Starting your fundraising journey can be both an exciting and challenging time, but with the right strategies in place, you can turn your goals into a reality. Whether you are fundraising for a community project or a charity close to your heart, GiveWheel is here to make sure you are putting your best foot forward. These are our top five tips to help you with your fundraising!

Tell Your Story 

Writing about your story, experiences, and the reason for choosing your selected charities on your GiveWheel page helps your supporters and wider community understand why you’re fundraising.  If you aren’t sure what to write, explain a bit about what you are doing to fundraise and why you have chosen the charities or the impact that the charities have on the community. Explaining the ‘how’ and ‘why’ fosters a connection with your audience. 

Set a Goal

Creating a financial goal for your fundraising event will give your community something to track and work towards. By having a goal, it can inform potential donors on a suitable amount to donate to your page. Aim high, but don’t forget that any amount raised will be valued by the causes you have chosen to support. 

Create Content For Your Page

Your community wants to follow you on your journey, whether that is from training, to cutting your hair, to baking cakes - whatever you are doing to raise funds for your chosen causes can be documented with a quick photo or video and posted to your fundraising page. It adds to your story and makes your page more engaging, keeping the community coming back to see how you are going or new donors are able to see what you are up to.

Share Your Story

Sharing your fundraising page on social media is important as it reaches beyond your immediate network, and taps into the wider online community. The increased visibility online can attract a wider audience that may resonate with your cause. It transforms from it being a personal initiative to a community movement, fostering a sense of connection and a shared purpose. GiveWheel makes it easy to share your page with direct social widgets on your fundraising page. 

Update Your Page 

Don’t forget to keep your page updated often! You don’t have to post a photo or video every time - sometimes you can just post an update to let your community know how you are tracking. Updates keep your community involved and aware of your fundraising efforts.