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 […]
Christmas Cheer Spread To Those Who Need It Most
Published on dailytelegraph.com.au December 14, 2016 by Tricia Hamilton The hard working elves at the Smithfield-based charity Good360 have been working to get their festive goodie bags prepared, ready to distribute to worthy causes across Australia. So far, staff have already prepared 5000 bags, tailored to different age groups. The money donated by the public through […]
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 […]
Atlassian opts for ‘charity mixer’ to channel corporate volunteering efforts
Published on afr.com August 20, 2016 by Misa Han Atlassian is giving employees five days of paid time off and organising face-to-face meet-ups over pizza and beer to match charities with employee volunteers. Every four months for the past two years, the tech company has hosted so-called “charity mixers” where a dozen charities pitch their problems […]
Goods for the Greater Good
Published on Probonoaustralia.com.au July 12, 2016 Funding limitations have traditionally impacted on what goods charities and Not for Profits could obtain, but a new national survey is set to clarify the issue thanks to an innovative collaboration between HLB Mann Judd and Good360. The two organisations have partnered to help understand which goods are most needed […]
Alison Covington: “If it’s not keeping you up at night, it’s not worth doing.”
Published on third-sector.com.au May 26, 2016 by Gali Blacher Alison Covington had a steady career working in managerial positions in transport. She said she was happy and comfortable in that lifestyle and never saw herself working in the not-for-profit sector. Covington is now the Founder and Managing Director of Good360 Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that helps businesses […]
Funds Secure Good360’s Future – The Australian
Funds Secure Good360’s Future – Published in The Australian 21/09/2015 theaustralian.com.au The Australian arm of the US-based Good360 charity group, which is chaired by 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, has secured the financial backing from a band of prominent family investment funds as it moves towards self-sufficiency. Eight family investment funds, including the Sidney Myers […]
A Change For The Better – Pro Bono Australia
published: 14/09/2015 www.probonoaustralia.com.au Surviving a life-threatening illness led Alison Covington to leave a successful career in the corporate sector and start her own charity. Covington is this week’s Changemaker. As the founder and Managing Director of Good360 Australia, Covington devotes her time to ensuring that other Not for Profits have the products they need to help as […]
DOING GOOD BETTER: GOOD360 LAUNCHES IN AUSTRALIA
Affectionately dubbed the eBay of the charity world, Good360 has developed a philanthropic solution that is good for business, good for charities and good for the environment. Good360 is a social platform that connects non-profits, companies and individuals in a way they have never before been connected.Using clever shopping cart technology, Good360 introduces businesses who have excess […]
