Nisa charity donated nearly £1 million in 2014

Howard Lake | 16 January 2015 | News

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The Making A Difference Locally charity, run by convenience store networking buying company Nisa, donated nearly £1 million to 2,000 local and national charities during 2014.
Funds are raised by the independently-owned convenience stores who sell specific products, with a percentage of the money being donated by the manufacturer to the charity pot. Each store gets to choose which local charity or good cause receives a donation. The only limit is that they must be local, within a 10 mile radius.
Making A Difference Locally has been supporting charities for the past six years. So far it has raised £6.2 million.
Nisa puts down 2014’s success to a refreshed brand, redeveloped website and the appointment of a dedicated charity manager in 2014.
One local charity which received a £1,000 donation from Nisa member Filco Supermarkets was Cowbridge Community First Responders. Lynne Duance, from the charity, said:

“This money has enabled us to purchase an automated defibrillator with the aim of shortening response times- this will dramatically increase the chance of survival if a patient’s heart stops beating.”

Kate Carroll, charity manager, said:

“The great thing about Making A Difference Locally is that donations are spread far and wide throughout the UK, not only reaching those small ultra-local charities which rely on public support, but also national charities such as Canine Partners and Teenage Cancer Trust”.

To find out if a Nisa partner store will support your charity, Nisa says that “suggestions are always welcome”. Their advice is: “Please speak to your local Nisa retailer and express your ideas – they will consider any suggestions that fit with our donation criteria”.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.