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[00:00:59] Simon Scriver: Well, hello everyone. Welcome to another special episode of the Fundraising Everywhere podcast. My name is Simon Scriver. I am one of the co-founders of Fundraising Everywhere and delighted to be your host again today. Uh, and I have a super special guest there. I know I say that every, every episode. Um, but we are very excited because it’s birthday season.

[00:01:18] Simon Scriver: It is just giving’s 25th birthday, and you know how much we love just giving. So what we have done, if we, we have the wonderful Pascale Harvie, the president and general manager, just giving onto the podcast. I’m Pascale, you’ve been very good to make some time for us. You must be very busy. How are you? 

[00:01:36] Pascale Harvie: Uh, thanks for having me Simon.

[00:01:38] Pascale Harvie: It’s a pleasure. I’m good. I’m very excited as well. I’m excited to share the, some of the research that we’ve been doing and just overall, I think the team’s just really proud of what we’ve been able to achieve. 

[00:01:50] Simon Scriver: It’s been incredible and it’s been, I mean, just giving has become part of the lexicon, isn’t it?

[00:01:57] Simon Scriver: Like it’s a household name in turn. I mean, it’s almost a verb. And, and, and what you’ve achieved over the last five years, 25 years have been so impressive. But before we, before we get into it, I do want to, I have a little, a little virtual birthday cake for you, Pascale, and it’s not AI generated. I have respected the creative commons.

[00:02:16] Simon Scriver: This is, uh, this is a rightly attributed birthday cake to you, so I wanna say happy birthday, Pascale. 

[00:02:21] Pascale Harvie: Oh, I’m impressed. Thank you. Is that getting delivered to my front door, Simon? Because it, 

[00:02:25] Simon Scriver: well, I, I actually have, I have an extra special one for you. ’cause when I was looking for this, I found this weird cake.

[00:02:31] Simon Scriver: And I dunno what you, I dunno, if you know what this is. It’s a lace, it’s a lace monitor cake, birthday cake. Do you know what a lace monitor is? It’s, it’s from your neck of the woods. 

[00:02:41] Pascale Harvie: Um, you can have that one if you like. They’ll stick with the other one. 

[00:02:45] Simon Scriver: I thought that would make you feel at home. It’s a, it’s an eastern Australian, uh, and native lizard.

[00:02:50] Simon Scriver: Um, but, but Pascale, tell me, tell me a little bit about your history. How are you involved with just giving and, and what, maybe just a little bit about your journey to this point. 

[00:03:00] Pascale Harvie: Yeah. I have been, um, fortunate enough to be involved with just giving probably over the last five years. And prior to that, I, as you can tell from my accent.

[00:03:12] Pascale Harvie: Have come across from Australia. I was running a very similar business called Everyday Hero, uh, in the peer-to-peer space, uh, with the startup of Everyday Hero and working alongside of that and part of Blackboard for many years. And then with the acquisition of Just Giving came across to help steward and work along the wonderful team at Just Giving.

[00:03:35] Pascale Harvie: Prior to that, I actually worked in the not-for-profit world. I was fortunate enough, I worked with Oxfam. Corporate fundraising and then for a smaller organization called Child Wise, which looks after child sexual abuse and exploitation across Australia and Southeast Asia. Um, and I learn a lot in that journey.

[00:03:55] Pascale Harvie: Um, and I’m, I mean, look, I love the, I love the sector. I love the fact that we all turn up every day to help make the world a better place. And, um, it’s hopefully it’s what drives me and it’s what drives the team across just giving as well. And you, 

[00:04:12] Simon Scriver: and you’ve got such a wonderful team. I’m not just saying this, but our, my team or the fundraiser and every team are always raving about, um, how easy it is to deal with you and just the passion behind it.

[00:04:22] Simon Scriver: And, and from when I’ve seen you speak, I’ve, I’ve sensed that passion and, um, and the fact that you’re an, you’re an ex, well not an ex fundraiser, but you’re, you’re a fundraiser. Do you know, we wouldn’t let you on the podcast if you weren’t a fundraiser. So you, you’ve earned your, so, so, so 25 years is, yeah.

