Freegle Reps Report 2013-04-30

This Report covers the period 10 April to 12 May 2013

HELP FREEGLE GET £250

Give As You Live

If we are able to get 50 new shoppers who go on to spend £25 or more by the end of June Freegle will receive a payment of £250. Give As You Live provides a way of raising money for Freegle without any extra cost. Details of this are also on the Wiki.

http://Wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Donations_for_Freegle

FUNDING

http://freegle.in/accounts

Green Grants 2013

Jacky has submitted a funding application for £1,000 from:

http://www.greeninsurancegiving.co.uk/grants.php

Big Break

A press release was sent out by Direct Debit announcing our £2,000 win.

Report from Freegle for CAfS Sustain Eden Feb-Apr 2013

Thank you to Chris for preparing this report on behalf of Freegle which we agreed should be published on Central.

Professional Fundraiser

We have agreed to pay up to £500 to a professional fundraiser. The aim is to explore and apply for suitable grants to put Freegle on a more sustainable footing, and is funded from the donation we received which was reserved for sustainability. Edward is providing background briefing and will coordinate this work.

We have also spent some time discussing fundraising ideas that we can pursue ourselves and how we might do this.

OTHER

Awards

Ouisharefest

Cat has entered Freegle for this award.

http://blog.ouisharefest.com/post/46325634595/ouishare-fest-awards-call-for-projects-ouishare

Greener Together Awards

Congratulations to the Scottish Freegle groups who have won a Greener Together award from the Scottish Government. Edward went on a photoshoot and collected an award plaque.

http://www.greenerscotland.org/ http://www.greenerscotland.org/why-live-greener/greener-communities/

Research

We agreed to ask volunteers to help by promoting some research by a student at the University of Bath into online communities like Freegle. This provides us with useful information and publicity to get more people Freegling.

Local Groups

We’re sorry to say that the Midlothian Freegle group has been deleted by one of the owners and efforts to recover it have been unsuccessful.

Basic Requirements of a Freegle Group

We discussed some of the issues surrounding groups who do not comply with these basic requirements.

http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Basic_Requirements_of_a_Freegle_Group

Growth Working Group Coordinator

Alison let us know that she has stepped down from this role. The Working Group have accepted Sheila’s offer to take over

USEFUL CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR FREEGLE

can be found on this wiki page

http://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Contact_Details

MEDIA

Full round up coming in next month's Report.

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