publication (4k) .
Marketing & Comms - Charity Marketing Professionals - 1.4k, Charity Comms Network, .
Fundraising - UK Fundraising - 14k, IoF SE & London, IoF Cultural Sector Network, IoF Sole Fundraisers SIG, Major Donor SIG, IoF Consultants SIG, IoF Trust & Statutory SIG.
Governance - UK Charity Trustees - 6.8k, Young Charity Trustees - 5.1k, Charity Finance & Governance UK, Charity Trustees.
HR - Careers in the NFP Sector
Finance - Charity Finance - 4k, Charity and NFP Accountants.
Job Boards - Third Sector Jobs (20k), Charity Jobs (UK & Europe 6k) and Careers In The Charity Sector (3k).
Funding & Fundraising List - get the latest news, with regular fundraising updates and funders from Charity Excellence and tweets by 20 major funders.
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Join @CharityHour every Wednesday 8-9pm for some fun and tap into interesting ideas and conversations. Use #CharityHour to post and follow the online convo.
Charity Connect has 20k+ members and a range of discussion hubs.
Find funders using the Funding Finder database and 50+ funder lists. Health check your charity in half a day, access the huge resource base, including 100s of organisations that provide free help and resources, and achieve the Quality Mark.
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