How do you choose who to give to?

It is nice to see so many businesses forgoing traditional corporate gifts for clients and staff and making a donation to charity instead.
As well as doing some good, the poor staff member tasked with finding a unique gift, within budget, that can be delivered in time is saved from the usual pre Christmas hair pulling [...]

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Wow – what a year!

So, I’m supposed to talk about my favourite stuff at Givealittle…. hmm where to start.
There has been so many great causes and fundraisers, not to mention non-profit organisations, come on board at Givealittle that I struggle to pick a fave.
For me it is pretty impossible to choose one, five or ten so I thought I’d [...]

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Building a van – part by part

Martina here, marketing assistant at Givealittle. When SAFE wanted a new van to replace their stolen one, they used Givealittle to come up with the goods. Their Give A Part cause used all of the great Givealittle features to get the message out and encourage donors along the way. By showing everyone how their donation [...]

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Free pigs & tsunami response

Hi, I’m Charlotte – web project manager at Givealittle. My favourite causes this year have been the Red Cross and other Samoa Tsunami Appeals because of the amazing support shown by NZers. Also the free range pork campaign , as I think this is an important issue for NZers to be aware of and it [...]

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Sharing our birthday presents

I’ve been baking a cake, chilling the bubbles and trying to sneak a bouncy castle into the office (that didn’t go so well).
But – the great news is that I’m going to be matching donations from today!  So…if you make a donation and share it on the Givealittle Elf Facebook page, Tweet it to me [...]

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One year on…

Givealittle.co.nz launched to the public one year ago today (cue: canned applause, green balloons, party poppers and cheap bubbly now).
The only thing that seems appropriate to reflect on today (apart from all the various ailments now present in the Givealittle office as a result of too much time in front of computers) is the growing [...]

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