As Christchurch commences the long road of rebuilding and recovering from the devastating earthquake on 22 February 2011 we at Givealittle, along with many others, have been humbled by the incredible and swift response to help our Cantabrian neighbours.
We are proud that our online tools at have helped many create their own fundraising response to [...]
29 miners were confirmed dead after a unsurvivable second explosion ripped through the West Coast mine this afternoon.
Givealittle has set up a sponsored web fund to take online donations for the Pike River Miners’ Fund, post confirmation of the establishment of an official mayoral fund by Tony Kockshoorn, Grey District mayor. 100% of all funds [...]
Tags: donate to miners families, mayoral fund, mine disaster, miners fund, miners' family support, pike river, Tony Kockshoorn
We are often asked why some Givealittle pages seem to receive stronger donation levels than others.
There are number of factors that lead to donation support but the first question I always ask someone who asks why their page is lacking support is:
‘Who have you told about your page?’
Remarkably, a number of people say, [...]
When I was young and innocent, I would often spend the weekends at my Nana’s house while my 20-something parents partied through their youth. I would find all sorts of activities to keep myself amused. Around 8 years old I made friends with a typewriter in Nana’s spare bedroom. Every weekend for about a [...]
Tags: BP, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill
I have just signed the petition endorsing the Wellington Declaration – a result of the PublicACTA conference in Wellington on Saturday.
From the PublicACTA site:
“ACTA is a controversial international treaty that impacts digital rights and is being negotiated in secret meetings. PublicACTA has been organised by InternetNZ so that the public can critique the known [...]
Tags: ACTA, anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, PublicACTA, wellington, wellington declaration
We live and breathe the social good interweb. In our business of ‘making good happen online’ we are honored to meet and observe some inspiring people and organisations who are also using the web to make a change.
One of these organisations is Social Actions. An aggregate site pulling cause actions from over 60 international sources, [...]
Tags: Activism, Charities, Fundraising, GlobalGiving, Kiva, Social Actions
Martina here, marketing assistant at Givealittle. When SAFE wanted a new van to replace their stolen one, they used Givealittle to come up with the goods. Their Give A Part cause used all of the great Givealittle features to get the message out and encourage donors along the way. By showing everyone how their donation [...]
Tags: givealittle, givealittle birthday, safe, safe van
Hi, I’m Charlotte – web project manager at Givealittle. My favourite causes this year have been the Red Cross and other Samoa Tsunami Appeals because of the amazing support shown by NZers. Also the free range pork campaign , as I think this is an important issue for NZers to be aware of and it [...]
Tags: givealittle, givealittle birthday, New Zealand Red Cross, samoa tsunami
Image by Givealittle via Flickr
They’ve arrived! We’re delighted with our limited edition prints of “God Bless Samoa”, in fact, it will be hard to part with them. After an action-packed painting week at Te Papa last month for Otis Frizzell, we’ve been working with our friends at Image Lab in Wellington to get prints produced. [...]
Tags: givealittle, image lab, Limited Edition, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, new zealand red cross samoa tsunami relief fund, nz fine prints, otis frizzell, samoa, trade me, tsunami
What a whirlwind the last week was for Otis Frizzell. After a delivery malfunction Otis completed the 8 x 2m work at Te Papa in a speedy four days. In fact he finished just in time to have a well earned beer before catching a flight back to Auckland.
It is amazing what [...]
Tags: givealittle, museum hotel, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, new zealand red cross samoa tsunami relief fund, otis frizzell, resene, samoa, te papa, tsunami
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