As well as celebrating the small charity sector, Small Charity Week also offers charities the chance to raise some additional funds to support your work. Last year the eBay/Missionfish challenge raised £15,000 for small charities and in 2011 we want to better this.
With all the publicity going on, Small Charity Week is the ideal time to hold a fundraising event of your own. Send us the details and we will promote your event. You can also post your events to the Small Charity Week calendar to help you get the most out of the week.
eBay for Charity Treasure Hunt 2011
Once again we are working with our partners at Mission Fish and eBay to bring you the eBay/MissionFish Treasure Hunt. The four charities chosen as winners of the Treasure Hunt in 2011 are Howarth Cat Rescue, The Parachute Regiment Charity, Quinton YFC and Hope and Aid Direct. These charities will be featured on eBay Give at Checkout for the duration of Small Charity Week.
eBay for Charity will also award three grants of £1,000 to the three charities who manage to register the most supporters on eBay for charity throughout the duration of the competition. Winners will be announced on Fundraising Day.
mVenture iPhone App competition
With more and more people downloading iPhone apps every day they really are the new way to reach a huge audience.
In the lead up to Small Charity Week we are teaming up with iPhone App developers mVenture to give three small charities the chance to launch their own app. This is a fantastic chance for your charity to reach whole new audiences around the globe with the very latest technology. All you have to do is tell us why your charity should have its own app and the world really can be your oyster! mVenture will build the app for you and launch it on the App Store for 12 months, completely free.
To be in with a chance to have your own small charity app visit FSI homepage, log onto the FSI Community and add a post to our community forum telling us in no more than 250 words why your charity should have its own app. If you have any queries place email app@smallcharityweek.com.
Someone once told me…
As we race toward Small Charity Week we have an exciting opportunity for small charities to become involved in a unique and popular photography blog. With over 8 million page views this is a brilliant chance to reach a large audience.
‘Someone once told me’ is a photography blog by journalist Mario Cacciottolo. The site is a mixture of photography and storytelling – it shows people holding a sign, on which they’ve written something that someone else once told them. They also explain why that phrase stuck in their minds, and its significance to them. A new picture goes up every day.
Mario is going to be supporting Small Charity Week 2011 and is keen for as many small charities as possible to become involved with his blog. He has agreed to display a ‘Someone once told me’ picture for each of the 5 days of Small Charity Week and this is where you come in!
Your caption should be something that you have genuinely been told (it can be about charity work, but it doesn’t have to be). Take a look at the ‘best of’ section to get a feel for the style of photo.
If you would like to take part you can send a photo in to Mario by following the instructions on the ‘Your SOTM’. Let Mario know that you are a charity involved with Small Charity Week and your photo will be featured on his blog, either in Small Charity Week or at some point in the following months. The blurb for the photo can include information about your charity, what you do and will link to your website.
This is a fantastic opportunity to get people talking about your charity in a big way. If you want your charity to be in the spotlight during Small Charity Week send in a photo to Mario by June 15th.
If you need any further information please get in touch by emailing Lindsay at intern@thefsi.org
Get Involved
There are lots of ways to get involved in this great online fundraiser – just email us on info@smallcharityweek.com to be added onto the mailing list.
Tell us about your events and we will promote them right across Small Charity Week.
Fundraising Day is supported by eBay and Missionfish
