Benefits for your cause

This information is for charities, churches, and community organisations only. If you represent a school, you can find information in Brightideas.today for schools. If you run a business and would like to raise funds for a good cause for a local good cause for free, visit Brightideas.today for Business.

What is Brightideas.today?
Brightideas.today is a new online news magazine, but we’re a little different in a couple of ways. Firstly we’re wholly focused on positive news, the good things that are going on around the UK and the World that tend to get squeezed out of mainstream media, and secondly because 100% of our profits go to schools, charities, and community groups.

Every subscriber to Brightideas.today has to nominate a beneficiary when they subscribe. This can be any not-for-profit organisation that benefits the community (a full list of eligible organisations is available here), and yours could be one of them…

To participate in any of our free programmes please click on the appropriate button at the bottom of this page.

How Can Your Organisation Benefit?
BECOME A BENEFICIARY
Your cause could receive income from our subscriptions. Not for profit organisations receive 50% of the weekly net income¹ for each subscriber that names them as beneficiary. Additionally, they also receive a proportionate share of the annual profits from Brightideas.today, which is divided amongst our beneficiaries (click here for more information). None of our profits are paid to shareholders.

ONLINE SHOPPING MALL
You can reach shoppers across the UK via our online shopping mall, with no fees or commissions to pay. All sales are paid directly by the customer into your causes Paypal account without fees or commissions. It is entirely up to you how many products you put in your shop, and whether you sell new or used items.

CLASSIFIED ADS AND AUCTIONS
Specific items can be put into our classified ads section or forthcoming online auctions. Again there are no fees or commissions to pay. Our auctions will be primarily aimed at selling vintage, quirky, or unusual items sought by collectors.

NEWS AND FEATURES
You can also promote your organisation and projects via our news pages and features totally free of charge. Our news sections can be used to announce and report specific events, etc. whereas features are more in-depth and can be used to explain the work or history of your organisation. All we ask is that news and features are positive and uplifting, not direct cash appeals, and comply with our usual editorial policies.

VOLUNTEER APPEALS
Additionally your organisation can place appeals for volunteers and goods in our community section free of charge. 

How do Your Supporters Benefit?
BENEFICIARIES
Aside from the benefits for your organisation, we also have to make sure there are benefits for any of your supporters that choose to take a full subscription (after their free trial).

A subscription to Brightideas.today is not a donation (they can do that directly), our magazine is a high quality product designed to inform and entertain it’s subscribers. A product that would be excellent value for money, even if it were not raising money for causes.

For less than the price of a cup of coffee each week subscribers receive:

• Positive news from around the UK and around the globe.
• Features on a wide variety of subjects.
• Discount codes and offers worth £1,000’s.
• Free downloadable ebooks.
• Days out guides.
• Nights out directories.
• Live theatre, comedy, and music what’s on guides (with direct online booking).
• Big prize draws.
• Free classified ads.
• 24/7 Online craft market, fine food fair, antiques market, speciality shopping mall, and charity shopping mall².
• Puzzles and brain teasers.

We can even offer prize competitions that are exclusive to your supporters³.

Your supporters can subscribe for 4 weeks for free, without adding credit card details, etc. If they like what they see they can upgrade this to a paid for subscription, otherwise it will expire without charge. This is because we want all subscribers to be happy with their subscription before they pay for it.

It is our policy to deliberately keep subscription rates at a level that should be affordable to most people, and make sure that in most cases they will be able to get more than their subscription back in discounts alone.

What Does Your Organisation have to do?
BENEFICIARIES
Not much! If your causes name is entered into the beneficiary box by a subscriber, that subscription supports your organisation, and it is paid every monthª, it’s as simple as that! If selected as a beneficiary by one of more of our subscribers, your will receive this as a donation (at the rates shown here).

Needless to say, we’d like beneficiaries to let their supporters know about us via usual channels, but there is no obligation to do so.

ONLINE SHOPPING MALL
Just register as a vendor for free, then you can set up a shop for your organisation using our setup panel. Once your shop is approved you can begin selling right away with no fees or commissions.

CLASSIFIED ADS AND AUCTIONS
After registering as a vendor for free, just place your ad using the classified ad form, buyers can then contact you by phone, email, or a direct link to your online shop if you have one.

Items can be listed in our auctions using the auction entry form, as always without fees or commissions. Auctions will be available shortly.

NEWS AND FEATURES
You can submit a news item or feature using our online forms. News items here and features here. We cannot guarantee publication of all submissions but will do our best.

You can submit a news item or feature using our online forms. News items here and features here. We cannot guarantee publication of all submissions, but as long as they comply with our usual publication guidelines we’ll do our best.

VOLUNTEER APPEALS
Just place an appeal in our community section using this form.

What are Your Organisations Obligations?
BENEFICIARIES
None. If your supporters subscribe their agreement is with us. All liability is ours. Our aim is to be transparent, so we commit to supply you with statistical data regarding relevant subscriptions on demand. Personal information on individuals (email addresses, etc.) cannot of course be shared.

Our only stipulation is that representation of Brightideas.today and it’s relationship with your cause is fair and truthful. Under no circumstances may subscriptions be sold using any method other that the official Brightideas.today subscription page.

ONLINE SHOPPING MALL
There are no fees to pay, and payment is made directly into your organisations Paypal account. Some products cannot be sold via our online shops. A list of exclusions can be found here. Terms and conditions for use of the Charity Shopping Mall can be found here.

CLASSIFIED ADS AND AUCTIONS
All we ask is that the items sold are described fairly and accurately, and that a fair and equitable returns policy is in operation. All items sold must be safe to use, where they do not comply with any legal regulation, this must be clearly stated. Some products cannot be sold via our classified ads or online auctions. A list of exclusions can be found here.

NEWS AND FEATURES
The only real obligation is the same as for any submission to Brightideas.today and that is that the information contained within it is true,  accurate, and (where appropriate) independently verifiable.

VOLUNTEER APPEALS
All we require is that appeals are clear and accurate as to what is required and the tasks to be undertaken. Appeals for goods or services must also adhere to these requirements.

What are the Full Terms and Conditions for Beneficiaries?
Terms and Conditions for beneficiaries may be found here.

Further Information

GENERAL INFORMATION
PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMMES

¹ After tax and payment processing fees.

² Coming soon.

³ Subject to a minimum number of subscribers.

ª Minimum payment is normally £30. Where a payment would constitute less than this amount, it would normally be held over till a balance of £30 has been accrued.