Bristol-based Neighbourly has expanded its giving platform to help medium-sized businesses increase their local social and environmental impact.
The tech firm helps companies connect with charitable causes in the local communities they operate in, allowing them to donate money and surplus food, and offer their staff for volunteering opportunities.
Previously Neighbourly has worked exclusively with larger organisations, with big brands such as M&S, Aldi, Lidl, B&Q, Virgin Media, O2, and RSA Insurance among its list of clients.
The company has now launched a new strategy to engage with the mid-market business community, starting in its home city, where it is based at the Engine Shed office building next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
Neighbourly has said its platform is designed to automatically measure the financial impact of support for all of its clients, along with other social and environmental impact metrics. Total financial impact since the platform’s launch in 2014 now sits at more than £250m, with the company looking to deliver a £1bn impact by 2025.
Chief executive Steve Butterworth said: “We’re delighted to bring our platform capability to mid-size companies, at a time when demand for support from charities and local community groups is at an all-time high due to the cost of living and energy crisis.
“As a Bristol-based business, our home city was an obvious choice to kick off our mid-tier launch plan. Bristol has an abundance of successful businesses that operate in the heart of their local communities. Using the Neighbourly platform will not only enable businesses to help build happy, healthy, and more resilient neighbourhoods, but also to measure their positive impact, which is truly unique to Neighbourly.”
Redcliffe and Temple Business Improvement District (BID) will support the launch. The BID’s head, Steve Bluff, said: “Our businesses have told us that they want more innovative ways to support the local communities they operate in, including through volunteering and allocating grants.
“This programme has a strong alignment with the BID’s vision to help make the Redcliffe and Temple area vibrant, thriving, and sustainable for the whole community. We look forward to seeing the local impact we can collectively create through this platform.”
Neighbourly is also calling on small charities and community organisations across Bristol and beyond to sign up for the platform for free, with more than 800 charitable causes in the Bristol region already on its platform.
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