Sky News: Good360 bridging the gap between business and charity
One person’s extra is another person’s essential
A game-changing partnership between the not-for-profit sector and the business world is substantially lifting up thousands of Australians in need while simultaneously reducing waste in our community. Not-for-profit organisation Good360 is the matchmaker charities didn’t know they needed. Good360 matches not for profits and eligible schools to businesses nationwide to gift brand new excess goods […]
Charities Encouraged to Take Advantage of Product Philanthropy
Published on Pro Bono Australia on November 6, 2017 by Wendy Williams. Alison Covington, who founded Good360 in Australia in 2015 to help companies donate leftover inventory to charitable organisations, said many organisations were still confused by the concept of product philanthropy. But she told Pro Bono News the last two years had shown it was a […]
Giving it Away: the economics of charities
Published on ABC on November 16, 2017. Charities bring in 134 billion dollars a year in Australia and employ over a million people. The sector accounts for 8.3 percent of our GDP, so it’s no small change. And while governments and fundraising by the charities themselves make up most of the cash, how do you […]
BIG Win: BIG W partners with Good360 to help deliver more than 400,000 new items to those in need this festive season
For immediate release 6 November 2017 Retailers’ generosity will result in the delivery of 400,000+ products to more than 500 charities as part of the NFP’s #makegoodhappen Christmas 2017 campaign In a huge coup for charitable organisations aiding Australians in need, pioneering Not for Profit Good360 has joined forces with major retailer BIG W, […]
Alison Covington – Fighting the Good Fight
Published on AngelaVithoulkas.com.au July 14, 2017. From a corporate career in the bus industry to founding and leading Good360, Alison’s highs and lows recently touched Brew listeners who gained an insight into the illness that left her near death and her inspiring fight back from the brink. As a woman, when you get to a certain […]
L’Oréal Australia partners with Good360 to help Australians in need
L’Oréal Australia’s sustainability initiatives are part of the global L’Oréal program, Sharing Beauty with All. This is the company’s sustainability commitment which was launched by CEO and Chairman Jean-Paul Agon in 2013. The program sets out ambitious 2020 targets that highlight L’Oréal’s commitment to responsible business. One of L’Oréal’s 2020 targets focuses on supporting the […]
NFPs Are Going Without, Says Survey
Published on Probonoaustralia.com.au December 15, 2016 by Wendy Williams Nearly a quarter of Australian charities and not for profits cannot afford office supplies, according to a national survey. Goods for the Greater Good, which was released by HLB Mann Judd in partnership with Good360 Australia, outlined the needs and financial challenges faced by not-for-profit organisations. It found […]
A Good360 Time for Giving
Published on Probonoaustralia.com.au November 17, 2016 It’s time for giving and Good360 – which puts corporate product donations into the hands of Australians who need it – has raised $100,000 to help charities give over Christmas. What do you do when you have $5 million worth of donated retail product sitting in a warehouse that could be […]
Custom made shoes at a fraction of the cost for a good cause
Published on dailytelegraph.com.au October 11, 2016 by Tricia Hamilton WHAT do big-brand companies do when they need to offload five semi-trailers of excess stock? To the shock of Allison Covington, that stock often becomes landfill. That discovery was the birth of the charity, Good360. After reading an article about an American charity that received non-perishable items […]
