Rock Foundation
Case Study: Thousands of Families Benefit Thanks to Cleaning Firm’s Generosity

Charities cleaned up in time for Christmas after CBee (Europ . . .

E.ON signs on to Giving World Online
Case Study: E.ON Brightens Young Lives

E.ON's Employment Officer Naomi Webb explains how Givin . . .

David Lindley leads Giving World Online Ambassador programme
Case Study: Interview with Giving World Ambassador David Lindley

As Giving World looks to expand its Ambassador programme, we . . .

Giving World Online and Charnwood Borough Council provide surplus furniture
Case Study: How surplus office furniture can help make a real difference

32% of disabled people in the UK report difficulties in acce . . .

'A good night's sleep’ courtesy of Giving World and John Lewis Sheffield
Case Study: 'A good night’s sleep’ courtesy of Giving World and John Lewis Sheffield

  Dozens of people suffering hardship will sleep . . .

“We are delighted we can make use of  our end of ranges, samples and split case goods through Giving World Online," Anthony Wagman, Chief Executive, Quest Personal Care Global Ltd.

 

"It's great to see the range of projects we have helped through Giving World Online and how much difference it makes," Gary Bates, Managing Director, Serif (Europe) Ltd.

 

"We are pleased that by donating this furniture to Giving World Online we are helping good causes and preventing landfill," Hilary Fryer, Charnwood Borough Council Cabinet Member for the Environment.

 

“This helps both businesses and communities and is an excellent and unique concept,” Martin Traynor, Chief Executive, Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce.

 

“Think of Giving World Online as a sort of dot.com dating agency; a marriage bureau that matches the needy with the givey to create relationships made in recycling heaven,” Leicester Mercury.

16/09/2009 - -

Business Plans and the Ilk

 

We have literally been buried under masses and masses of paperwork for days, weeks and weekends.

 

The last 5 weeks has seen us working on developing a full blown business plan. I have no idea who invented these documents but are they ….. difficult! Difficult being the proverbial understatement.

However, unbelievably they do have a bright side, (she says after surfacing from mountains of words and strategies and the like). A business plan forces you to really think about a few key questions:

 

Where are you going?

 

What do you need to do to get there?

 

What are the additional steps needed? 

 

How much do you need to get there?

 

And how will you know you have arrived or made that difference?

 

Sounds simple but it is anything but ……. It has been a monumental exercise in scrutiny of, who we are, where are going and how we plan to get there.

 

After all that we finally have a draft that is good at telling the story but needs just that little bit of dash and panache. And there goes another weekend!!!!!!

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