Fast-growing software company GCD Technologies has signed up some of Northern Ireland’s best-known third sector organisations for its new cloud-based platform that has the potential to revolutionise how fundraising charities engage with their donors and supporters. Chariteer, which has been developed at the local software company’s Craigavon base, is now being formally launched into the market, having been trialled and adopted by a number of leading local charities, including Fields of Life and Drop Inn.


The complete fundraising platform is the first of its kind available to third sector organisations in this market. It has been created to help charities not only manage their donors, but to meet a need for greater transparency and trust. By tracking donations through to how they are spent, the platform enables charities to communicate the impact that personal donations make to their cause.

The new product represents an investment of over £250,000 by GCD Technologies and is the latest offering from the expanding business, which has increased its revenues by more than 65 percent in just the past five years. As a result of its continuing growth, the company is creating 12 new jobs in software development, marketing and customer services in addition to eight new positions being hired for this year.

GCD Technologies has provided its products and services to the third sector for more than 15 years, with clients including Concern Worldwide and Cash for Kids. It also counts private sector businesses like CDE Global and Fane Valley amongst its customers.

Commenting on the new product launch, Andrew Gough, Managing Director of GCD Technologies, explains: “There is a major gap in the market for a product of this kind. Not only does it provide charities with all the essential tools they need to manage a growing organisation, such as donor, campaign and donation management, but uniquely it connects charities much more closely with their donors. It enables them to build stronger relationships with them by keeping them informed about what the charity is doing and what the money they are donating is being used for.”

Darren Fowler, Group Digital Fundraising Director at Cash for Kids, says: “Charities want to be completely transparent with their donors. They have great stories to tell about the positive impact they are making and I’m excited to see Chariteer helping charities make this a reality.” 

www.chariteer.co.uk

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Emma Kerr, Marketing Director of the company, Andrew Cuthbert, Technical Director, and Andrew Gough, Managing Director of GCD Technologies,

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Software Product Makes Waves in Third Sector

Fast-growing software company GCD Technologies has signed up some of Northern Ireland’s best-known third sector organisations for its new cloud-based platform that has the potential to revolutionise how fundraising charities engage with their donors and supporters. Chariteer, which has been developed