Neighbourly is a community impact and giving platform based in Bristol, UK. The platform hosts pages for upwards of 30,000 small charities and community organisations across the UK and Ireland, connecting them with businesses offering surplus food and products, volunteer time and financial donations.[1][2]
For example, supermarket chains including Aldi, Lidl, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's have partnered with Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food and products to food banks and community groups.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][excessive citations]
Neighbourly has also partnered with businesses including Penguin,[11][12][13] Danone, Coca-Cola EP,[14][15][16] Heineken,[17] B&Q,[18] Southern Co-op[19] and Samsung to manage and deliver their corporate impact programmes - such as employee volunteering and charitable grant distribution. Neighbourly provides detailed social and environmental impact data for clients to measure and report on the overall impact of their programmes.
Neighbourly was founded in 2013 by Nick Davies,[20] who appointed Zoe Colosimo as COO. In 2016, Steve Butterworth took over the company as chief executive officer. The company is one of the UK’s founding B Corps[21][22] and is accredited by the Good Business Charter.[23]
In March 2021, Neighbourly raised £3M in Series A investment from Guinness Asset Management to expand their senior leadership team and accelerate the growth of the business.[24]
In May 2022 the company announced it had raised £1.6m in an accelerator investment round led by Guinness Ventures.[1]