Esmée Fairbairn Foundation funds lower fee for In Kind Direct
Howard Lake | 4 March 2006 | News
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is supporting In Kind Direct’s introduction of a new lower annual registration fee of £50 for all charities, whatever their income and location, through a £150,000 grant over three years from its Fifth Fund.
In Kind Direct’s chief executive Robin Boles explained the need for a grant to make the change. “We want to make our service accessible to many more charities of every size and focus”, he said, “and know that the income linked annual registration has been a barrier to some charities.
“But before we could reduce the fees across the board, we first had to secure funding to cover the transitional cost. We are delighted that the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, which has supported our work over the years, has generously backed this major step change”.
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As well as subsidising the new fee arrangement, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s grant covers £100 of vouchers, exchangeable for goods worth up to £1,000 from In Kind Direct’s catalogue for the first 75 charities to join the network in 2006. In 2007, 50 will benefit and in 2008 this will reduce to 25.
Last year In Kind Direct passed the milestone of £50 million worth of goods donated, with 60 companies becoming first time goods donors during the year.
Robin Boles explained the value of In Kind Direct: we can offer a broad range of quality new products from some of the best known brands at around 10% of the usual cost, enabling them to make their funds go up to ten times further – and all delivered to their doors”.
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