How it works
It’s very simple! (Think Airbnb or eBay)
✓ Business creates an offer
✓ Offer sent to local charities
✓ Charities submit requests
✓ Business selects a charity
✓ Details exchanged
✓ Charity picks up items (in most cases)
FAQ
What can be donated?
Stuff! Anything that can be given to or shared with a charity. Examples might include IT equipment, furniture, new products, food, meeting rooms… and much more.
The platform isn’t designed for volunteering or donating money.
Does it cost anything?
The app is completely free for charities to receive donations. It is also free to use for businesses to make small offers. For large offers (e.g. office clear-outs) we ask businesses to pay for Premium Access which costs £29 for one month. Learn more.
Who collects the items?
The expectation is that the charity will collect the items, but the business may offer to deliver if more convenient.
A Good Thing acts as a matchmaking service; we do not collect or deliver the items directly ourselves.
What regions do you operate in?
We offer the service to all charitable organisations in the United Kingdom. Our initial pilot was run in the Thames Valley area, but we have now expanded the service to all other regions.
Does my charity need to be registered?
We want businesses to be reassured that their donated items are put to good use. To join A Good Thing you will need to be one of the following:
Registered with the Charity Commission (of England and Wales)
Registered with the Scottish Charity Regulator
A Community Interest Company
A Community Benefit Society
Have HMRC Charity Tax Status
Is A Good Thing a charity?
A Good Thing is a not-for-profit company, formalised using the UK Government’s Community Interest Company (CIC) scheme. You can read about our commitment to providing a community benefit and re-investing all profits in our Articles of Association.
Take a step-by-step walkthrough
For businesses
Simply sign up and post your items. Once posted, your items will be offered to charities in your area who can then make a request for the items. You get to choose which charity to donate the items and we put you in touch. The charity then normally collects the items.
For more information, read our full guide for businesses:
For charities
Sign up to receive notifications about items on offer in your local area, or browse the items on offer right now. If you see something you need, simply use the app to make a request with a short note about why you need it. If the business selects your charity then we put you in touch and you can arrange collection.
For more information, read our full guide for charities:
Hear the story of how it helped Youth Concern.
Hear from Hannah Asquith, CEO of Youth Concern about how her charity benefited from a kind donation from Chameleon and Co.