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30th
Our Data Administration team recently wrote up a list of common errors that are found in client’s Direct Debit files and we thought it would be helpful to share the resulting checklist.
Although some of these items may seem like common sense, they can slow down the import of your Direct Debit file and result in late collections. Before you send us a file or upload it to our FTP server cross check your files with the checklist below:
27th
On Sunday, the 26th of June, Daragh and I threw ourselves out of an aeroplane strapped only to a skydiving instructor to raise money for Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. It was an awe inspiring experience. If not eye watering! After a short, but thorough training session at Headcorn Airfield, we adjourned to our picnic table to wait for the weather to clear. After an hour of pacing, the sun came out and the first skydivers took off! Daragh and I were one of the last groups to go and lucky for us we went with a group of very experienced skydivers. Their calm confidence definitely helped to soothe my nerves!
24th
As you would expect from a Direct Debit Bureau, Rapidata has offered its clients the choice of payment options which includes Direct Debit. Most of our clients pay us by Bacs transfer or Direct Debit however we are today writing to all those clients that send us in a cheque in settlement of their invoice, to sign-up to Direct Debit.
Why do this?
15th
On Saturday night Emma and Louise from Rapidata’s Data Admin Team forwent sleep and headed over to Horsham, West Sussex to marshal the St Catherine’s Hospice Midnight walk. 1000+ women of all ages walked a half marathon through the night around Horsham to raise money for this wonderful cause. Emma & Louise were 2 of 100 marshals on the night making sure all walkers were safe, having fun and most importantly walking in the right direction!
All the marshals just before our briefing (Emma and Louise are kneeling at the front in the middle)
‘The atmosphere on the night/morning was fantastic, the event was really well organised and everyone was really excited to be there, it was lovely to be a part of it. Even the very last walkers to finish at 5.20am after walking all night were still smiling.” Emma comments
7th
…It’s all about you!
That’s the tag line for this year’s Institute of Fundraising National Convention 2011 taking place at the start of July.
Rapidata is pleased to be exhibiting and supporting the Convention for our eighth year. With the release of our third annual Charity Direct Debit Tracking Report and our recent iPhone and Android fundraising App, there are lots of new developments to come and see us about! As a Bacs Approved Bureau, we will of course also be on hand to help answer any Direct Debit, Auddis, Unpaid or Paperless Direct Debit questions you may have.
We are also pleased to be one of the few exhibitors signed up to the Institute of Fundraising early bird reward scheme, giving someone the lucky chance to win tea for two at the Ritz!
We will be on STAND 27, so please come and have a chat over a coffee, so we can all share and learn what the latest developments and requirements in fundraising are. If you would like to arrange a one to one meeting during the three days, please drop us a line info@rapidata.co.uk or call us on 01293 524066 and we will schedule it in.
For more information about the Convention, please click on the link below:
http://www.nationalconvention.org.uk/
We look forward to seeing you there.
6th
+++Press Release+++
LONDON, June 1st 2011 – Regular giving specialist Rapidata Services plc, announces the UK general release of a new Mobile Fundraising App – the first branding customisable app for iPhone and Android mobile phones – that provides an easy way for any charity, large or small, to break into mobile giving. The roll out follows its successful pilot for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day that saw over 3,700 participants download the iPhone app. The Prince’s Trust is among several UK charities now trialling the app.
