This spherical up’s information covers Edit Agency’s acquisition of CustomerKIND, an update from DontSendMeACard.com, Assemble’s launch of a starter bundle for small volunteer groups, and Lottie’s launch of its annual Nights on Lottie Pledge.
Edit Agency acquires CustomerKIND
Edit Agency, a part of The Salocin Group alongside Join the Dots and Wood for Trees, has acquired buyer engagement and knowledge technique firm, CustomerKIND.
CustomerKIND concentrate on remodeling buyer engagement and knowledge technique for a number of industries.
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Janet Snedden, founding father of CustomerKIND, is a member of each the Twenty Women in Data & Technology and Data IQ 100 alumni, which lists the UK’s most influential knowledge practitioners. She commonly presents at occasions and is a trusted voice in lots of publications. A knowledge and perception evangelist, she has labored with world manufacturers like Diageo, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group, Morrisons and Jaguar Land Rover throughout her profession. She can also be a earlier chair of the UK’s Insight in Fundraising group.
Over 1,900 charities have joined DontSendMeACard.com since 2015 launch
DontSendMeACard.com has seen greater than 1,900 charities be a part of it because it launched eight years in the past.
DontSendMeACard.com launched a pilot of its system in November 2015 with a handful of charities on board, to check its thought of a platform for donations in lieu of Christmas playing cards.
Charities can register to change into a Listed Charity and access a spread of fundraising assets. They can then add their very own e-card designs, that are supplied to supporters as an alternative choice to sending printed playing cards. Both static and animated playing cards are supported.
Individuals ship ecards by choosing a charity and an event to ship playing cards for and donating by way of PayPal. Upon donating as much as 100 ecards might be despatched to recipients.
Participating charities vary from small to giant, together with The Salvation Army, Dogs Trust, and Stroke Association.
First-class UK stamps elevated by 15p in October to £1.25 – the third enhance in 18 months.
DontSendMeACard Co-founder Alex Furness stated:
“The vary of designs on supply now could be excellent. When we began off our content material was minimal, as we solely had a couple of dozen charities on board who agreed to the pilot. However we noticed the potential for our mannequin with individuals nonetheless utilizing our preliminary providing.
“For our platform and brand to have grown in popularity the way it has really is in part down to how brilliantly creative the designs that charities have come up with. You wouldn’t typically think of charitable organisations as inherently creative, but they really do have it in them. You can clearly see this by looking at the designs on offer.”
In addition to designing e-cards, charities are participating with artists, illustrators, and working Christmas e-card design competitions so as to add to their e-card collections. Patrons which have supplied paintings to fundraise with embody Sir Quentin Blake, Harry Hill, and Nick Park creator of Wallace and Gromit.
The designs on supply on DontSendMeACard might be seen by event e.g. Christmas, and by looking by the listed charities and viewing their designs from their touchdown pages.
Assemble launches starter bundle for small volunteer groups
The Access Group’s volunteer administration answer, Assemble, has launched the Assemble Starter bundle for small volunteering groups.
The Assemble Starter bundle is tailor-made solely for organisations with fewer than 250 volunteers. The bundle is £75 per thirty days, with a versatile rolling month-to-month subscription.
Its onboarding course of helps organisations launch their volunteer recruitment inside days, and Uuser-friendly engagement instruments allow charities to nurture volunteer relationships successfully. There are additionally sturdy knowledge safety measures to safeguard volunteer data.
Simon Baines, Managing Director of The Access Group’s Non-Profit and Education division, commented:
“The Assemble Starter Package is a testomony to our dedication to giving organisations the liberty to make an affect, and to creating a distinction on the earth of volunteer administration.
“We believe this package will empower small teams to streamline the recruitment and engagement of their volunteers without creating a burden on their time or finances, which is so important.”
Later residing market presents presents and vouchers for carers with annual Nights on Lottie Pledge
To mark this 12 months’s Carers’ Rights Day, which took place on 23 November, later residing market Lottie has launched its annual Nights On Lottie Pledge, which presents care employees and caregivers a break from their caring duties.
This 12 months’s Christmas Giveaway presents carers the prospect to win prizes value as much as £250 every day, together with theatre tickets, buying vouchers, and eating experiences. 10 winners might be chosen at random from 5-15 December, after the competitors closes on Sunday 3 December.
Last 12 months, Lottie launched the primary Night’s On Lottie, supported by The Care Workers Charity and endorsed by Strictly Come Dancing choose Anton Du Beke, making a gift of 1000s of free evening stays to carers nationwide.
Lottie can also be giving all members of Care Space (its on-line carers help group) the chance to double their entry to Lottie’s Carers Christmas Giveaway.
The nomination type for the Nights on Lottie Pledge is here.
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing each for and concerning the charity and advertising providers sectors since 2001. She might be reached by way of thepurplepim.com.
