Neighbourly (community investment platform) explained

Neighbourly is a community impact and giving platform based in Bristol, UK. The platform hosts pages for upwards of 30,000 small charities and community organisations across the UK and Ireland, connecting them with businesses offering surplus food and products, volunteer time and financial donations.[1] [2]

For example, supermarket chains including Aldi, Lidl, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's have partnered with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food and products to food banks and community groups.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Neighbourly has also partnered with businesses including Penguin,[11] [12] [13] Danone, Coca-Cola EP,[14] [15] [16] Heineken,[17] B&Q,[18] Southern Co-op[19] and Samsung to manage and deliver their corporate impact programmes - such as employee volunteering and charitable grant distribution. Neighbourly provides detailed social and environmental impact data for clients to measure and report on the overall impact of their programmes.

Neighbourly was founded in 2013 by Nick Davies,[20] who appointed Zoe Colosimo as COO. In 2016, Steve Butterworth took over the company as chief executive officer. The company is one of the UK’s founding B Corps[21] [22] and is accredited by the Good Business Charter.[23]

In March 2021, Neighbourly raised £3M in Series A investment from Guinness Asset Management to expand their senior leadership team and accelerate the growth of the business.[24]

In May 2022 the company announced it had raised £1.6m in an accelerator investment round led by Guinness Ventures.https://www.uktech.news/tech-hubs/the-south-west-of-england/neighbourly-1m-guinness-ventures-20220527#:~:text=Community%20investment%20platform%20Neighbourly%20has,as%20brand%20and%20product%20development.

In March 2023, the company released new capability to allow medium-sized businesses to access the platform to increase their local social and environmental impact through employee volunteering and financial donation programmes.https://thebusinessmagazine.co.uk/technology-innovation/giving-platform-neighbourly-expands-capability-to-support-mid-sized-businesses-to-increase-local-social-and-environmental-impact/

Neighbourly Foundation

In 2020, Neighbourly set up an independent charity - the Neighbourly Foundation - which works to funnel donations and grant money from its donors and partners directly to charities and community groups that are registered on the platform.[25]

Awards

In 2020 Neighbourly was ranked in the RWRC Discovery 50 [26] [27] - a list comprising the top 50 retail tech start-ups operating globally. The company was also voted the People's Choice at the Digital Agenda Impact Awards 2020 [28] and won the Tech Company of the Year (for revenues under £5M) and Sustainable Tech Awards at the Tech South West Awards 2020.[29]

In 2021 Neighbourly won the Sustainability Initiative of the Year award at Food Matters Live,[30] Best Community Initiative at the CorpComms Awards,[31] the Social Value award at the National Recycling Awards[32] and the Waste & Resource Management Project of the Year at the Edie Sustainability Leaders Awards.[33]

In 2022, Neighbourly was awarded a Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the Innovation category[34] and won the Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year award for the South West region.[35]

In 2023, the company won the Management Today Business Leadership Award in the Technology category.[36]

