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Successes: Lakefield PTA Achieves 836% of their Fundraising Target!

Help Centre: [Checklist] Plan an Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser

Help Centre: 5 Best Easter Fundraising Ideas for Schools

Help Centre: 5 Easy Fundraising Ideas for Easter

Help Centre: How to Overcome the Most Common Fundraising Challenges

Events: Featured Success Stories in our Upcoming Webinar

Events: A Sneak Peek at our Upcoming Webinar

Help Centre: Ready to Fundraise in the New Year?

Help Centre: Looking for Last Minute Christmas Fundraising Ideas? [Free Guide]

Help Centre: 5 Halloween Ideas to BOOst your Fundraising!

Help Centre: Our Fees, Explained

News: Don’t lose your donators when moving fundraising platforms!

News: Virgin Money Giving is closing. InvestMyCommunity is here to help!

Successes: InvestMyCommunity saved us hours of work!

General: How to plan an eggceptional Easter of fundraising!

News: Churchmarketplace selects InvestMyCommunity for digital fundraising

Events: Everything you need to know about fundraising online

Successes: Does anyone want to buy a laptop? Turns out you all do!

News: A remarkable year by any measure

Help Centre: Considering your fundraising goals in 2021

News: Santa’s Running All Over the Country…

Help Centre: Looking for Last Minute Christmas Fundraising Ideas? Grab our Guide

News: Minds Anonymous

News: Welcome to the new InvestMyCommunity

Successes: Chestnut Grove Academy

Successes: Sidegate Primary School
Help Centre: How to launch your crowdfunding campaign

Help Centre: Social Media Tips from our Chief Marketing Officer

News: Establish your alumni network with Future First and InvestMyCommunity

News: Be part of Water City Music’s virtual festive choir
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Successes: Lakefield PTA Achieves 836% of their Fundraising Target!
Using the leaderboard feature on our platform, Lakefield School PTA raised £8,362.50 for their cause, including £1,457.50 in Gift Aid.

Help Centre: [Checklist] Plan an Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser
Our experts have created an Easter Egg Hunt checklist to help you ensure a successful fundraising event:
1. Organise the logistics
2. Plan the event from…

Help Centre: 5 Best Easter Fundraising Ideas for Schools
Our experts’ top fundraising ideas for schools include:
1. Bunny bounce
2. Easter arts and crafts
3. Bunny bingo
4. Easter raffle
5. Easter cake sale.

Help Centre: 5 Easy Fundraising Ideas for Easter
Our experts’ top easy fundraising ideas include:
1. Easter egg Hunt
2. Easter wreath making competition
3. Tea party with the Easter Bunny
4. Easter bake off and bake sale
5. Easter egg decorating party.

Help Centre: How to Overcome the Most Common Fundraising Challenges
Our experts’ tips for a successful fundraising campaign:
1. Build trust with your community
2. Keep your community engaged
3. Make it easy for people to donate

Events: Featured Success Stories in our Upcoming Webinar
On Thursday 3 March from 4-5pm, InvestMyCommunity will host the free webinar, ‘Why we are the Right Fundraising Platform for Community Organisations’.

Events: A Sneak Peek at our Upcoming Webinar
On Thursday 3 March from 4-5pm, InvestMyCommunity will host the free webinar, ‘Why we are the Right Fundraising Platform for Community Organisations’.

Help Centre: Ready to Fundraise in the New Year?
The festive season is an important time for community organisations. It can be a wonderful opportunity to bring your community together to celebrate, have fun, host a festive fundraiser, or hold a special service.

Help Centre: Looking for Last Minute Christmas Fundraising Ideas? [Free Guide]
Are you looking for last minute Christmas fundraising ideas? Why not download our guide?

Help Centre: 5 Halloween Ideas to BOOst your Fundraising!
With Halloween fast approaching, don’t miss out on this spooktacular opportunity to add some extra fun to your fundraising!

