The Justgiving Blog

Yo.

Molly and I are departing tomorrow for the annual hospice fundraiser
shindig, which this year is in her home city of Newcastle. Yes this does mean
we’ll be out of the office, but Tom and Jonathan will be dutifully managing our
absence; you can reach Tom on 020 7549 2218 and Jon on 020 7549
2237.

However, this doesn’t mean we’re not on email, because we have a
funky wireless telephonic communicator that keeps us in the loop. A bit like on
Star Trek.

I’m sure we’ll have a great time, since last year’s event was
impeccably organised by Ciaran at the Foyle Hospice in Northern Ireland, and a
good time was had by all. This year, St. Oswald’s hospice are hosting the event,
you can check out their
fundraisers here.

We’ll be back next week with photos.

- Simon

Hey, in case you haven’t noticed yet we’ve got a hip
new logo (at last). And we want to share it with you. If you’re fundraising with
Justgiving or one of our fab charity clients, why not grab our new logo for your
print and web marketing materials?

We’ve put together a page of every
possible logo permutation, which you can
find here.

- Elizabeth

Do you want to gain extra exposure for
your fundraising effort? How about having your photo featured in the
fundraisers’ gallery on the Justgiving home page! (just like Katie here.)

All you need to do is to email us your photo plus the short web address
of your fundraising page to photos@justgiving.com. We’re looking
for great photos of you fundraising, whether that means running, cycling,
or even having your head shaved! Photos of you fundraising on your own or as
part of a team are equally welcomed. If you are fundraising in memory or in
honour of someone else please be sure to send us a photo of yourself, rather
than the person you are fundraising on behalf of.

Also, please make sure that you’ve got a few donations on your
fundraising page before sending us your photo– remember, we’re using your pages
as examples of how online fundraising works!

Not every photo we receive
will be posted on the homepage but if your image is chosen we will let you know
promptly. Your photo will stay up on the Justgiving.com homepage for
approximately 1-2 months, in rotation with other photos. (just keep on
refreshing the homepage!)

If you do not hear from us within five working days of sending us your
photo please assume that your submission was not successful on that occasion. We
are sorry not to be able to respond individually to every request. Justgiving
selects photos at its absolute discretion.

– Elizabeth

You all have no idea how pleased we are to see the back of our old logo.

Liz is now the ‘logo police’ so if anyone spots the old logo lurking on
a fundraising page somewhere or in some other dingy corner of the site then drop
us a line.

A big thanks to our CTO Dom, who flicked the virtual switch at
stupid o’clock this morning, and to Liz who did the bulk of the work. Thanks to
all our user testers too and to everyone that likes our new look! Let us know
what you think! This is just the beginning folks…

- Simon