Charitable Donations without Breaking the Bank

Its often said that charity starts at home and with the nation looking at uncertain times there could be a reluctance for business owners and finance directors to part with their hard earned cash and pull back on CSR programs or charitable donations.

The Facts and Figures of the charity sector are huge , with a total income of ￡48 billion of which approx half comes from donations in the business sector ....... but what happens when a recession hits , AND how can we improve donations without impeding business?

Firstly the Charities Aid Foundation found that after the 2008 financial crash the charity sector saw a decline of 11% on donations ....... at current levels that could mean a 'hit' on the sector of about ￡5 billion , which would affect the lives of many real people.

Secondly - how can we improve this? Well most businesses have an asset that goes to waste every day and could transform the fortunes of charities and the good causes they support ...... the asset we are talking about is SPARE CAPACITY - which most businesses have in the form of empty hotel rooms / restaurant tables, excess stock or idle inventory, unsold media space or event tickets , under worked staff or idle machinery ...... in fact if a business can handle more customers within its normal working day then it has spare capacity!

Billions of pounds each year goes to waste in the form of spare capacity and could be DONATED TO CHARITY by using the BBX business exchange as a conduit.

BBX is a global business exchange where businesses use BBX Money as a financial mechanism to use each others spare capacity in an efficient marketplace and has refined this process over 26 years. As a charitable arm BBX has now set up the BBX Angels facility to bring together businesses with spare capacity and charities requiring extra revenue - via the exchange spare capacity is turned into BBX Money and donated to the basket of charities ...... and 100% of the donation goes to the charity!

What is 'SPARETEMBER'?

To launch the BBX Angels platform and also create a month in the year where businesses can reflect and focus on this ideal, BBX has launched SPARETEMBER where businesses can donate their spare capacity (stock / services / vouchers etc....) and BBX will convert it to a BBX donation to the basket of charities free of charge.

Who is this relevant to?

1. Any business who has the desire to help good causes and has some spare capacity (see our calculators here)
2. Any Charity who would like to be one of our designated charities to receive donations. (see some testimonials here and here)
3. Any person who thinks this is a great idea and wants to help in any way - contact me direct and/or share this please.

Please feel free to contact me on 03334002014 , email at [email protected] or contact via our BBX Angels page ...... I thank you for reading.