Product Giving Alliance Supports Charities Amidst COVID-19

The Product Giving Alliance is formed of:

• Charity Digital, the UK’s only discounted and donated software platform which provides software services, telecoms, PC hardware and accessories to charities
• FareShare, the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, which supplies over 11,000 charities with surplus food from the food industry
• In Kind Direct, the leading UK charity providing life’s essentials including toiletries, cleaning products, clothes, toys and office supplies to charities working in the UK and overseas
• International Health Partners (IHP), which distributes donated medicines and health supplies to disaster hit and vulnerable communities worldwide

The Alliance exists to meet the needs of the voluntary sector, both during the coronavirus pandemic and in the longer term. It gives businesses confidence their donations will deliver measurable impact, incentivise staff, and bring environmental benefits including reducing waste.

The Alliance will hold its first virtual event in September, to lift the lid on the benefits for businesses, and the positive impact for communities when the corporate and charity sectors work together.

Alliance members are calling on businesses to make donating goods and services a key part of their sustainable development and recovery strategies:

“Donations of every type of product and service will help the charity sector weather this storm by saving money and providing essential supplies to those that really need them. We have made 280 connections with companies and are grateful for their support this year, recognising the benefits giving brings for everyone involved.

For those families, households and individuals that have struggled to access food, toiletries, medicine or technology during lockdown, the continued work of the thousands of charities the Product Giving Alliance supports is vital. We make donating easy for companies, as well as giving them the confidence that their stock can achieve real impact. We encourage more businesses to see what is possible and step up however they can.”