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There are many reasons why I love my job at Open Fundraising. The office, the clients, the work and of course my colleagues.

But the thing I think impresses me the most is the annual cash giveaway. Tim & James take the view that once we’ve hit our targets we should give some off our cash back to the sector. So we are all given £1,000 to donate to the charities of our choice.

A few weeks ago we had an afternoon together where we each told the story of why we had made the choices we had. There were tears, some laughs and a lot of clapping. Some choices were very personal, others gave money to clients. All in all it was a great afternoon.

I gave £250 of my £1,000 to Somerset Star. A small charity based in Somerset that tries to bring joy to the lives of kids who have had a fairly rough start in life. They do small things, like pay for football kits, singing lesson or sports training – but their support helps youngsters escape the harsh reality of their day-to-day lives and just enjoy being kids for a little while.

The rest of the money I gave to Send a Cow. I love Send a Cow. £750 buys a cow for a family in Africa, which gives them milk to drink and sell as well as manure for their land. But the bit I love is that every family who get a cow make a promise to pass on a gift to another family in need. It might be the first female calf, seeds, saplings or skills training. But no matter what it is, each gift keeps the chain of giving going.

And Send a Cow send good thank you.

Paul de Gregorio

What happens when you really integrate a campaign and fundraising ask? Well if you’re Shelter, you get 50% more income than you budgeted for – and you double your active campaigner file! We mailed warm supporters telling them about the rogue landlords who are making a killing out of families’ misery and asked for two things – a cash donation and a signed campaign letter to Grant Shapps (Minister of State for Housing and Planning). The format was so simple it was embarrassing. But the results were anything but. That’s the team in the photo hand-delivering 1,720 signed letters to his door.

Alex