Salford4Good

Salford’s Social Value Brokerage Offer
Salford4Good is led by Salford CVS and is designed to support local businesses, public sector organisations, and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations within the City to create meaningful social impact in Salford. It is built on the creation of social value and ensures contributions are directed toward local voluntary, community and social enterprise grassroots projects that truly make a difference to the people of Salford
Salford4Good aims to:
- Increase local giving through tax-efficient fundraising.
- Strengthen VCSE organisations in Salford
- Support local communities
- Increase social value creation in Salford.
Ways to give
Give time
Organisations can give time through
- Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV) and team challenges
- Fundraising through participation in events (e.g., sponsored activities)
- Organising fundraising events on behalf of Salford4Good
Salford CVS (on behalf of the Social Value Alliance) helps businesses and individuals create social value by providing: bespoke Volunteering Brokerage: Matching employees with individual or team challenges through our Volunteer Centre
Give money
Salford4Good has an online platform for giving that makes it easier for organisations and individuals to support local causes. Donors to Salford4Good are also able to add gift aid which increases the value of the donation by 25%.
- Payroll giving
- fundraising appeal pages.
- Online donations
Salford CVS can support with fundraising support and utilising the Salford4Good branding to raise funds. All the funds raised go to Salford’s community groups and organisations providing vital support to people across the city.
As a verified charity on the JustGiving platform, Salford CVS has used the S4G ‘brand’ to raise money through themed campaigns. Recently this has focused on the Cost of Living crisis. In addition, it has been used to raise monies in memoriam of Salford colleagues. See the example: www.justgiving.com/campaign/S4G-CostofLiving
Give knowledge, skills and expertise
- Share organisational skills such as marketing, financial management, Human Resources etc with local VCSE organisations
- Deliver training courses to a number of VCSE organisations
Salford CVS can match the needs of VCSE organisations and social value creation opportunities for organisations to enable the sharing of knowledge skills and expertise
Give Goods or recycle unwanted items
- Donate goods to VCSE organisations
- Recycle unwanted items such as office furniture or ICT by donating them to local VCSE organisations
Salford CVS can support the distribution of goods and unwanted items into the VCSE sector
For support from Salford CVS please contact Martyn Willcock:
martyn.willcock@salfordcvs.co.uk
07759395115