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UK Fundraising PESTLE Autumn 2026

UK Fundraising PESTLE Autumn 2026 This fundraising PESTLE was created in September 2026 as part of our #SurviveAndThrive campaign, fundraising module. There is sometimes argument over PEST v PESTLE, but these are in fact only 2 of a range of such techniques.  It’s just a framework for your thinking, so use the one that works […]
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Charity Excellence - Bun Run 27

Bun Run 27 Running to save the bunnies, one hop at a time. Vote for your favourite bunny by clicking the image and making a donation to the bunny's rescue charity.  You can also vote for the People's Choice Cutest Bunny by clicking here. The Charity Excellence Bunnies are competing but you can't donate or […]
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Charity Excellence Birthday Party Presents - June 2026

Charity Excellence Birthday Party We launched on my birthday - 2 June 2018 and by the end of 2021 we were the largest UK charity community. Since then, that number has tripled to 50k.  For each birthday and Christmas we have presents for the front line charities because you're brilliant.  This year, I have Kate […]
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How Charities are Using AI in Writing Grant Applications

How Charities are Using AI in Writing Grant Applications AI is already being used by many charities in writing grant applications but in careful, limited and very human ways. Findings from the Charity Excellence Grant Making Trust & Foundation Survey 2026 show a sector that is experimenting, learning, and setting clear boundaries around how AI […]
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Charitable Grant Making - Small Charities Being Used as Bid Candy

Charitable Grant Making: Small Charities Working With Larger Organisations I welcome this for many small charities on the brink of closure. The issue of small charities being used as 'bid candy' in charitable grant making has been around for a long time but we were concerned that the current huge competition for funding might be […]
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Charitable Grant Making Best Practice

Charitable Grant Making Best Practice I've used our survey and other data to identify charitable grant making best practice.  There isn't enough charitable funding and there isn't going to be but there are a range of steps that grant makers could take, either individually or collectively that could make a significant difference, particularly to small […]
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Charity AI Bid Writing Best Practice - Grant Makers

Charity AI Bid Writing Best Practice - Grant Makers We think the use of AI in bid writing could help level the playing field of grant making processes that often result in small charities being less able to secure funding.  However, we think that there is a significant risk of very large quantities of poor […]
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National Lottery Awards for All - Grant Funding Applications

National Lottery Awards for All - Guide to Grant Funding Guide The National Lottery Awards for All funding is a great first funding application, with up to £20,000 on offer and a good success rate.  This funding guide provides a template with the Awards for All questions and priorities that simplifies all the instructions, and […]
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Freelance Charity Bid Writer

How to Promote Yourself as a Freelance Charity Bid Writer Our free Charity Excellence Funding Finder grants directory is very popular and has a search category for professional freelance charity bid writers that enables users searching our grants to also search for experienced bid writers to write grant applications.  We charge a small fee for […]
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CPA Solicitation Statement

What is a CPA Solicitation Statement? A CPA solicitation statement is the disclosure that a commercial participator must make when promoting a fundraising campaign in partnership with a charity. A commercial participator is a company which advertises that a portion of sales or proceeds will be donated to a charity.  It can be given verbally […]
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Fundraising Agreement Template - Commercial Participation

Fundraising Agreement Template - Commercial Participation This guide provides a Commercial Participator Agreement template that can also be used for other fundraising agreements with companies. What is a Commercial Participation Agreement? A commercial participator agreement is a written contract between a charity and a company, required by the Fundraising Regulator, that outlines how they will […]
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Better Together Campaign

Better Together Campaign - Charities Helping Charities Our charity campaign offers free promotion to non profits that provide goods or services to other non profits, either free or charged for.  We also promote infrastructure charities, networks and groups to help people support and learn from each other. In particular, small charities and marginalised groups often […]
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AI Bid Writing for Charities Best Practice

AI Bid Writing for Charities Best Practice - Applications We think the use of AI in bid writing has the power to help level the playing field of grant making processes that often result in small charities being less able to secure funding.  However, we think that there is a significant risk of very large […]
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UK Give as You Earn Scheme (GAYE) Payroll Giving

UK Give as You Earn Scheme (GAYE) Payroll Giving A simple guide to the UK Give as You Earn payroll giving scheme - what is GAYE, the benefits, how to find a company and agency, and set up a payroll giving scheme.  Since 2015/16, employee charity donations from salary through the give as you earn […]
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Best UK Charity CRM System Survey 2025

Best UK Charity CRM System Survey 2025 We have an existing charity CRM system guide on how to find a free charity CRM and choose the best CRM for charities, including a lot more detailed guidance on what you need to think about in choosing and migrating a CRM.  This guide presents the results of […]
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