Neighbourly

Neighbourly businesses and good causes are making a measurable difference to people and planet every day. 👨🔧 Join them, and us, as we deliver £1 billion of impact into communities by 2025.

🎉 Neighbourly has been announced as a finalist for the Business Leader Awards in the Community & Social Impact Champion category. The award recognises companies who create social impact in local communities so we're proud to have been nominated, alongside a number of other organisations using business as a source for good 👏

🎁🎉 We can't think of a better way to celebrate 200 million meals donated than with a gift of, not only one, but two Cuthbert the caterpillars! Thank you to Aldi UK for your huge role in helping us reach this milestone. And from the Neighbourly team, for making our Thursday a little bit sweeter! 💙🐛🐛

We're pleased to welcome three new businesses to the Neighbourly platform this #WelcomeWednesday 🥳 We'll be working together on each of their volunteering programmes to ensure that employee volunteers are supporting causes they are passionate about in their local communities. 👷 Overbury + Morgan Lovell 🏙️ iQ Student Accommodation 📑 Simply Business We're excited to see the meaningful impact we can deliver together 💙

How will the new Labour government impact our local communities in key policy areas like: 📈 Economic stability? 🌱 The environment? 📝 Education? With 88% of the good causes in the Neighbourly network being negatively impacted by local council funding cuts, in our latest blog piece we explore how Labour can deliver on improving the living standards in our communities as put forward in their manifesto. Read our full blog in the comment section to find out more.

👏🌱 As part of the Johnsons Workwear volunteering campaign, employees Faizah, Alison and Aminah spent the day helping at their local community garden in Preston. "It was a brilliant, rewarding day and the lovely people at the centre were extremely grateful for our help 😊" With an aim to help local good causes through hands-on support, employees at Johnson Service Group PLC have contributed over 3,000 volunteering hours to the communities they operate in around the UK, through the Neighbourly platform 💙

Today, 7th July, millions of people across the UK will come together to celebrate and give thanks to the individuals who consistently go above and beyond 🤩 Thank You Day is a nationwide opportunity to thank those around you who always go the extra mile and, at Neighbourly, we want to champion each and every volunteer, charity staff member and colleague that contributes their time and energy to supporting local communities. We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without you, so thank you 💙

🤖 🚨 As new technologies like generative AI emerge, 64% of small charities in our network say they're unsure of how to unlock its potential. This highlights a widening knowledge gap between larger national charities and local charities that make up the backbone of our communities. Through the DigitalBridge campaign, in collaboration with Microsoft, Neighbourly facilitates remote employee volunteering sessions between businesses and small charities in their community who need help developing digital skills. Find out more in the comment section about how businesses like Virgin Media O2 and Hays are chanelling their employees' skills to boost their communities.

Each year in the UK, over 9 million tonnes of edible food goes to waste – enough to feed 30 million people. At Neighbourly, we believe that unlocking the full power of redistribution is imperative to creating positive change. Outdated government policy causes barriers and we are calling on the incoming government to implement two key policy changes which could facilitate redistribution on a greater scale: - Remove VAT on product donations to charities - Aligning rules for fresh food donations Read our latest article on Sustainability Beat to find out more https://lnkd.in/eGUHVz7Q

An eye opening stat from our latest community survey - across the 5,000 food banks and food-aid groups on our platform, an estimated 225,000 people are going unsupported each week due to lack of resources. Our survey acts as a temperature check on the 35,000+ charities and good causes in our network, and whilst hearing about these challenges can feel demoralising, we also hear many stories of resilience and hope from the amazing individuals working tirelessly in small charities around the country. This is why we’re proud to champion events like Small Charity Week, that also works to amplify, support and connect small charities across the UK. Read our latest blog, linked in the comment section, to find out more about the results of our survey.