Guides for donors and helpers
How to check a post, give safely, and offer your time, skills or things so it really helps. For the basics, start with how to give.
Giving money
- How to check a fundraiser is real before you give
- How to give money to a stranger online safely
- Good questions to ask before you give
- Why the first gift matters, and how to give it well
- How to decide how much to give
- How to help someone pay their rent
- How to help with someone’s medical bills
- How to help a family after a house fire
- How to give after a natural disaster
- How to help a grieving friend with funeral costs
- What to do if you think a fundraiser is a scam
- How to help when you can’t give money
Giving time, skills and things
- How to offer rides to someone who needs them
- How to offer a spare room safely
- How to offer hands-on help: moving, repairs and clean-up
- How to volunteer your time with someone who needs company
- How to offer your professional skills pro bono
- How to mentor someone online
- How to give away things someone needs
- How to lend tools or equipment
- How to give a carer a break
- How to help with translation or interpreting
- How to help someone find work
- How to help find a lost pet
- How to help an elderly neighbor
- How to help a newly arrived refugee family
- How to help a family with a new baby