localgiving.org

What It Is

Localgiving.org is a UK-based charitable crowdfunding and fundraising platform founded in 2010, wholly owned by a charitable foundation. Its core mission is to fill the digital fundraising gap for small grassroots charity groups across the UK, helping local community organisations that lack technical resources build online fundraising capacity. To date, it has helped thousands of charities raise a cumulative total of hundreds of millions of pounds.

Core Features & Pricing

The platform's services cater to three types of users:

• For charitable organisations: It offers a full suite of online fundraising tools, including social-focused crowdfunding pages, UK-exclusive Gift Aid tax relief processing, and AI-assisted grant application writing.
• For individual fundraisers: It supports custom, targeted fundraising campaigns for charitable causes.
• For funders: It provides tools for shortlisting candidate projects, matching gift management, and grant distribution.

Pricing operates on a membership subscription model with multiple tiers that support both monthly and annual billing. New users can start with a free trial. Specific tier pricing is not publicly disclosed, and existing subscribers will not be subject to price increases without advance notice.

Pros & Cons

Advantages:
The platform accommodates both registered charities and unregistered small community groups (such as PTAs and "Friends of" groups), lowering the barrier to entry for small organisations. The AI-powered grant application tool helps inexperienced small groups boost their approval success rate, and its 95.2% member recommendation rate speaks to the strong reputation of its customer support and overall service experience.

Disadvantages:
The drawback is very clear: the platform only accepts registrations from charities operating in the UK that hold a UK bank account, making it completely unusable for users based in other regions. For groups with very small fundraising volumes, the fixed cost of the subscription model is higher than what you would pay on platforms that use a percentage-based fee structure.

Who It's For & Accessibility

This platform is only suitable for grassroots charitable organisations operating in the UK, and members of the public who want to donate to support UK local causes. The website is directly accessible from mainland China, no VPN required.