Help Centre: Our Fees, Explained
At InvestMyCommunity, we understand how vital it is for local community organisations to have a secure, trustworthy, easy-to-use platform to fundraise on, without expensive initial set-up or subscription fees.

News: Don’t lose your donators when moving fundraising platforms!
Don’t lose your donators when moving fundraising platforms! With Virgin Money Giving closing its doors on 30th November, the deadline

News: Virgin Money Giving is closing. InvestMyCommunity is here to help!
Virgin Money Giving is closing. InvestMyCommunity is here to help! With the news that Virgin Money Giving is closing its

Successes: InvestMyCommunity saved us hours of work!
David Ross Education Trust selects InvestMyCommunity for its main annual fundraising event! The David Ross Education Trust is a network

General: How to plan an eggceptional Easter of fundraising!
How to plan an eggceptional Easter of fundraising! Easter’s fast approaching! Yes, we carrot believe it either. Joking aside, after

News: Churchmarketplace selects InvestMyCommunity for digital fundraising
InvestMyCommunity awarded contract to deliver digital fundraising to Catholic organisations in England and Wales We are honoured and delighted to

Events: Everything you need to know about fundraising online
Setting up an InvestMyCommunity fundraising campaign is quick and easy. But how do you set yourself up for success? Find

Successes: Does anyone want to buy a laptop? Turns out you all do!
Does anyone want to buy a laptop? Turns out you all do! Well maybe not all, but many. If there’s

News: A remarkable year by any measure
2020: A remarkable year by any measure There are almost not enough cliches left to sum up 2020. In this,

Help Centre: Considering your fundraising goals in 2021
Considering your fundraising goals in 2021 With 2020 almost done except for the carving of the turkey, it’s a good

News: Santa’s Running All Over the Country…
Santa’s Running All Over the Country… But we’re not talking about Santa’s annual whirlwind tour around the world delivering presents

Help Centre: Looking for Last Minute Christmas Fundraising Ideas? Grab our Guide
Are you looking for last minute Christmas Fundraising Ideas? Why not sign up for our free Guide? Inspiration and creativity

News: Minds Anonymous
Minds Anonymous – A safe space for sharing mental health stories Minds Anonymous is the brainchild of 31-year-old Louisa “Wizzi”

News: Welcome to the new InvestMyCommunity
A new look and feel for a next generation digital fundraising service InvestMyCommunity receives a complete redesign along with the

Successes: Chestnut Grove Academy
Video: Learn from our fundraising champions We spoke with Sharon over Microsoft Teams to ask her about her recent Covid-19

Successes: Sidegate Primary School
Sidegate Primary School raises £3,740 for two classroom marquees Wendy James, Headteacher: “The charge was very reasonable” “We are a
Help Centre: How to launch your crowdfunding campaign
How To Launch Your Crowdfunding Campaign So you want to crowdfund? Choosing the project you would like to raise funds

Help Centre: Social Media Tips from our Chief Marketing Officer
Six social media tips to get you started It can be tough starting out on social media with platforms like

News: Establish your alumni network with Future First and InvestMyCommunity
Build your school alumni network with FutureFirst and InvestMyCommunity FutureFirst helps state schools to build alumni networks across the UK,

News: Be part of Water City Music’s virtual festive choir
Calling all primary schools: Water City Music needs you The inspirational and exciting charity is looking to recruit up to

News: Love Writing Co and InvestMyCommunity
Working together to improve children’s written literacy With the recent long-term school closures, literacy levels in primary schools has taken

Successes: Furze Platt
Furze Platt raises £34,000 for new theatre with fundraising campaign ‘We put our new theatre in the limelight with our

News: Donator Pays the Fee
Get more, pay less with Donator Pays The Fee Did you know that there’s a great way to benefit from

News: DonateMySchool joins InvestMyCommunity family
DonateMySchool joins the InvestMyCommunity family Our education digital fundraising platform becomes part of our wider community service to foster connections