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The all-in-one fundraising platform: why the operating system beats point solutions

The UK fundraising platform space is crowded with single-product brands. The winning category in 2026 is the operating system, not the point solution.

That Free AI Sidebar on the Club Laptop Could Be Reading Your Supporter List. Here's the 30-Minute Fix.

Browser extensions with millions of users, some with a 'Featured' badge, have been caught copying people's AI chats. If your club's draw data lives on a volunteer's laptop, here are seven checks that take 30 minutes and cost nothing.

22 Oct 2026

7 min

Club volunteer at a clubhouse table with a laptop and phone, floodlit pitch through the window at dusk

Fundraising Guides

GivingTuesday Is 1 December. Here's a Six-Week Plan for UK Clubs That Can't Afford to Wing It

GivingTuesday 2026 falls on 1 December, and UK giving fell to £14bn last year with the average gift down to £65. Here is a week-by-week plan for grassroots clubs: a small ask, one clear target, the licensing to sort now, and how to roll the momentum into Christmas.

19 Oct 2026

7 min

Club volunteer at a clubhouse table checking a laptop against a printed checklist

Fundraising Guides

Letting AI Write Your Prize Draw Ads? The Seven Checks It Won't Do For You

AI tools can now write, design and launch your draw's Facebook and Google ads in minutes. The advertising rules haven't changed, and the ASA says the club is still responsible. Here are the seven checks to run before you press approve.

16 Oct 2026

6 min

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Fundraising Guides

Show the Money Honestly: How to Build a Fundraising Thermometer Your Supporters Will Trust

Gross totals overstate what your club actually gets. How to show net-to-cause progress from real numbers, why the rules are heading that way, and the six habits of a trustworthy draw thermometer.

13 Oct 2026

6 min

Two volunteers at a trestle table in a grassroots sports clubhouse committee room on an autumn evening, reviewing paperwork and a laptop beside a jar of folded raffle tickets, with floodlights glowing over the pitch outside the window

Fundraising Guides

Gambling Commission Fees Just Rose 25% — Except for Society Lotteries. Here's What It Means for Your Club Draw

From 1 October 2026 most Gambling Commission licence fees rose 25% — but society lottery fees were frozen to protect good causes, while external lottery managers took the full rise to fund a crackdown on illegal lotteries and draws dressed up as free prize competitions. What it means for your club draw, plus a five-minute committee checklist.

8 Oct 2026

7 min

Children sprinting flat out towards a white finish tape across chalk-marked lanes on a grass school field at a sports day, wearing navy and yellow PE kit, with parents clapping from behind a rope line in bright autumn sunshine.

Fundraising Tips

School PTA Fundraising Ideas That Actually Work in the UK

Practical PTA fundraising ideas for UK schools, from monthly 50/50 draws and raffles to sponsorship, plus the lottery rules your committee needs to get right.

6 Oct 2026

4 min

An elevated drone-angle view looking down over a floodlit UK grassroots football pitch at dusk, a player in navy and yellow striped kit striking the ball as a defender in teal slides in to block, with steel floodlight pylons casting bright pools of light across the marked grass.

Fundraising Tips

How to Fundraise for Floodlights and Club Facilities (UK Guide)

A practical UK guide to funding floodlights, pitches and clubhouse projects — grants, match funding, sponsorship and a monthly draw that raises money year-round.

5 Oct 2026

4 min

A club treasurer in a navy fleece checks a smartphone beside an open laptop and a stack of raffle stubs in a clubhouse at dusk, with juniors training under floodlights outside

Fundraising Guides

Half-Finished Entries and Failed Payments: How UK Clubs Win Back Draw Money They've Already Earned

Every club draw leaks money through half-finished entries and failed regular payments. How to measure both, what PECR and the new charity soft opt-in (in force 5 February 2026) let you send, and a seven-step rescue routine.

4 Oct 2026

6 min