A Good Thing is a brilliant new way to avoid landfill and give back to your wonderful local community. When it was set up just three years ago, the idea was simple: businesses are generating too much waste, while many charities are in need of more resources. What if the two could be connected?
A Good Thing was set up by husband and wife Richard and Cathy Benwell in 2020, and launched its pilot in 2021 in the Thames Valley area. The results were fantastic, and the team is now excited to have scaled the idea to charities and businesses right across the UK. It’s working with 200 businesses and over 1,000 charities all across the country, and welcoming new members every day.
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A Good Thing CIC operates a not-for-profit online platform that allows businesses (of any size and of any type) to quickly and easily give things away to local charities – meaning less to landfill and more to a good cause.
A business can give away anything it no longer needs — and we mean anything! A Good Thing has seen plastic bags, candles, stationery, gardening equipment, end-of-line clothing, packaging, crafting materials and half-used tins of paint successfully donated to local charities via the platform… alongside the more traditional items like furniture and IT equipment.
Take on the challenge: have a rummage in your cupboards, storerooms, lockups or sheds, and donate even just one unloved item via the platform. What do you have gathering dust?
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It takes 30 seconds for a business to create a free account and you’ll be able to begin listing free items to give away immediately! A Good Thing is a brilliant new way to avoid landfill and give back to your wonderful local community.