how can you advertise a charity well?

Answer 1

depending on your charity and the work you do...
get in touch with graphic design students... they are always looking (or should be) to create flyers, advertisements, websites, etc. for free so they can ad to their portfolio using real life examples.
the more people that know about your charity the more likely it is to succeed.
hold events, race nights, boucy castles for kids with clowns.
get the people you are trying to help to come up with ideas -create a steering group.
ask local buisnesses to help by displaying information or even ask for donations or ask for them to put out and ask for donations from their patrons.
word of mouth helps also, get out on the street and talk to people.
get in touch with organisations trying to achieve the same things as you or even organisations with similar views, if they don't want to team up with you they are still aware you are there.
talk to local politicians and even in your infancy if they are aware of your name, your logo or your organisation as you start to do good and get recognition they will jump on the band wagon. (even a selfish politician can still help you)
depending on where you are get in touch with youth poloticians, don't write off youth led development. (eg UKYP or SYP)

Answer 2

You need to first think about what group you are trying to reach, and with what message. Not every group will be reached by the same methods, and not every message is best communicated the same way. For instance, using an organization's own web site, as well as third party tools such as VolunteerMatch (http://www.volunteermatch.org), is a great way to recruit volunteers. But donors are best recruited through personal contacts by your board of directors, onsite activities that invite people to view your work, formal presentations to groups, etc. If you are trying to reach potential clients, you need to advertise where those clients are -- for instance, teens flock to MySpace and FaceBook, but middle aged homeless people might be better reached elsewhere.

Another good outreach method is to make sure every volunteer and staff member knows how to talk about the organization, knowing how to summarize what it does, whom it serves, the impact it has, and how donations are used. Word-of-mouth remains the most powerful communications tool, and a nonprofit needs to make sure all volunteers and staff members know how to communicate well about the organization to family, friends, neighbors, etc. In fact, without this being taken care of, your other outreach efforts (web site, MySpace profile, flyers, speakers bureau, PSAs, etc.) could be for nothing -- I've known many an organization who invested heavily in a volunteer recruitment campaign, for instance, but didn't make sure everyone who answered the phone or inquiries from potential volunteers knew how to refer such.

Answer 3

letter drops, posters in churches, libraries, doctors surgeries, youth clubs, supermarket community borads.
Radio jingles. Ask for volunteers who may have skills in advertising.

Answer 4

I would recommend making up a small flyer and asking area pizza places to drop them off with their pizza deliveries and to go orders.

Answer 5

with flyers
jane