# Givingworldonline.com matches surplus stock to charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/01/30/givingworldonlinecom-matches-surplus-stock-charities/
- Published: 2009-01-30T16:50:50+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Leicester charity Konnect9 has created givingworldnline.com with the aim of matching
businesses with surplus stock to charities that would need those items. The charity
describes it as giving “access to excess”.**

Launched in December 2008, the site builds on Konnect9’s record of redistributing
almost £1.5 million worth of goods to 150,000 disadvantaged people over the last
seven years, preventing 200 tonnes going to landfill.

The website expands the service which will always be restricted by available warehouse
space

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and the volume of collections and deliveries that can be made. The online presence
enables the “haves and the have-nots to deal directly with one another – in a safe,
secure and managed way”, according to Rama Bhalla, Giving World Online Director 
and founder of Konnect9.

“We live in a world of waste”, she added. “An estimated £1.37 billion worth of goods
are wasted by UK businesses every year. We also live in a world of want. So why 
not use those mountains of surplus to plug the poverty gap – saving millions of 
tonnes of good stuff being dumped into landfill in the bargain? Why not hook up 
the supply with the demand?”

There is no charge for companies to advertise their surplus stock on the website,
and charities can receive items they want free of charge.

www.givingworldonline.com

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