[00:04:41] Simon Scriver: I mean, it’s, it is kind of incredible because it’s, that’s before I started my career as a fundraiser. It’s before Facebook. It’s before YouTube. It’s before it’s. It’s kind of mad, isn’t it? Like, I mean, how were people sharing, sharing, just giving pages before Facebook? Do you know? Like were we, were we spelling it out for people and writing it on a piece of paper?

[00:05:03] Simon Scriver: It’s hard to picture. 

[00:05:05] Pascale Harvie: No, you know, 25 years ago, actually, when you think about it, is not that long ago. It was the start of 2000 and we did have phones. We might not have had a Apple iPhones, but we did have phones and we did have the com, the internet. I think overall, you know, like we are incredibly proud to have been supporting fundraisers and helping people raise money close to their heart, raising over 7 billion for charities and causes during the last 25 years.

[00:05:32] Pascale Harvie: And to sort of mark that amazing, the, the amazing people, the amazing fundraisers that we see every day. And we’ve seen over the years, we launched a report, which explores the last sort of 25 years of giving. As well as delving into giving today and predictions about the future of fundraising, uh, and what that could potentially look like, because as you said, it’s a, it’s fascinating when you look back over the last 25 years and you look at where we are today to wonder what that’s gonna look like in another 25 years.

[00:06:03] Simon Scriver: And, and the rapport you’ve released that, um, kind of reflects on the 25 years. And, and as always, just given a very transparent about kind of sharing. Data, information and, and really learnings. You know, I, I remember gonna conferences, uh, more than a decade ago, listening to just givings learnings shared, and, and you bring that back to the office to, to implement.

[00:06:24] Simon Scriver: So I’m really curious. But beyond that, huge 7 billion pounds raised figure. What are, what are the other, the kind of things that stood out for you in the report? What were the other kind of highlights that you were taking around to people you, yeah. 

[00:06:38] Pascale Harvie: I think, you know, overall, and I don’t think it comes as a surprise to anyone, but the UK has a really strong culture of generosity.

[00:06:46] Pascale Harvie: So over 82% of people said that they’ve done something charitable in the last year that could be volunteering, donating could be fundraising. It’s a, it’s a large amount when you think about it, and 35% of people plan to fundraise again this year. So I think for me it was just reminding of, you know, it was a good reminder for all of us that in general people are charitable and there is a really strong culture of generosity.

[00:07:15] Pascale Harvie: However, really surprising to me was that we found overall Gen Z in particular have a strong sense of responsibility to give back with. And you know, over a quarter of them said that they wanted to make a world, the world a better place. What’s really interesting in that is their, our fundraising or out donating fundraising, um, people of my generation, the elder generation.

[00:07:41] Pascale Harvie: Um, and by actually double, they are raising or donating, which is incredible. And they’re also influenced by celebrities, influencers, which I guess is, um, something that we should expect. And even politicians, interestingly, um, Christiana Ronaldo came out as, um, one of the celebrities that people who had inspired people the most to do good in the uk, followed by Sir David Attenborough, which perhaps won’t come a surprise to many.

[00:08:11] Pascale Harvie: I also think probably the younger generation, they potentially, to your earlier point, may be giving more because they’ve grown up in a world where online fundraising is the norm. They’ve used technology from the start, and that makes it easy for them to donate in just a few clicks or to set up a page in just a few clicks.

[00:08:31] Simon Scriver: Mm-hmm. It’s, it’s been, it’s really interesting and, and I can hear you, your dog is chipping in with some key points there because I’ve probably about animal charities ’cause you haven’t highlighted that often, I think. Um, but, but that, that Gen Z point is, is really interesting. ’cause people like me who are aging rapidly, you know, many people kind of struggle to understand what’s happening a little bit with Gen Z.

