Makerble guide for charities [mk]

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Welcome to

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Makerble is a free platform that connects your charity with people who want to donate to your projects

• We do the donor acquisition, donation processing and Gift Aid• You just provide a project and the occasional progress update



Our service to donors

Donors tell us the causes they care about. We use that information to suggest charitable projects sourced from our library which match

their interests for them to start donating to on Makerble.



Every project has its own page

As a charity you create your project page. This Guide talks you through how to create your project page.



Introducing HELP – MAKE – CHANGE

Text describing the problem. I.e. the people who need to be Helped.

Text describing the proposed solution. I.e. this is what the charity will do through this project. You tell us your project’s

outputs.We create “Change” badges that represent them.


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• Charity name• Charity HMRC number• Registered Charity Number• Charity Regulator (drop down list: Charity Commission, OSCR,

None, Other (and a field to enter it which is then saved in the

database)• Names of all staff attached to that charity (and their contact

details: Landline, Mobile, Skype, Email, Office Address,

Registered Charity Address, Notes )

Charity information you will need




Makerble for Charities

Press the Information for Charities button





Your charity number

Claim your charity’s page





The description of your charity will be displayed publicly.


Register your charity on Makerble




Create your first project

Follow the simple instructions





Who are you helping?

• Describe the need in terms of why the project is needed, why they need help. This could be for example urgent need of clean water in Kenya

• Should start with “Help” e.g. Help homeless people in central London

• This section will be shown as “HELP” for the public





Project image & Cause

The image should ideally show the person in need in a dignified setting

A project can cover various causes –tick as many boxes you think is suitable





What is your solution?

What is your solution to the problem; e.g. build a shelter, open up a medical centre

What activities it requires, the first sentence should start with “Make” e.g. Make a community centre for women

Will be shown as “Make” for the public





Where is the money going?

Budget items shows how the money raised are going to be spendFor building a school this could be equipment, staff time, education materials, classrooms, school bus etc.





What will the impact be?

The make image should reflect what the project will look like


Related themes can be interests that matches with the donor such as reading, nature or children




Confirm

• The project must be running regardless how much funds are raised through Makerble.

• This is in order for us to guarantee our donors that their funds will go to the project even if it doesn’t reach its budget.





Has this worked before?


This is to assure donors that their funds are being well spent




Thank your new donors

• The message the donors receive once they start donating to your cause

• Show your gratitude and make them feel special!





Assign colleagues to your project

As a Charity Users, you can either be an Editor or and Reporter. Reporters can be for example more Junior Staff that can write drafts, but they need to be approved from an Editor.

• An editor can make changes to the project without approval• A reporter would need approval from a editor before the

changes are shown to the public

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• Save time and write the answer to the FAQ’s before!




Your Charity Dashboard

• If you press Charity Dashboard in the top right corner you can review the charities and project that you are an editor or reporter of

• If a team-member has requested to join the charity you can approve them under Approvals



Turn on Stripe so you can receive donations

• Make sure you register the bank details where you want the donations to with Stripe. • Your charity will not be visible on the website until it’s done.





Follow the simple instructions





Publish project updates

• While you are starting to receive donations, it is important that you occasionally write updates how the project is going

• In the update you write what the donations have helped with so far, the progress of the project and potentially change made

• The Makerble donors value transparency a lot so try to be clear with showing where their funds have been going





Publish project updates


Makerble turns the updates you write into personalised posts on each donor’s profile




Your personal profile

By clicking on your name you will come to Your Profile

There you can see the progress your project is doing but also your own Makerble Change timeline

Even as a charity you can help make change in the world by donating to projects and see the change you have made!



Get in touch whenever you need to



• Users- Everybody on Makerble has a user account and an individual profile. They can use this to follow other users, comment on content and make donations.- Users that work for a charity can be given permission to manage their Charity Page (similar to

how a user on Facebook can be given permission to manage a Facebook Fan Page).

Users that work for a charity can be a • Reporter – permission to write Project Updates and edit Project Information• Editor – permission to approve Project Updates

• Charity PagesCharity Pages are managed by users with special permission. These users are staff at those charities.

• ProjectsProjects are created by Charity Pages and are linked to the Charity Page. (Similar to how Events can be created by Facebook Pages)All projects are displayed using our unique “Help, Make, Change” format

Makerble Glossary



On Makerble, individuals have Profiles and organisations have Pages.

In order to create a page for your Charity, Foundation or Brand, you must first create your own individual profile.

Makerble Glossary


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