Raising IT is working with the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) to produce a Platform for Personalisation.  The Platform is designed to help health and social care charities meet both the potential and the challenges of the new personalisation landscape. The venture was launched at the ACEVO Spring Conference on 25 March 2010, a synop... ]]>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:27:00 GMTAction Planning is a leading consultancy to the charity and non-profit sector.  Tom Latchford regularly tours the country with the ACEVO Funding Roadshow conferences organised by Action Planning.  During the most recent conferences in Birmingham, Leeds and London, Tom spoke about ways in which non-profits can maximise the potential of online fundraising.

Tom also leads an Action Planning workshop called Succeeding Online.  Have a look at our events page for details of when this is next taking place.
]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:02:43 GMTThu, 10 May 2012 13:23:15 GMTNCVO) in raising the standards of practice and effectiveness across the charity sector.  Check the events page to find details of Tom Latchford's next NCVO workshop.
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In reviewing their unit costs and KPIs, most providers have concluded that their strengths lie in the high standard of service they deliver and the salience of their role in the local community.  The new system presents the challenge of communicating this message and marketing services in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Tom Latchford, CEO of Raising IT, demonstrated the potential for such providers to reach their audiences online.  He showed how people can use the web to shop around, choose a provider, join a cause, take action and become advocates.  And he outlined the potential for p... ]]>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:40:43 GMT
Mr Hurd framed his speech in Big Society rhetoric, offering his own interpretation of what we should take the term to mean.  'The Big Society is not a government programme but a call to action,' he declared.  'It is the catalyst that will encourage more people to think bigger.' How is this to be achieved? With a transfer of power.  By unlocking state assets to the wider public, Mr Hurd wishes to give people the rights and opportunities to take action in their communities.

As a consequence, Mr Hurd predicts that 'there are going to be more people coming to charities with their time and money.'  The challenge: 'how will the sector manage... ]]>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:54:49 GMTChris Hughes is to the internet what Christopher Columbus was to Renaissance cartography.  He sees the web as a collection of relationship maps.  Facebook (which he co-founded) maps relationships between people, Yelp maps relationships between people and local businesses, Amazon maps relationships between people and products.  After helping to set up Facebook, Hughes mapped the relationship between people and politics in his capacity as director of Obama's online election campaign.  And now in his latest expedition, Jumo, he is mapping out the relationship between people and non-profits.

To be launched later this year, Jumo will attempt to foster long-term and sustainable relationships between people and non-profits in order to tackle the world's core issues.  Taking Haiti as an example, Hughes declared that it was not t... ]]>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:38:24 GMTThe Business & IP Centre at the British Library is a cornerstone of entrepreneurial activity in the UK.  Since its launch in 2006 over 150,000 entrepreneurs have made use of the Centre's resources in setting up their businesses.  Among them was Tom Latchford, CEO of Raising IT.

In recognition of Raising IT's achievement, the Business & IP Centre has selected Raising IT as its success story of the month.  Visit the British Library website to watch Tom Latchford elaborate on the company's journe... ]]>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:12:41 GMT
Comic Relief were the first charity to gain 100% of fees removed, and they were blown away by the last Red Nose Day. They raised £7,800,000 even though the SMS number was only on show for 75 minutes of broadcasting. They continued to receive a stream of donations as the videos with the SMS number also circulated YouTube.

Text donations offer a real chance to radically increase funds for charities. As more and more people are browsing the web on handheld devises and using smart phone apps, the natural way to give ... ]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:15:00 GMT


Tom Latchford, CEO of Raising IT, was among a choice of speakers to tour the country with the ACEVO Funding Roadshow conferences, organised by Action Planning.  The three conferences, held in London, Leeds and Birmingham, explored the future of charity funding under the new government.  Tom highlighted the potential of online fundraising in plugging the funding holes that many non-profits are facing.

You can download a copy of the conference programme here. 

Contact us for further details.


