Online Donations
All local voluntary and community groups and registered charities can sign up through Berkshire Community Foundation to register with Localgiving.com, an online fundraising community for charities.
What is Localgiving.com?
Localgiving.com is a UK wid3e website, where local community groups raise money, awareness, support and find volunteers through web pages that they can write and update themselves. It is owned by two charities, the Community Foundation Network and Ardbrack Foundation, founded by social entrepreneur and ‘Secret Millionaire’ Marcelle Speller. The website operates as a not-for-profit organisation.
“KEY BENEFITS + HOW Localgiving.com WORKS”
To see an example, go to Localgiving.com homepage, enter your post code and see which groups work in your area.
To find out about costs, please go to Localgiving.com How it works section and see fees. For more detailed information, go to Localgiving.com Charity terms & conditions.
How to register
Please download document describing Who can register on Localgiving.com through Berkshire Community Foundation.
Berkshire Community Foundation’s contact point is Online Development Worker Kristina Luskacova. Please contact her to get through the approval process.
Tel.: 0118 929 8488 or email.
Once this is done, you will receive an email invitation to log in to Localgiving.com and start to build your webpage. Berkshire Community Foundation will need to verify your bank statement so you will need to send us an original copy, which will be returned back to you. Once this is done, your ‘Donate’ button will be activated and appear on your webpage so you can begin receiving donations.
Read more about what Berkshire Community Foundation and Localgiving.com offer by Additional Value.
Localgiving.com has put together a user guide and opened a help line to all enquiries. Call 0300 111 2340 or go to Contacts on Localgiving.com page.
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