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Charity gaming

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Gaming

Gaming, in relation to individual giving fundraising in the UK, has long been a term to refer to raising funds by means of games of chance like a charity raffle or lottery. In more recent years, the term has been used by fundraisers to talk about raising money via influencers who play computer games and […]

SmartThank

SmartThank(TM) from Woods Valldata is an innovative platform which facilitates complex thanking matrices in a way which is easy for our charity partners to manage. As part of Woods Valldata’s response handling solution, SmartThank enables charities to create highly personalised automated supporter communications as part of their campaigns and programmes. See also: thanking, supporter journey, […]

Thanking

Thanking, as it relates to the response handling process, is a follow-on communication to a supporter after receiving a donation or response from them. There are lots of different ways to thank from very personalised through to generic, from email or SMS through to hand-written cards. Thanking is an important part of the supporter journey […]

Banking

Banking, as it relates to the response handling process, is the means by which supporter donations are processed and banked into the charity bank account. Woods Valldata use secure payment gateways to ensure charity funds are banked directly into the correct charity bank account. Find out more in the drop downs on our response handling […]

Data capture

Data capture is a part of the response handling process for charity fundraising. When a physical or electronic response is received, the data included as part of that response is captured electronically and retained by the charity in a database so that they can better understand the success of a campaign or programme over time, […]