References

  1. Web site: Neighbourly - where businesses help local good causes. 2021-01-28. www.neighbourly.com. en-gb.
  2. Web site: Earley. Katharine. 2014-05-15. neighbourly - helping business become a force for good. 2021-01-28. the Guardian. en.
  3. Web site: Farrell. Steve. 2021-01-13. Aldi pledges to donate 10 million meals to families in need. 2021-01-28. The Grocer. en.
  4. Web site: Tatum. Megan. 2017-01-27. Lidl launches food waste redistribution scheme with Neighbourly. 2021-01-28. The Grocer. en.
  5. Web site: 2015-10-09. M&S moves to hand out thousands of tonnes of food waste. 2021-01-28. the Guardian. en.
  6. Web site: Farrell. Steve. 2019-04-16. Aldi rolls out direct surplus food donations to entire estate. 2021-01-28. The Grocer. en.
  7. Web site: Evans. Mark. M&S, Lidl and Aldi use charity networks to redistribute food. 2021-01-28. Better Society. 14 April 2020 . en.
  8. Web site: April 9, 2020. Coronavirus updates: Third Sector live blog. 2021-01-28. www.thirdsector.co.uk.
  9. Web site: 2019-12-18. Aldi is giving away free food to those in need on Christmas Eve. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/christmas/food-drink/aldi-free-food-christmas-eve-charity-donation-food-banks-community-a9251511.html . 2022-06-18 . subscription . live. 2021-01-28. The Independent. en.
  10. Web site: Sainsbury's partners with Neighbourly to distribute surplus food to charities in need. The Grocer.
  11. News: Campbell. Lucy. Marsh . Sarah. Topham. Gwyn. Smithers. Rebecca. Partington. Richard. Davis. Nicola. 2020-04-03. Matt Hancock calls for more volunteers to take part in 'essential' clinical trials – as it happened. en-GB. The Guardian. 2021-01-28. 0261-3077.
  12. Web site: PRH expresses confidence in industry's prospects on entering third lockdown The Bookseller. 2021-01-28. www.thebookseller.com.
  13. Web site: Penguin Random House UK distributing free books to communities facing hardship during coronavirus crisis. 2021-01-28. www.penguin.co.uk. 2 April 2020 .
  14. News: Campbell. Lucy. Marsh. Sarah. Topham. Gwyn. Smithers. Rebecca. Partington. Richard. Davis. Nicola. 2020-04-03. Matt Hancock calls for more volunteers to take part in 'essential' clinical trials – as it happened. en-GB. The Guardian. 2021-01-28. 0261-3077.
  15. Web site: Neighbourly Community Fund – NIVO. 9 April 2020 . 2021-01-28. en-GB.
  16. Web site: Briggs. Fiona. M&S, Lidl, Aldi, Danone and Coca-Cola European Partners create fund to support community organisations helping those most at risk during coronavirus crisis and urge other businesses to join them. 2021-01-28. Retail Times. en-US.
  17. Web site: Andrew. Don. 2016-03-22. Heineken the latest business to join Neighbourly social platform. 2021-01-28. The Grocer. en.
  18. Web site: Community re-use B&Q in the Community B&Q . 2024-01-16 . www.diy.com . en-GB.
  19. Web site: Leader. Alice. 2020-11-09. Southern Co-op sets up fund for food banks with £5,000 donation. 2021-01-28. The Grocer. en.
  20. Web site: Neighbourly Limited . 2021-12-23. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. en.
  21. Web site: Clensy. David. 2017-05-02. Rise of Bristol's ultra-ethical B-Corps businesses. 2021-01-28. BristolLive. en.
  22. Web site: Neighbourly Certified B Corporation. 2021-01-28. bcorporation.uk.
  23. Web site: 2020-10-09. Neighbourly. 2021-01-28. Good Business Charter. en-US.
  24. Web site: Tech for good: Bristol-based Neighbourly bags £3M to connect businesses with local charities. UK Tech News.
  25. Web site: The Neighbourly Foundation - Charity 1189514 . 2021-01-28 . register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk . en-GB.
  26. Web site: Discovery 50 - Download the Report today. 2021-01-28. download.retail-week-connect.com. en.
  27. Web site: Retail Discovery 50: Peak one of 50 businesses powering the new retail world. 2021-01-28. Peak. en-US.
  28. Web site: 2020-06-23. DigitalAgenda Announces Impact Awards Winners 2020. 2021-01-28. DigitalAgenda. en.
  29. Web site: Tech South West Awards 2020 Winners Announced – Tech South West. December 2020 . 2021-01-28. en-GB.
  30. Web site: Awards and winners. 2021-12-23. Food Matters Live. en-US.
  31. Web site: CorpComms Awards 2021 - Winners. 2021-12-23. corpcommsawards.co.uk. en.
  32. Web site: Winners 2021 National Recycling Awards & Forum. 2021-12-23. nra.mrw.co.uk.
  33. Web site: 2022 Finalists. 2021-12-23. edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022. en-GB.
  34. Web site: Baker . Hannah . Telford . William . Arthur . Andrew . 2022-04-20 . Queen's Awards 2022: All the South West winners announced . 2024-01-16 . Business Live . en.
  35. Web site: Spectator . The . 2022-11-11 . Economic Innovator of the Year Awards 2022 – the winners . 2024-01-16 . The Spectator . en-US.
  36. Web site: Winners 2023 . 2024-01-16 . MT Business Awards . en.

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