]]>Wed, 09 May 2012 01:19:04 GMTACEVO Health & Social Care conference on 14 July.  Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Secretary of State for Health, delivered a keynote speech on the new Government's vision for the health and social care sector.  Tom Latchford, CEO of Raising IT, spoke of the ways in which charities could benefit from current opportunities online.  He then elaborated on the Platform for Personalisation which Raising IT is building in conjunction with ACEVO.

If you would like to receive a copy of Tom Latchford's presentation slides then please get in touch with Tom Clayton.



<... ]]>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:22:13 GMTTom Clayton.

We are arranging two more focus groups for September, one on the 15th and one on the 23rd.  Both of these will be held at ACEVO's offices in central London.

You may also be interested in these resources:

Download a copy of the ACEVO / ESRC Report, Impact of Personal Budgets on Third Sector Providers of Social Care
Click here to download:

ACEVO and the Commission on Personalisation to find a way of using technology to meet both the challenges and the potential of the new landscape.  We have spent the last few months talking to both policy makers and care providers to further our understanding of the changes taking place.  Our Platform for Personalisation is beginning to take shape.
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• Market to your existing and potential service users
• Collect information on your service users
• Explore other ways of raising money

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This means that patients can vote with their wallets.  If they are dissatisfied with the nature and quality of a service, there is nothing stopping them from taking their budgets elsewhere.  Consequently public, private and non-profit care providers are becoming increasingly accountable to their service users.
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Raising IT were the proud sponsors of ACEVO's Spring Conference, the focus of which was the future of third sector health and social care providers.  In partnership with ACEVO, Raising IT is building a Platform for Personalisation to help health and social care providers make the most out of the new personalisation landscape.  

Tom Latchford, CEO of Raising IT, delivered a speech on using technology to tackle the transition to personalisation.  The following speaker, Paul Jenkins, CEO of Rethink and member of the Commission for Personalisation, praised Raising IT for its headway in the field.  He... ]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:45:17 GMT

CHASE is one of the largest exhibitions of the year for charities to listen to seminars and see the latest offerings for the non-profit sector.

We were there to present some of our recent case studies and talk with a cross section of different charities to understand the issues they're currently facing.

• raise millions of pounds through an online campaign
• help bring in billions of pounds into a deprived area of the UK
• increase sustainable funds for a charity to stabilise income following the recession
• working with social and health care charities to manage the person... ]]>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:03:09 GMTRaising IT has a single aim: to make a real difference to organisations who in turn make a difference to the world.
  
  Technology has become a great enabler. It powered Obama to Presidency. It saved lives in Haiti, coordinating response teams and collecting money. Charities have often been behind other industries in benefiting from leading-edge technology. Given our past successes in software and with charities, we set about to change that.
  
  Between our core team we have previously:
  
  • built a highly successful international software businesses from scratch to over $100m revenue,
  • worked for companies serving UK charities such as ACEVO and Action Planning,
  • managed the online systems for organisations such as Christian Aid, BMI Airlines and Reed.co.uk,
  • managed the online systems for over 12,000 large organisations including Sainsbury’s, IKEA, Marks and Spencers and House of Fraser,
  • worked in the design teams for... ]]>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:14:11 GMT
    Our tools empower individuals so instead of your fundraising staff being limited to the people in your office, it opens the responsibility for raising money to all the people passionate about what you do.
    
    
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    * 'CRM' systems mean constituency or customer relationship management (quite a mouthful isn't it?). If you want to know more, we run the Salesforce Non-Profit User Group in London, where you can find out more.
    
    ]]>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:05:05 GMTOld school marketing is difficult. You need a loud voice and big budgets to make your message heard.
    
    The web makes your life easier. Our approach focuses on getting people really engaged by giving them the tools to reach out through their social networks.
    
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    We enable your organisation to build relationships with individuals using the media that is right for them, whether mail outs, newsletters, iPhone applications or social media. This helps to drive response rates up and costs down.
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    Our web management system was built from the ground up to meet the needs of third sector organisations. The system monitors the effectiveness of your organisation online and provides complete functionality so you can shape your strategy over time.
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