I’m pleased to report that The Mowgli Foundation has finally arrived … Yes, we have been admitted to the ranks of the numerous UK Charities who all use JustGiving.com to receive donations so that all our fundraisers can help us raise money quickly and easily online with their own personalised web pages. You can find us on JustGiving at http://www.justgiving.com/mowgli/Raisemoney
What is Justgiving?
Justgiving is a website that enables you to raise money to your favourite cause online. You simply follow a step- by-step process and before you know it you have created your very own fundraising page.
Why use Justgiving?
Setting up a fundraising page with Justgiving is quick, easy and free, and making donations is 100% secure. Receiving donations from Justgiving is tax efficient for The Mowgli Foundation and it really does help to reduce the administrative costs enormously. If you would like to support The Mowgli Foundation then you can also tell your employer, colleagues, friends and family about your page and they will be able to donate online with a credit or debit card.
How to use Justgiving
To set up your page today visit http://www.justgiving.com/mowgli/Donate or call JustGiving.com on 0800 028 6183 for more details.
Use Justgiving to fundraise when you
- want to take part in a sponsored event – or create your own.
- celebrate a special occasion such as a wedding or anniversary.
- celebrate your birthday or birth
- wish to remember a loved one who was interested in the work that Mowgli do
Tips on making the most of your fundraising page
- Personalise your page as much as possible: Add photos and write a personalised message
- Email the people you know the best first as they will be more likely to help you get started
- Contact your local paper, radio and TV stations and tell them about your fundraising efforts, especially if you are undertaking something special
- Add your JustGiving details into your email signature file
- Justgiving has a widget that helps you spread the word on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace - Click here for more information
- Read the JustGiving blog as it has loads of extra information on it about what YOU can do to help your favourite charities raise the money they need.
Although we don’t have any fundraising events planned so far, we are still in need funds to help us providing the mentoring that is so badly needed in developing economies. I will be adding the Just Giving details to our Facebook Page and I’ll be Tweeting about it too in the coming weeks and months and any help you can give us, whether it is £1 or £1000 will be VERY gratefully received.
