Type: Press Releases
Tags: Tadley
Tadley Town Council, has become the latest funder to join The Good Exchange’s matching platform. Greenham Trust has pledged to match £16,000 worth of grants Tadley Town Council has made available to local applicants, bringing the total funding available to charitable projects to £32,000.
Type: News
Tags: Awards, social media
Charity Today News article on Social Medai in the Charitable Sector – Although digital trends demonstrate that every organisation should be leveraging social media – optimised for mobile – to communicate with their audience, the third sector is lagging behind the commercial sector when it comes to digital as a whole.
Type: News
Tags: Awards
Established in 2015, the Global Good Awards sponsored by Revive is fast becoming one of the most respected awards on the sustainability calendar. These all-inclusive, independent awards recognise and reward organisations of all shapes and sizes that are making strides towards a better world for people, the planet and the global economy.
Type: Platform Information, Press Releases
Tags: CRM, WhatsApp
New charity grants available from County Durham Community Foundation for local charities & good causes via The Good Exchange. Apply Now or Contact Us to add your grant!
Type: News
Tags: research, survey
Research ‘Technology in the Charitable Sector’ found 58% of funders seeing an increase in the number of funding applications received & 56% reported seeing more charities closing due to govt cuts. How can technology and human interaction co-exist to help close that funding gap?
Type: Blog
Tags: Events
The Good Exchange team attended & exhibited at NCVO annual conference in April. Speakers discussed the challenges the sector is facing in today’s turbulent political environment & the conference provided a platform to discuss how charitable organisations can look ahead into the future & adapt to the evolving landscape.
Type: Blog
Tags: Civil Society
Civil Society’s Fundraising Live, designed to give fundraisers a voice on the things that really matter, returned to the ILEC Conference Centre on 7th February 2019 with Paul Amadi, chief supporter officer at the British Red Cross (BRC) stating that the charitable sector is at an ‘adapt or die’ moment post-GDPR when it comes to donations.
Type: Success Stories, Videos
West Berkshire Homeless
West Berkshire Homeless is onto their second fundraising project with The Good Exchange and has so far raised over £38,000. With this money they have been able to run two half way houses within the Newbury area, as well as offering other core services including mentoring, financial assistance and support with benefit claims.
As a result of the successful first eighteen months of operations, West Berkshire Homeless has already managed to get 84% of the local homeless people into accommodation and over 50% of these into paid employment.
As well as rent support, the charity helps them to prepare for, and gain confidence for, job interviews, helps fund training programmes and achieving formal accreditations, access food, sort out benefit issues and any necessary mobility equipment as well as access to health and mental health issues and legal services.
