{"id":266427,"date":"2017-01-16T09:07:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=266427"},"modified":"2024-06-24T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:18:34","slug":"make-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/make-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Make fundraising one of your New Year\u2019s Resolutions #BTMyDonate"},"content":{"rendered":"

REVEALED: THINKING OF OTHERS IS THE SECRET TO KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR\u2019S RESOLUTION<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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The solution to the age-old problem of sticking to your promise is to make it about charity fundraising<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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With the usual January vows to lose weight, drink less, and exercise often abandoned, research from BT reveals the nation\u2019s attitudes to New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While self-improvement-focused resolutions such as saving more money and starting a new hobby proved popular among respondents, more than a quarter (28 per cent) said that they would be more likely to adhere to New Year\u2019s resolutions if they involved a charitable cause. This was particularly prevalent among the younger demographic, with 38 per cent of 18-24 year olds declaring themselves more motivated to keep a resolution which is linked to charity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One in six people who plan to make a new year\u2019s resolution also stated that they will do something for others through charitable activities in 2017, either through fundraising, giving money or volunteering.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Increasingly busy lifestyles were shown to have an impact on the nation\u2019s outlook towards charitable giving, finding that, while 71 per cent of Brits report having given to charity in the past year, only 14 per cent actively fundraised. Indeed, this trend was borne out by 37 per cent of respondents reporting a preference for giving money to charity, rather than dedicating time to volunteering, although 24 per cent of people like to give both.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The impact of social media was also highlighted in the survey as an important factor in charitable activity \u2013 nearly one in ten (9 per cent) of 18\u201324 year olds admitted that the kudos of being able to share their fundraising activity on social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram was a key factor in their wanting to fundraise.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With 54 per cent of Brits agreeing that their chosen charity receiving an additional incentive would encourage them to raise more money, BT will be hosting a prize draw to boost the nation\u2019s fundraising \u2013MyDonate\u2019s Donation Doubler<\/i>. Any fundraisers who create a page on the platform and raise over \u00a3100* between 5 January and 20 February 2017 will be entered in to a prize draw to double the donations received on their fundraising page, up to a value of \u00a31,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Suzy Christopher, Charity and Community Director, BT, said: \u201cWith nearly three quarters of us having donated to charity over the past year, it\u2019s clear that we\u2019re a generous nation. As 54 per cent of us will make exercising more our priority in 2017, tying this into a charitable New Year challenge could be the perfect way to combine fitness and fundraising \u2013 from embarking on a sponsored bike ride to scaling a mountain summit. I\u2019m running the London Marathon in April and fundraising for charity has certainly motivated me to keep training!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With 42 per cent of resolution-makers vowing to save more money, BT MyDonate offers the ideal solution. It\u2019s is one of the few platforms available to UK charities that doesn\u2019t take commission or charge charities a registration fee or monthly fee subscription. That means charities can receive an additional \u00a33.60 per \u00a350 donation** with gift aid when using MyDonate<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REVEALED: THINKING OF OTHERS IS THE SECRET TO KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR\u2019S RESOLUTION \u00a0 The solution to the age-old problem of sticking to your promise is to make it about charity fundraising www.btplc.com\/mydonate \u00a0 \u00a0 With the usual January vows to lose weight, drink less, and exercise often abandoned, research from BT reveals the nation\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21643,5870,6635,4693,5749,6393,15316,9009,6070],"class_list":["post-266427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clubs","tag-btmydonate","tag-fundraising","tag-make","tag-new","tag-of","tag-one","tag-resolutions","tag-years","tag-your"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683817,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266427\/revisions\/683817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}