Type: News
Moving to The Good Exchange’s not-for-profit, digital grant application platform allows the Miss Lawrence Trust to streamline the annual shortlisting of applications and to delve more deeply and with greater ease into their applicants’ objectives. They can also see whether applicants are receiving support from other funders and donors.
Type: News
Following a successful pilot earlier this year, Oxford City Council will offer further grants of up to £1,000 through the second round of its 2018 Small Grants Scheme on The Good Exchange platform.
Type: News
Technology has transformed the private sector and the way in which we all live and work. Those responsible for managing charitable funding must think strategically and embrace digital to take advantage of efficiency gains, greater transparency and improved collaboration.
Type: Press Releases
The Miss Lawrence Trust, has been announced as a new funder on The Good Exchange. The national grant-giving charitable trust was originally established in 1973 by Miss Winifred Lawrence, a local resident who left an estate in trust to benefit local and national charities.
The Trust typically provides approximately £100,000 worth of grants per annum, with on average £2,000-3,000 being allocated per applicant. A wide range of charitable projects are supported, from youth and disability services, education, employment and training, poverty, deprivation and homelessness.
Type: Press Releases
Oxford City Council has made a further £10,000 of small grants available for local charities and community groups through the innovative online matching platform The Good Exchange.
Following a successful pilot earlier this year, the City Council will offer further grants of up to £1,000 through the second round of its 2018 Small Grants Scheme on the platform.
Grants will be available to organisations based in Oxford that promote equality, community cohesion, healthy living, or that tackle poverty and deprivation.
Type: Blog
So you want to use social media? Where do you start? How do you go about promoting your projects to other potential fundraisers and donors?
With limited time and resources, what’s the best way to spread the word?
As The Good Exchange team will tell you, the best performing fundraising projects on The Good Exchange platform are consistently those that have a strong online web and social media presence.
the main platforms, it’s worth taking a few minutes to plan and prepare! Even if you already have active and established social media accounts, it’s well worth stepping through the process from the planning stage onwards. Follow this simple, field proven 6 step blueprint for sustainable Social Media Marketing success.
Type: News
Technology tools will prove vital in meeting the challenges that face charitable giving within UK organisations, according to a new survey of corporate social responsibility (CSR) managers reported in Charity Digital News. The paperwork involved in donating a portion of overall funds is the same as it would be to donate an entire annual charitable CSR budget to one national charity.
Type: News
Ultimately, any loss in public trust as a result of fraudulent activity is to the detriment of the charitable sector as a whole, which is why the online fundraising industry must take urgent steps to boost transparency and accountability.
Whether online or offline, someone masquerading as a fundraiser is nothing new, but online fundraising platforms have the edge in safeguarding against this type of abuse over their more traditional counterparts. For instance, an online platform can prevent money from being paid into an individual’s bank account by requiring all monies to be paid into a verified, approved, organisational account.
