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A skilled and happy team helps businesses to be successful. Happy staff help to create happy customers.

I’ve often heard that charities need to be more business-like and in my experience that is often true.  They need to learn from their nimble, agile and profit motivated cousins.  But it also works both ways

Kids Inspire provides mental health and trauma recovery through a range of therapeutic and community activities, read more about how they use TheGivingLottery to raise funds.

We knew it was high time we gave TheGivingMachine a new lick of paint and updated our charity's shop window.

It was with sadness that I received the news that Virgin Money Giving (VMG) will close after 12 years. Find out how we can help your cause when Virgin Money Giving closes.

Why customer service needs human interaction and can't all just be by chatbot faq's

When I took a career break to have a family, good old mail-merge was king - Fast forward 7 years to when I returned to work, computers and the working world seemed like a different place.

The GivingLottery Lottery celebrated a Jackpot win of £25,000 on the 3rd April 2021.

Invictus Capital Finance love the idea of sending out a GivingVoucher so that their customers could choose to support a cause that’s close to their heart

BNi Fantasia are keen to support their local community and partnering with TheGivingMachine to set up their own GivingLottery that supports Rainbow Rural has helped do exactly that.

I received a thank you from a charity for my ongoing support.  This letter is not a thank you at all and the “ask” devalues the thank you message itself - everything leads up to the "ask".

The Alzheimer’s Society has been raising funds via TheGivingMachine since 2009 and has benefited from over 6,700 donations so far.

We spoke with OneKind’s Lauren Buchanan to find out why they decided to set up a charity lottery to support their charity fundraising and what steps they have taken to ensure it has been a success.

The Hyperclub was established in 2012  as a self-funded group supporting many children with special needs.

Doing business the same way and expecting different results is crazy.  Givenomics is an emerging model that unites companies, customers and communities so all can contribute and thrive.

Autism All Stars is a small, independent charity run by autistic people and their loved ones with the intention of helping people of all ages and abilities feel valued and included.