[00:08:56] Simon Scriver: You know, even, even being online all the time. It’s moving very quick and it’s hard to keep up. How, how just giving, keep up with that multi-generation who are behaving very differently and the way technology is moving, how do you begin to even approach staying on top of it? 

[00:09:12] Pascale Harvie: Yeah, it’s um, it’s an interesting 

[00:09:15] Pascale Harvie: one.

[00:09:15] Pascale Harvie: I think we last year might have, I’ve lost track of time, but we, we released our first sort of integration of ai. Which was really about helping fundraisers write a personal story for their page, which we know helps people connect and understand their story better, which often leads to more donations. So the integration and making sure that you are looking around the corner as to what come, what’s coming and what and what technology we’ve got to help people on their journey, um, is really important.

[00:09:50] Pascale Harvie: Cryptocurrency. I tell you what, on top, the cryptocurrency is a huge opportunity for donation growth. Last year on the JG platform, we made it possible for people to donate via cryptocurrency. And two weeks ago we had our biggest donation ever of 75,000 that came through one go in cryptocurrency. 

[00:10:13] Simon Scriver: Wow. I 

[00:10:14] Pascale Harvie: know.

[00:10:15] Simon Scriver: And what, and, and I mean, you probably can’t. Or don’t know the story behind it, do you? No. Something, something’s happening out there, isn’t it? 

[00:10:22] Pascale Harvie: Yes. Absolutely. 

[00:10:26] Simon Scriver: Um, well, we’ll, we’ll get on, I, I’ll get onto the future a little bit ’cause I’m gonna get ask you to look into your crystal ball. But looking back over those past years as well, like I almost on a personal level, Pascale, what is, what stood out for you?

[00:10:39] Simon Scriver: What do you, what do you, if we did that? This is your Lifebook. Of just giving, what would be the big guests that came out, or the big moments that were highlighted? 

[00:10:49] Pascale Harvie: Yeah. You know, there are so many standout moments. The, yeah, I mean, I’m sure you remember the ice bucket challenge in 24, um, that really marked the start of viral fundraising campaigns and challenges.

[00:11:04] Pascale Harvie: So I think over 6 million pounds was raised for m and d related charities on just giving. Then obviously in 2020 when the world went a little bit crazy and we saw the world virtually come together amid Covid hyphen 19. Um, I think just looking purely at the NHS charities, I mean over 96 million pounds was raised for the N-H-N-H-S charities on just giving, and that doesn’t even count some of the, you know, the viral campaigns that were happening and people walking around their backyards.

[00:11:39] Pascale Harvie: Um. In the 2.6 challenge. There was just so many different virtual events that came together over that time. Actually feels like a lifetime ago, but at the same time, it feels like yesterday. 

[00:11:52] Simon Scriver: It do. Uh, do you know what, ’cause I mean, I’ll have to check the tape, but I think you said the ice bucket challenge was in 2024.

[00:11:59] Pascale Harvie: 2014. 

[00:12:00] Simon Scriver: Yeah. Yeah. I think, I think we’re think, oh, sorry. 

[00:12:02] Pascale Harvie: I didn’t mean to say that. 20. No, I, I think 2014, I think it’s 

[00:12:06] Simon Scriver: funny because it was like, I was like, yeah, that was only a few years ago, but it’s like, oh, no way. That is like, well over 10 years ago now. 

[00:12:13] Pascale Harvie: Yeah. 2014. Apologies, Simon. 

[00:12:15] Simon Scriver: But it, it’s been a, it’s been amazing.

[00:12:17] Simon Scriver: ’cause yeah, those things that you kind of forget about those, like big culture moments around Covid back garden, walking around. Um, um, do you know the. Just giving has have almost been a little bit of a constant throughout that. Do you know like that almost under, not, I don’t wanna say under the radar ’cause you guys are very much there, but it’s like you’re, the infrastructure that was there ready when those things kicked off, you know, it wasn’t built for that, it was just already there and part of our lives.

