(Some of) What we did this week…
- Debriefed our meals last weekend in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Derby and Liverpool 📝
- Celia and Andrew reviewed Trustee applications and invited chosen candidates for interviews 💌
- Andrew started working on our annual accounts 💰
- Hannah designed and published a new set of leader-role-focused Facebook/Instagram ads - we’re testing these in a few locations where we need leaders most (and have advertising budget for), with the view of learning from and improving them to optimise results. Fingers crossed we get some sign-ups over the weekend 🙋
- Rhiannon spotted this charitable donation opportunity for Reed employees, and wanted to check if any of you work there, or whether any of you have access to other workplace sponsorship opportunities (let us know!) 😊
A note on monthly leader donations…
You’ll remember that we launched our new donate-what-you-can membership and supporter campaign last month.
This means that Local Welcome meals are now free to take part in for anyone who can’t afford to donate monthly, and monthly donation amounts are more flexible.
As leaders, many of you are still donating £7 per month in line with our previous model.
Therefore, we wanted to clarify that you’re all invited to move onto our new donate-what-you-can model and opt to:
- Increase your monthly donation to £10 or £15 per month (to support people who can't afford to pay)
- Change your monthly donation to any other custom amount
- Or, if you can no longer afford to donate (eg. because your income has changed) then you can adjust your donation to £5 or £0 per month
Remember, all donations to Local Welcome help us to cover the meal costs, and become more resilient as a charity. This new donation structure is the same as the one your group members have started to adopt. We’ve made this change to offer a more inclusive pricing structure for all leaders and members.
If you’d like to adjust/start your donation, please fill out this form and follow the steps to set up your monthly donation via Donorbox. If you can Gift Aid your donation, that also really helps: https://www.localwelcome.org/members/sign-up-as-a-member
If you set up a new donation amount, and you’re already paying £7 pm via please get in touch to let us know. We’ll cancel your £7 pm payment, and refund you if you’ve already made a July donation.
(Some of) What we’re doing next week…
- Supporting Leicester and Norwich towards their 21 July meals 🥗
- Interviewing Trustee candidates 👋