The WeGiveIt #MYCHARITY series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #MYCHARITY series, we speak to Charlie Hay, Ceo of Afrikids Location: London Current job: CEO One word that best describes how you work: Catalystic Favourite website: Google/Google Earth First of all, […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #WORLDCHANGERS series asks heroes, experts and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. This month on the #WORLDCHANGERS series, WeGiveIt speaks to Paola Zancanaro, founder of NAMU, a wonderful sustainable brand of clothing and accessories for women. Location: Bali, Indonesia and online Current job: founder and creative director of NAMU One word that best describes […]
Read moreAs the end of the year is approaching, here at WeGiveIt we have done our shortlist of our favourite ‘good campaigns’, the ones we found more innovative, creative or disruptive. Some campaigns are done by charities, some by businesses that want to change the world by giving back. It was a difficult choice as nowadays […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #WORLDCHANGERS series asks heroes, experts and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published regularly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #WORLDCHANGERS series, we speak to Laila Charlton-Meyrick, experienced strategic advisor to UHNW clients and now Impact investment consultant. Location: London Current job: working on a new project to provide “purposeful” wealth […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #WORLDCHANGERS series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. This week on the #WORLDCHANGERS series, we speak to Francesca Griffiths, founder Casa-Londra, just Trustee and the President NPH UK charity […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #WORLDCHANGERS series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #WORLDCHANGERS series, we speak to Nick Hart, Head of CSR for Turner, the company behind CNN, Cartoon Network & TCM Location: Soho, London Current job: Head of CSR for Turner, […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #MYCHARITY series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #MYCHARITY series, we speak to Clive Conway, Managing Director of Clive Conway Productions and Chair of the (Desmond) Tutu Foundation UK Location: London Current job: Managing Director of Clive Conway […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #MYCHARITY series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #MYCHARITY series, we speak to Gemma Malley, Director of Communications and Development at BookTrust Location: London Current job: Director of Communications and Development at BookTrust One word that best describes […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #MYCHARITY series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #MYCHARITY series, we speak to Carla Jones, CEO of Allergy UK Location: Sidcup Kent Current job: Chief Executive of Allergy UK One word that best describes how you work: […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #MYCHARITY series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #MYCHARITY series, we speak to Linsday Boswell, CEO of FareShare. FareShare is a network of amazing people, volunteers and staff, who work hard to source surplus food from the food industry and redistribute […]
Read moreThe WeGiveIt #MYCHARITY series asks heroes, experts, and leaders to share their ambitions, routines and more. It’s published monthly at www.wegiveit.co.uk/blog This week on the #MYCHARITY series, we speak to Meredith Niles, executive Director of Fundraising and Engagement at Marie Curie. Meredith began her career in investment banking, working in New York, Frankfurt and London for Goldman Sachs, […]
Read moreKIDS Hackney Playground is the only specialist playground for disabled children and currently supports over 100 families in the local area. We are at risk of closure and need your donations to keep our playground open. Why you should give KIDS Hackney Playground opened in 2002 and has been a vital service for over 800 […]
Read moreIn 2012, as part of a commitment to reduce food waste and recognize the opportunity to help alleviate poverty in the UK, Tesco strengthened its partnership with WeGiveit partner; FareShare by ensuring surplus food within its supply chain is used to feed people.The partnership with FareShare is perfectly aligned with Tesco’s CSR objectives to both […]
Read more8th November 2017 With Fareshare and a generous £1 donation from the sale of a range of fresh Christmas turkeys from Tesco means 1.4 million meals to people in food poverty this year. However many people you’re having round the table for Christmas lunch, if you’ve bought your turkey from Tesco, you’ll be helping to […]
Read moreIt was good to see The Times running a piece last week by the Tutu Foundation UK’s head of mediation and training, Paul Randolph, outlining the case for compulsory mediation within the civil justice system. He discussed the recent interim report on ADR by the Working Group of the Civil Justice Council. The 98-page document, […]
Read moreSiblings Luis and Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster established Walkabout Foundation in August 2009 after a visit to their local YMCA in Connecticut led them to discover that Luis could not enter the building because it lacked a ramp and elevator. Luis suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident when he was 18 years old, which […]
Read moreOriginal article from Harpers Bazaar The founder of Walkabout Foundation talks us through the steps she took to establish her charity Over 23 years ago, Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster’s brother was involved in a car accident that that left him paralysed from the waist down. He was just 18. Driven by a desire to help […]
Read moreAllergies can affect anyone, at any age. An Allergy can be a life-changing and, in some cases, a life-threatening condition. Allergy UK raises the profile of allergy at all levels by educating both those living with allergy and also Healthcare Professionals, providing advice and information and offering practical solutions to help identify and manage allergic […]
Read moreLook Good Feel Better is the only international cancer support charity providing practical support for women and teenagers struggling with the visible side effects of cancer treatment. Self-esteem is important to all women, it just happens to be in sharper focus for those who have cancer. That’s the reason Look Good Feel Better exists. […]
Read moreThe Heart4More Foundation was founded by Tobi Alabi after he suffered a cardiac arrest while playing football, aged just 19. They are the first, in the World, in their field to be recognised by the Football Authorities as a cardiac focused organisation to provide cardiac health workshops to players and staff at clubs within the […]
Read moreSource: Who represents the human in the digital age? | WHO REPRESENTS THE HUMAN IN THE DIGITAL AGE? 20 July 2017 by Anni Rowland-Campbell, Director, Intersticia Technology is advancing rapidly, taking us on rushing journey where we don’t quite know the destination. Anni Rowland-Campbell takes us through some of the important issues and theories […]
Read moreWe’ve been following the trend of crowdfunding, not just in the charity space, but across all industries, to show you how your charity can benefit from agile marketing and connecting your social media with charity donors. Pop-up funding Pop-up funding campaigns give charities the opportunity to raise money online very quickly, usually based on a […]
Read moreSara Mirone, marketing director, discusses how Wegiveit can help charities harness digital technology to generate more funds Originally published by The Third Sector, April 4, 2017. Digital is changing our lives and finding a way to encroach into everyday living. According to an article on wired.co.uk in August 2016, ‘the average adult in the UK […]
Read morefrom UK Fundraising Article by Howard Lake, published 10 April, 2017, If we are destined to be glued to our devices, why not convert some of our digital time into something good and charitable? At Wegiveit we give people a reason to watch videos – to do good and raise funds for charity. How it […]
Read moreWhen we built Wegiveit, our aim was to find a way of curating charities and presenting their best work to people who could support them. Over the course of the last six months, we’ve worked closely with a wide variety of different charities, each possessing a unique way of communicating with their followers, donators and most […]
Read moreWe pulled out of the honking pandemonium of morning traffic into the cement schoolyard of Chhotubhai Patel High School. It was only slightly quieter than the street. Hundreds of kids milled about or huddled in small groups, practicing cheers that blended into a rhythmic, unintelligible wall of sound. Those who weren’t dressed in school uniforms […]
Read moreFrom Google’s innovation time to assessing a senior team’s capability, organisations can do a lot more to embed a digital culture. “We need a digital strategy” is an oft-repeated mantra among those who work in the not-for-profit sector. Yet merely forming a mission statement, thrashed out in a trustee brainstorm or acquired at considerable cost […]
Read moreWe are proud to announce our partnership with Children with Cancer UK, a charity that works to further research and support for children affected by different kinds of cancer.
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