Henry Smith MP has encouraged Crawley organisations to sign up to a new website that allows small, local community organisations to have an online presence to fundraise.
Henry said:
“This new website is a fantastic opportunity for small, local community charities in Crawley to gain an online fundraising presence. This website called localgiving.com, is aimed specifically at smaller organisations and endeavours to give them a platform to compete for donations with larger national charities.
“Importantly, this website will also allow these charities to take advantage of Gift Aid and other support that was previously unavailable to them. This is a great opportunity for organisations to really increase the number of donations they receive, enabling them to do even more good in our town.
“Localgiving.com will also allow very small organisations in Crawley that are not currently registered as charities to fundraise.
“In March this year, localgiving.com will also run a match fundraising campaign where up to £375,000 is being made available to match donations made to local charities. Therefore, I urge local community organisations to sign up to localgiving.com, ideally before March, to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity.”
For more information visit www.localgiving.com, email help@localgiving.com or call 0300 111 2340.