Depaul UK: iHobo

For a number of years Depaul UK, the charity supporting homeless young people, has attempted to recruit younger donors to counteract its shrinking donor base.

Depaul UK: iHobo

Principal Authors: Andy Lear, Ginger Professor and Benjamin Worden, Publicis

Introduction

There are more than 300,000 apps in Apple's UK AppStore.1

80% of these are forgotten within a day of downloading.2

This is the story of one that burned brightly, but also endured.

By doing so it helped to transform the long-term commercial fortunes of the relatively unknown homelessness charity behind it - Depaul UK. iHobo breathed new life into a formerly shrinking donor database, will bring in lifetime donations of up to £1.5m, and could generate a potential ROI of £250 for every...

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