{"id":9205,"date":"2026-10-15T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/?p=9205"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:58:43","slug":"thursday-october-22nd-11am-12noon-online-via-teams-meet-the-funder-easyfundraising-your-easy-route-to-unrestricted-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/2026\/10\/15\/thursday-october-22nd-11am-12noon-online-via-teams-meet-the-funder-easyfundraising-your-easy-route-to-unrestricted-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday October 22nd 11am-12noon -Online VIA Teams  Meet the Funder &#8211; Easyfundraising Your easy route to unrestricted funding!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9205\" class=\"elementor elementor-9205\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d13e12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d13e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1400a0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1400a0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee37e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee37e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Does your community organisation need additional funds in 2026\/27?\u00a0<\/p><p>Come along to our free online session find out how your organisation can receive free unrestricted funding via funding platform easyfundraising.<\/p><p>In this informal session, Becky from easyfundraising will show you how your volunteers, staff and supporters can use the easyfundraising platform to raise donations for free for your organisation when they shop with leading retailers.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><u>What to expect:<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>A live demonstration of how it works<\/li><li>Instructions on how to get your organisation set up<\/li><li>Tips on how to raise as much as possible<\/li><li>A Q&amp;A session with Becky<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><u>Suitable for:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0anyone involved in fundraising for good causes of all shapes and sizes including voluntary groups, CICs, social enterprises, churches, schools, sports clubs and charities<\/p><p><strong><u>About easyfundraising<\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>Through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyfundraising.org.uk\/merthyr-tydfil\">easyfundraising<\/a>, 8,000 online retailers will donate money to your organisation when your volunteers, staff and supporters shop with them. Anything from a weekly grocery shop to a family holiday can generate a free donation for you.\u00a0 Every 3 months you\u2019ll receive all the donations raised by your supporters and as it\u2019s unrestricted funding, you spend the money on whatever you need.<\/p><p>To find out more or book a place, contact karen.vowles@vamt.net<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Online Fundraising<br \/>\nOnline fundraising is a great way for community groups of all sizes in Merthyr Tydfil to reach more people, raise awareness of what they do, and directly bring in vital funds. Whether it&#8217;s through crowdfunding pages, focused appeals, social media, or simple promotion of donation links, digital fundraising can help connect with local supporters as well as people further afield who want to make a difference to your community.  It doesn&#8217;t have to be complicated or expensive to get started, and with the right approach, online fundraising can become a valuable part of helping your group grow, support your community, and continue the fantastic work you already do.<br \/>\nJoin this interactive and relaxed session, led by Lauren Swain and Luke Upton, two of the Localgiving team based in Wales, to gain an understanding of how you can start with online fundraising, boost your donation levels and have your questions answered.<br \/>\nTo book your space at the Teams event contact karen.vowles@vamt.net or lowri.hunt@vamt.net<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9205"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9212,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9205\/revisions\/9212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}