The Guardian: From loo rolls to fashion: how to spend your cash more ethically
An article is featuring businesses that are using customers’ money for good- from sustainable and ethical grocery shopping, to renewable energy and second-hand fashion. Thrift, an online shopping platform for second-hand high-street and designer clothing, where people can donate goods…
Responding to Lebanon’s crisis: mobilising philanthropic funds
A vigil for the victims of the explosium in Beirut / Mehr News Agency / CC BY The emergency in Lebanon caused by the explosion of a stock of ammonium nitrate has created a devastating new level of crisis in…
PPE collaboration
Two Cambridge Executive MBA alumni help lead an appeal to raise funds to provide high-grade personal protective equipment. An appeal to raise funds to provide high-grade personal protective equipment (PPE) is being led by two Cambridge Judge Business School Executive…
Lasting imprint
This is the time to channel our COVID-19 compassion into sustainable solutions, says Dr Matthew Grimes, Reader in Organisational Theory & Information Systems and Co-Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre. Dr Matthew Grimes Like natural disasters and other shocking events, the spread…
BBC: Dragon’s Den
Cambridge Judge Business School alumnus Joe Metcalfe (MST 2009) appeared in BBC’s Dragon den to pitch his business idea. Joe is a founder of Thrift venture that takes the hassle out of donating unwanted apparel while rewarding donors with online…
UK Fundraising: No evidence that charging for services weakens charity legitimacy
According to a study from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, there is no evidence that charging for services weakens a charity’s perceived legitimacy. The study was conducted by Flóra Raffai, Chief Executive of Cambridge-based vision charity Cam Sight, as…
Beneficial charging of beneficiaries
Fears that charities could weaken their legitimacy by charging for services are not borne out by the data, concludes a new study from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation. Lacking empirical research, charity leaders have traditionally relied upon "emotional judgements"…
Daily Mail: Mystery donor hands £500,000 worth of designer goods to online charity shop
Thrift, an online marketplace for second-hand clothes, shoes and other quality goods, has received a donation from an anonymous donor that is worth more than £500,000. The donation included 150 designer dresses, 400 pairs of shoes, 75 handbags and £6,000…
Venturing forth: Thrift
Venture by Cambridge Judge alumnus takes the hassle out of donating unwanted apparel while rewarding donors with online credit. Many people have good quality clothes and shoes sitting in a wardrobe gathering dust. They could sell them online or donate…
Work for good
Venture begun by Cambridge MBA alumnus Rupert Pick helps simplify business donations to charities. There are more than 195,000 charities in the UK and they all seek our support. It's pretty easy to donate individually or to raise money via…