[00:12:47] Simon Scriver: And I think that’s like something to be especially proud of. Do you know that it’s not a forced thing, but you are just peppered throughout all these incredible waves and moments. 

[00:12:57] Pascale Harvie: Yeah. Well thanks for that, Simon. I think, as I said at the start, you know, like we are really privileged that we’re a part of that every day, and we’re really proud that we support those fundraisers, the charities, et cetera, to help people raise money for things that are close to their heart.

[00:13:16] Simon Scriver: Well, on a, on a person, I, you probably hate the personal questions, but on a personal question, like what, what stuck out for you in terms of either fundraising. Donating, you know, what is it that moves you? Because obviously we can look at the data 

[00:13:29] Pascale Harvie: Yeah. 

[00:13:30] Simon Scriver: And not, but all within that, there’s just all these millions of individual stories.

[00:13:34] Simon Scriver: I’m curious for you, do you, is there anything you remember where you really were pushed to give or take part in? 

[00:13:40] Pascale Harvie: You know, I can look at that in a couple of ways in answering it. I think there are so many inspirational people that we deal with on a day-to-day basis. Um, and we do feel incredibly lucky to witness this day in, day out.

[00:13:54] Pascale Harvie: Um. I’m going to mention a couple of fundraisers I think that have really stood out for me, um, over the last five years of being involved with just giving. Um, one of them is the heartwarming story of a hundred year old Margaret. So Margaret got poor eyesight and bad hands, and on her a hundredth birthday, she made over a hundred jars of marmalade, um, to raise funds for the Nightingale Cancer Support Center.

[00:14:22] Pascale Harvie: When we spoke to her, she had her son-in-law there who was helping her with her page and the internet and everything, but she, for her, she wanted to raise the money for the Nightingale Cancer Support Center and she made these a hundred jar of mom laid to sell. And you know, it’s just a really nice reminder for us that.

[00:14:44] Pascale Harvie: It doesn’t matter what you do, it’s just that act of doing something that helps, you know, it brings you part of the community. It makes you feel good. She was so proud of a hundred as she should be, jars of marmalade and what she’d managed to achieve considering her poor health and bad hands and all the rest of it.

[00:15:02] Pascale Harvie: And then you’ve got little kids like Frankie McMillan, who at just the age of just seven, he became the youngest Britain ever to summit to the highest point of man Olympus. Whilst raising thousands of pounds for charities and inspiring so many other kids to get outdoors and do healthy, amazing things that they love.

[00:15:19] Pascale Harvie: And then you’ve got people like Lloyd Martin. I mean, he’s on a mission to show the world the people with Down Syndrome can do anything that they set their mind to. And he set the Guinness World Record as the youngest person with Down Syndrome to complete a full marathon at the age of 19. Uh, I mean, he’s incredible, but I think.

[00:15:39] Pascale Harvie: You know, for me, one of the people that continues to inspire me is Adele Roberts. I mean, she’s an inspiration. She’s, as most of you would know, has bowel cancer. She’s a bowel cancer survivor, living with a stoma that she has nicknamed Audrey, and like Be’s whole story is just incredible. You know, she’s been fundraising for years now, and she’s even secured the Guinness World Record as the fastest person to run a marathon with a colostomy bag.

[00:16:06] Pascale Harvie: Her current fundraising challenge sees her running the world by taking on the big six marathons across the globe, and she’ll finish it at the London Marathon this month. I mean, it’s just incredible. 

[00:16:19] Simon Scriver: It, it is amazing. And it’s, it’s like, what’s that quote where, you know, in times of trouble you look for the helpers.

[00:16:27] Simon Scriver: Do you know? Yeah. You don’t, you don’t look for this problem. You look for the helper and it’s like when you browse, just giving, yeah. It’s wild, you know, it’s just, you know, you’ve, what, what was the number you had in your report? It was 13 million fundraising efforts, like 13 million people, and then each of those people surrounded and that, that effect and it’s just so wonderful.

