Fundraising

Tax considerations are an important and critical aspect of how donations are processed and how charities and supporters benefit. It varies significantly from country to country. In this article, we explore the tax implications and differences of a £100/$100 donation across the UK, the US and Canada. In the UK, those who work ...

Having recently been introduced to a new website: What Cancer Can't Do, how it is positioned highlights how differently cancer charities communicate and share their message. That prompted us to explore the different categories of cancer charities and compare how they position their message of cancer against this far too ...

What happens when you bring a cohort of more than a hundred ambitious social entrepreneurs together for a week of peer learning, problem solving and personal development, in a setting that can only be described as spectacular? This very question has ...

According to Asthma UK, every day in the UK three people die from asthma, yet because of its commonplace occurrence, the potentially lethal nature of this disease often goes unnoticed. Affecting over 300,000,000 people worldwide, or the equivalent population of the United States, asthma not only affects individuals and ...

VOGUE.CO.UK launched their first ever Online Fashion Week on December 5. Featuring exclusive interviews, product launches and designer discounts, Online Fashion Week was about more than just great fashion, it was also a chance to raise money for deserving UK causes. Every purchase made during ...

In 2010 UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, launched his concept for The Big Society. The objective was “to create a climate that empowers local people and communities, building a big society that will take power away from politicians and give it to people.” As ...

To mark and celebrate the season, we're pleased to be launching the Junxion Global Foundation. We believe strongly in giving to causes that matter to local communities where our business operates, and to global causes that are of significance to people around the world. Our Foundation complements and extends ...

During the recent hockey-disappointment-induced riots in Vancouver, Canada, and in the days that followed, the transparency and rapid news dissemination capabilities of social media were made abundantly apparent. As the riot itself unfolded on live television, the riot's instigators and youth caught up in the fray made countless posts to Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere, recording and documenting their activities. ...

Mass urbanisation around the world will see hundreds of millions of people flocking to the world's cities in the coming decades. Already enormous cities like Delhi, Beijing, Mexico City and others are swelling by staggering proportions, and the stresses on infrastructure, the environment and social programmes will be extraordinarily hard ...

As the world has watched the 'Arab Morning' spread across North Africa and countries of the Middle East this year, we have been amazed by tales of everyday heroism, and heartbroken by stories of unimaginable violence and loss. Last week, I opened my keynote presentation to the UK Institute of Fundraising's National Convention with one such ...

Excruciating joy. That's as close as I can get to articulating the atmosphere at the 2011 Social Change Institute. Hosted at Hollyhock, June 8 - 12, SCI brought together a group of 55 remarkably diverse individuals, each of whom is working on one or more of the ...

In an insightful article published by The Guardian today, Octopus (now Junxion Strategy) client and Everyclick CEO Polly Gowers makes the case for bringing private sector technology and innovation to bear on the pressing challenges of charitable fundraising: Public sector cuts, restricting funding and stagnant donations means that it's ...