Neighbourly (community investment platform)

Neighbourly is a community investment and giving platform based in Bristol, UK. The platform hosts pages for upwards of 15,000 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 and Marks and Spencer have partnered with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food to food banks and community groups.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Neighbourly has also partnered with Penguin,[10][11][12] Danone, Coca-cola EP,[13][14][15] Heineken,[16] Southern Co-op [17] and Starbucks.[18]

Neighbourly was founded in 2013 by Nick Davies,[19] who appointed Zoe Colosimo as COO. In 2016, Steve Butterworth took over the company as CEO. The company is one of the UK’s founding B Corps [20][21] and is accredited by the Good Business Charter.[22]

Neighbourly Foundation

In 2020, Neighbourly set up a charitable arm - the Neighbourly Foundation [23] - 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.

Awards

In 2020 Neighbourly was ranked in the RWRC Discovery 50 [24][25] - 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 [26] and won the Tech Company of the Year (for revenues under £5M) and Sustainable Tech Awards at the Tech South West Awards 2020.[27]

In 2021, Neighbourly won the Waste and Resource Management Project of the Year at the Edie Sustainability Leaders Awards and were finalists in the Social Sustainability and Community Development category.[28]

References
  1. "Neighbourly - where businesses help local good causes". www.neighbourly.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. Earley, Katharine (2014-05-15). "neighbourly - helping business become a force for good". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  3. Farrell2021-01-13T00:01:00+00:00, Steve. "Aldi pledges to donate 10 million meals to families in need". The Grocer. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. Tatum2017-01-27T09:50:00+00:00, Megan. "Lidl launches food waste redistribution scheme with Neighbourly". The Grocer. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  5. "M&S moves to hand out thousands of tonnes of food waste". the Guardian. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  6. Farrell2019-04-16T11:02:00+01:00, Steve. "Aldi rolls out direct surplus food donations to entire estate". The Grocer. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  7. Evans, Mark. "M&S, Lidl and Aldi use charity networks to redistribute food". Better Society. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  8. April 2020, 09. "Coronavirus updates: Third Sector live blog". www.thirdsector.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-28.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Aldi is giving away free food to those in need on Christmas Eve". The Independent. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  10. Campbell (now), Lucy; Marsh (earlier), 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". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  11. "PRH expresses confidence in industry's prospects on entering third lockdown | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  12. "Penguin Random House UK distributing free books to communities facing hardship during coronavirus crisis". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  13. Campbell (now), Lucy; Marsh (earlier), 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". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  14. "Neighbourly Community Fund – NIVO". Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  15. 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". Retail Times. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  16. Andrew Don2016-03-22T12:04:00+00:00. "Heineken the latest business to join Neighbourly social platform". The Grocer. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  17. Leader2020-11-09T12:02:00+00:00, Alice. "Southern Co-op sets up fund for food banks with £5,000 donation". The Grocer. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  18. fundraising.co.uk https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/11/29/starbucks-give-150k-210-local-charities-cheer-good/. Retrieved 2021-01-28. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. "Neighbourly - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  20. Clensy, David (2017-05-02). "Rise of Bristol's ultra-ethical B-Corps businesses". BristolLive. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  21. "Neighbourly | Certified B Corporation". bcorporation.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  22. "Neighbourly". Good Business Charter. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  23. "THE NEIGHBOURLY FOUNDATION - Charity 1189514". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  24. https://go6.media, go6 media |. "Discovery 50 - Download the Report today". download.retail-week-connect.com. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  25. "Retail Discovery 50: Peak one of 50 businesses powering the new retail world". Peak. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  26. "DigitalAgenda Announces Impact Awards Winners 2020". DigitalAgenda. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  27. "Tech South West Awards 2020 Winners Announced – Tech South West". Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  28. "2021 finalists". edie Sustainability Leaders Awards 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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