[00:16:46] Simon Scriver: And one of the things I, I do love about just giving and, and is, is that you cheer lead. Do you know, you highlight these stories, you talk about them. You’re not, you know, you’re not talk, always talking about the platform, you’re not talking about the features. You’re not talking about the star. You’re always cheerleading and, and I’ve been really privileged to go to the Just Giving awards where you do that in spades, like, and where it, it is just been so, so incredible.

[00:17:10] Simon Scriver: Um, so I, I do, anyone who’s listening to this, I do recommend looking at this 25 year report. This we will link so that you can, uh, uh, um, read it and download it. Because again, you’ve pulled out these stories and you’ve highlighted it. I mean, that, that’s clearly a conscious approach. Is it Pascale from just giving, I mean, you are always talking about.

[00:17:29] Simon Scriver: Fundraisers and the, and the, and the causes and the impact and that in inspiration that that must be a conscious decision. 

[00:17:36] Pascale Harvie: It is, but it is about celebrating those people because that’s what I mean, and I, I don’t say it lightly when I say that we are so privileged to deal with these individuals on a day-to-day basis.

[00:17:49] Pascale Harvie: Grant that inspiration? Yes. It’s about the platform. Yes, it’s about the technology. Yes. It’s about being compliant and secure. And I can bore you, Simon, with what that looks like and how much, how hard we have to work to ensure that we are a secure, reliable platform that I know, uh, can trust that you or myself, whoever, to use it as a tool to give that it’s secure, safe, all of those things, and it’s leading with technology and helping the charities.

[00:18:17] Pascale Harvie: Um, to raise as much as they possibly can to fulfill their missions. But fundamentally, it comes down to these incredible individuals who do amazing things and the fundraising teams that enable these individuals to do really incredible things. It’s, um, yeah, so I see, yes, it probably is a conscious thought, but it, it truly is what we focus on as a business.

[00:18:40] Pascale Harvie: They’re amazing individuals that do incredible things and helping those charities. To support those individuals or to go further with their virtual events. 

[00:18:50] Simon Scriver: Yeah, I think, I think that I, your, your dog is just, uh, a chip in there with an agreement. No, no. We, we need a chorus of dogs cheering on after every, every time we make a good point.

[00:19:02] Simon Scriver: Um, but you, you said something there, which I do wanna highlight, you know, about the, the charity teams and the fundraising team who are, who are managing this, you know, who are that kind of bridge between the, cause the platform. Fundraisers, you know, they’re, they’re in the middle there and they work so hard and they’re, you know, so many people are having such a tough time at the moment in terms of everything that’s going on.

[00:19:22] Simon Scriver: Yeah. So it, it’s great. You know, I find just giving a, always very supporting of their charity clients and, and I’ve said it to so many people for like, just pick up the phones just giving. ’cause it’s like, it’s just advice, you know? It’s almost like an advice line and a helpline. So on that note. I would love to come back to that crystal ball and, and think about, you know, what our learnings are over these last 25 years and what’s, what’s important for the fundraisers and the charities who are listening to this.

[00:19:49] Simon Scriver: You must talk to a lot of charities every day, every day, and, and hear their woes and struggles at the moment. Pascale, what do you think is, is important right now for the fundraisers who are listening? What do you think is, is, is ahead of them over the next, um, months and years? 

[00:20:06] Pascale Harvie: You know, it’s really interesting because the traditional fundraising, like bake sales, um, continue to feature, as does marathon cycling and walking events, and the viral moments like your ice bucket challenges.

[00:20:21] Pascale Harvie: So we, along with those sort of traditional activities, we are seeing gaming events becoming so much more popular with Gen Z. Also the trend of people taking on extreme challenges like ultra marathons, iron Mans and Skydiving. I think the, um, the second year, so 2001, uh, there was like 14 people that were fundraising for extreme challenges and last year there was tens of thousands of fundraisers.

