Fundraisers' Carol 2025:
God Rest Ye Weary Fundraisers

(Sung to the tune of ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ – but you knew that already)

God rest ye weary fundraisers
Let budgets not dismay
You’ve made it through the Big Give and
Bloomin’ Giving Tuesday
So pretend that your targets don’t
Exist this holiday
Oh tidings of funding and joy
Funding and joy
Oh tidings of funding and joy

You’ve battled stupid word counts and some
Awful funding forms
You’ve jumped through hoops to make sure that
Your proposal conforms
And changed your plans a hundred times
As Trusts shut down in swarms
Oh tidings of funding and joy
Funding and joy
Oh tidings of funding and joy

The appeals are all finished and the
‘Thank Yous’ are all sent
You’ve taken extra care to only
Email with consent
And some day you’ll recover from that
Big Gala event
Oh tidings of funding and joy
Funding and joy
Oh tidings of funding and joy

You’ve bit your tongue when trustees say
You should write to Bill Gates
And managed not to swear at them
As your target inflates
(It wouldn’t be so bad except that
None of them donates!)
Oh tidings of funding and joy
Funding and joy
Oh tidings of funding and joy

So let’s hope things are not so bad
In 2025
And that the funds you raise will help
Your charity to thrive
And thanks to you your donors
Satisfaction will derive
Oh tidings of funding and joy
Funding and joy
Oh tidings of funding and joy

• Looking to up your fundraising game in the New Year?
• Keen to see what the grant process looks like from the funder’s perspective, and how that can help you improve your approach?
• Got a training budget that needs to be spent before year end?

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