Swindon & Wiltshire Experts Wednesday April 29 2020 Expert opinion: Charities need to ‘get digital’ to keep fundraising during It’s not just the business sector which has been hit hard by the lockdown necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Charities and not-for-profit organisations are also seeing a period of readjustment with loss of income being a major factor.Charities often put events at the heart of their fundraising and these have also been cancelled across the board. It’s not only the fact that gatherings and events are cancelled for at least three months, there is also the issue of loss of income for potential benefactors too.