[00:20:49] Pascale Harvie: I think things like the gaming is really interesting and again, I will say that one thing has remained constant and that is. To your earlier point, even in difficult times, people’s unwavering dedication to supporting causes that they care deeply about and their incredible capacity for kindness and generosity.

[00:21:09] Pascale Harvie: Um, and it does continue to inspire and it should continue to inspire and amaze us as fundraisers working for charities. It should continue to inspire amaze every day. I think from a charity point of view, when we researched the charity, 65% of those charities said that they feel positive. About their prospects with 94% of those charities saying that they’re on track to meet their fundraising targets, which is a really good thing.

[00:21:34] Pascale Harvie: Mm. 

[00:21:35] Pascale Harvie: But the interesting part was that only 5% believed that those aged 18 to 24, the Gen Zs have the biggest potential for donation growth. With over half the charities focused on those 35 plus to help drive donation growth. This obviously contradicts what the consumers have told us in our research. It also contradicts what I probably would’ve said to you prior to the research being taken.

[00:21:58] Pascale Harvie: So I think we should take a moment to think about it. I think they also say things like that they like the transparency, they like to know where their funds are going. So it’s important that we start to understand what they’re looking for and how we can show up in that area and also show up through different types of events potentially.

[00:22:18] Pascale Harvie: Um. I think the other finding was that 45% said the biggest opportunities for charities to boost donations was through further integrations of things like ai. Um, and again, I think it’s really important to make sure that you’re keeping up with technology called that’s the right word, trends. Um, because it’s expected, especially by those Gen Zs.

[00:22:42] Pascale Harvie: They are, they’re the ones that are gonna hold us all accountable to make sure that we’re up and, um. Ahead of the curve, basically with technologies make their lives as easy as possible. So yeah, I think there’s some really interesting things, but I think the age of the, um, of the fundraisers and the donors came as a real surprise.

[00:23:04] Simon Scriver: Yeah, I think that’s something definitely not to be sniffed at. And it obviously goes hand in hand with the technical, technical, I’m struggling as well, technological change. So, no, I think, I think that’s a really important and, and as we come towards this end, you know, I, I. I dread to ask you this, but we have to, it’s almost like fixed in every, in every interview now it’s ai.

[00:23:24] Simon Scriver: It’s what, what do you think, what, what do you have on in the path for ai? What do you think is in the pipeline? What should we be doing now? What, what’s your overall thoughts on AI and, and this weird place we’re at the moment? 

[00:23:37] Pascale Harvie: Well, I think we need further integration of ai. Um, you know, it’s relatively new.

[00:23:43] Pascale Harvie: We talk about it. We’ve got our on the JG platform, the new AI story enhancer tool. What we know from that is that it does make, it does help people raise more. So by giving people the tools they need to easily build a story in this case on their, um, peer-to-peer fundraising page. We know that that interaction helps them go on to raise more money.

[00:24:07] Pascale Harvie: So if that’s just one small slice of what, thinking about fundraising as a whole. It’s definitely really important to make sure that we are bringing it into our worlds. Um, I don’t think we sh it’s not these sort of tools, even cryptocurrency are not things that we should be scared about. I think these sorts of tools are things that we need to be embracing.

[00:24:27] Pascale Harvie: We need to be bringing in people who specialize in those areas, who understand it. Um, speak to the younger generation. If you don’t have people like that in your teams, understand where they’re thinking, what they’re doing. What that looks like. It makes a big difference. Uh, I just, I don’t think that we can pull the shutters down and continue fundraising like we always have.

[00:24:52] Pascale Harvie: We just need to embrace things like ai, which will not only make our lives easier, it will help us raise more funds. 

[00:25:01] Simon Scriver: That makes sense. And I, I think, I mean, like, I think I, and a lot of fundraisers look to just give him for that. Learning sometimes because you have access to so much, um, you know, so many different clients, so many different fundraisers, so many different pages.

