Charity Excellence 2.0: Help Us Help Everyone Even More

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Charity Excellence Framework

LXCL:The UK's largest and most trusted charity community, we provide a completely free one-stop-shop that enables any non profit to find the funding, free help and resources it needs; optimised for the small and marginalised groups in greatest need

Small charities (those with incomes under &pound;1m) make up 95% of the sector. They provide essential local services and community support. Services that would be deeply missed and place significant pressure on councils and public bodies if they disappeared.Demand for small charity services is growing, but they are being hit hardest by rising costs and unstable income. Our research shows: <ul fr-original-style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm;" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; box-sizing: inherit;" type="disc"><li fr-original-style='margin:0cm;font-size:16px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;' style='margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; background: white; box-sizing: inherit;'>64% of small charities struggle to find the support they need.</li><li fr-original-style='margin:0cm;font-size:16px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;' style='margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; background: white; box-sizing: inherit;'>72% say access to the right support would make a major difference.&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style='margin:0cm;font-size:16px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;' style='margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; background: white; box-sizing: inherit;'>The data shows that small charities are suffering financially more than the larger ones and the impact of AI brings the risk of widening that gap further. &nbsp;</li></ul>The impact of the ongoing Gulf conflict could well make things worse still by the Autumn. The need is urgent. But there is a solution. Our Solution For over 8 years, Charity Excellence Framework has helped small charities thrive. Since Covid, we&rsquo;ve grown by 830% to 50,000 members, making us by far the largest UK charity community. &nbsp; Using technology, including AI, we provide completely free tools and support that enables any non profit to find the funding, and free help and resources it needs.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm;" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; box-sizing: inherit;" type="disc"><li fr-original-style='margin:0cm;font-size:16px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;' style='margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; background: white; box-sizing: inherit;'>Our grant funding directories &nbsp;are the only ones optimised for small charities.</li><li fr-original-style='margin:0cm;font-size:16px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;' style='margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; background: white; box-sizing: inherit;'>The website resource hub has 0.75 million visitors each year, the weekly newsletter goes to 100,000+, the AI Bunnies deliver circa 40,000 support sessions pa and our on-demand AI learning alone has 5,000 learners.&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style='margin:0cm;font-size:16px;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext;margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white;' style='margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; font-size: 16px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: windowtext; background: white; box-sizing: inherit;'>On an income budget in 2026 of &pound;88,325.&nbsp;</li></ul>Our in-system feedback rating is 9/10 and 62% of survey respondents rate us 10/10 for trustworthiness. We deliver and provide huge value for money.&nbsp; What Your Support Will Do This Small Charity Week, your support can help tens of thousands of charities across the UK access the tools they need to survive and grow. &nbsp;We urgently need to invest in new AI and digital technology to deploy our existing systems and new highly accessible AI agents to deliver the free, local functional support that charities have told us they need : <ul fr-original-style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm;" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; box-sizing: inherit;" type="disc"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Small infrastructure bodies and networks will be able to provide more and better support.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Support groups will grow and their members become better able to support each other.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Media, researchers, Government and others will be able to find and tap into their deep local and specialist expertise, giving them a real voice, and.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">For those with paid membership and/or paid services, their income will increase. And as usage grows, our existing promotion of individual charities that provide goods and services will deliver more income for them too.&nbsp; </li></ul>And doing that will drive their ability to support even more people even better, creating a righteous cycle where the more we all do, the better it gets.&nbsp; Our Goal &pound;20,000 will allow us to spend the summer developing, testing and delivering &nbsp;these vital upgrades and launching new services. We already have &pound;5,000 pledged from our friends. With your help, we can close the gap and strengthen the small charity sector for the future.

Small charities (those with incomes under £1m) make up 95% of the sector. They provide essential local services and community support. Services that would be deeply missed and place significant pressure on councils and public bodies if they disappeared.Demand for small charity services is growing, but they are being hit hardest by rising costs and unstable income. Our research shows:64% of small charities struggle to find the support they need.72% say access to the right support would make a major difference. The data shows that small charities are suffering financially more than the larger ones and the impact of AI brings the risk of widening that gap further. The impact of the ongoing Gulf conflict could well make things worse still by the Autumn. The need is urgent. But there is a solution.Our SolutionFor over 8 years, Charity Excellence Framework has helped small charities thrive. Since Covid, we’ve grown by 830% to 50,000 members, making us by far the largest UK charity community. Using technology, including AI, we provide completely free tools and support that enables any non profit to find the funding, and free help and resources it needs. Our grant funding directories are the only ones optimised for small charities.The website resource hub has 0.75 million visitors each year, the weekly newsletter goes to 100,000+, the AI Bunnies deliver circa 40,000 support sessions pa and our on-demand AI learning alone has 5,000 learners. On an income budget in 2026 of £88,325. Our in-system feedback rating is 9/10 and 62% of survey respondents rate us 10/10 for trustworthiness. We deliver and provide huge value for money. What Your Support Will DoThis Small Charity Week, your support can help tens of thousands of charities across the UK access the tools they need to survive and grow. We urgently need to invest in new AI and digital technology to deploy our existing systems and new highly accessible AI agents to deliver the free, local functional support that charities have told us they need :Small infrastructure bodies and networks will be able to provide more and better support.Support groups will grow and their members become better able to support each other.The Media, researchers, Government and others will be able to find and tap into their deep local and specialist expertise, giving them a real voice, and.For those with paid membership and/or paid services, their income will increase. And as usage grows, our existing promotion of individual charities that provide goods and services will deliver more income for them too. And doing that will drive their ability to support even more people even better, creating a righteous cycle where the more we all do, the better it gets. Our Goal£20,000 will allow us to spend the summer developing, testing and delivering these vital upgrades and launching new services.We already have £5,000 pledged from our friends. With your help, we can close the gap and strengthen the small charity sector for the future.

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