[00:25:15] Simon Scriver: You have that kind of benchmark data, um, to see what is working. So I mean, I will be watching with the close eye how you guys start to use AI more and, and, and how that impacts results. That I think that’ll be super, super interesting. Super. Yeah. 

[00:25:28] Pascale Harvie: We look forward to sharing it. Simon. 

[00:25:30] Simon Scriver: Aw, you’re so generous with the.

[00:25:33] Simon Scriver: I love it. Um, but I will remind everyone again, just, uh, anyone who’s listening to this, please do. Um, look at the t what, what just giving a published for their 25th anniversary, uh, 25th birthday, sorry. Uh, it’s very, very interesting insights in there and as always, very generous. Um, and if you’re not on the just giving list, mailing list as a fundraiser, I feel like that’s an essential that you should be on that.

[00:25:53] Simon Scriver: Pascale, for you, what’s, what’s your personal goals as we start to wrap up? What’s your personal goals for the next six to 12 months? Where do you see yourself? 

[00:26:01] Pascale Harvie: Where do I see myself? You know, really honestly, if I look at it from a six to 12 month focus, I, we, there’s so much more that we wanna be doing from a just giving lens.

[00:26:13] Pascale Harvie: Um, we wanna make sure that we are embracing the technology side of it. We’re looking at the North American market as well, and also the learnings from there as to what we can bring back to the UK world. Um, so I think it’s as simple as saying that we. Literally, uh, my plans and the plans of the, the team that sits across just giving is to help make 2025 even better for the charity partners that we have, um, and that we work with and to, um, to enable the technology that we’ve talked about and be thinking around the corner so that we can, you know, bring that back to the not-for-profit world to help them continue to be as successful as they can be.

[00:26:56] Simon Scriver: I love it. I love it. And, and I, I mean to say thank you again because honestly, the impact just giving has had, you know, it’s peppered throughout my fundraising career. Every client I’ve ever worked with, every charity I’ve ever stepped in, you know, just giving us that, you know, it’s part of it. And the support we’ve got from your team and the support from just giving around our digital learning grant and the support you give to our community in delivering conferences.

[00:27:19] Simon Scriver: It, it really. It really is one of those suppliers where like, I’m proud to really work with them because it’s like, you live your values. Do you know, it’s not just like corporate spiel. It’s like every single person we deal with in your team has just been so wonderful and just so supportive. So honestly, happy, happy birthday and thank you so much.

[00:27:38] Simon Scriver: Thank you for, for everything you 

[00:27:39] Pascale Harvie: tam and thank you for your kind words around the team. You’re only as good as the people around you. Yes, Simon. And, and there is a incredibly fabulous team that’s across just giving, so thank you. And we love working with fundraising everywhere. By the way. We love working with yourself and Nikki and the team, and Cam and everyone doing amazing things.

[00:27:59] Pascale Harvie: So the feeling is mutual. 

[00:28:01] Simon Scriver: That’s great. I appreciate that. I, it’s, it’s so lovely team and we do have such a wonderful team. I mean, it’s not me, I mean, me and you, we just sit around and chat and take our dogs for a walk and stuff like that. It’s just the rest of the team 

[00:28:11] Pascale Harvie: try to keep the dog quiet.

[00:28:13] Pascale Harvie: Apologies again 

[00:28:14] Simon Scriver: for that. It’s No, I, I love it. I, I, I’m so obsessed with these little cute dogs at the moment. I’m, I’m desperate to get a little sausage dog, but, um, we can’t that for a different podcast. We’ll talk about that. Simon, 

[00:28:27] Pascale Harvie: thank 

[00:28:28] Simon Scriver: you so much for your time. Thank you everyone for listening. Again, please do check out, um, the report and everything published by Just Giving, and, and my name has been Simon Scriver.

[00:28:35] Simon Scriver: I am the co-founder of Fundraising Everywhere. Please do reach out to us if we can help with anything. Um, but otherwise, thank you all for listening. I. Great to be here. Great to still be here and have a good day. Take care. 

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