Grant #142379 to Plymouth Octopus (POP)
Bra bank donation stations
Paid
Grant #142379
Submitted by Madeleine Matthews•Approved by Rowan Edwards
Jun 3, 2023
Request Details
In October 2022 we launched our ’Support Us To Support You’ campaign which aims to; raise awareness of the many benefits of wearing the right fitted bra, highlight, how like a bra, The Primrose Foundation supports your breasts and also the importance of attending your mammogram.
In April 2023 we added an extension to this campaign called ‘The Big Bra Drop’ which was designed to encourage local people to donate new or nearly new bras to us so that we could give them new life and resell them on Vinted.com.
The hope was that not only would this campaign raise essential funds for our charity, but it would also offer local people an opportunity to purchase hugely discounted good quality bras which would allow more people the opportunity to wear the right fitted bra, this would then in-turn decrease unnecessary breast pain due to wearing the wrong fitted bra.
We also offer our community the opportunity to purchase new post-surgery bras and donate them to us too so that those who have undergone surgery such as a single or double mastectomy can buy a mastectomy bra for a fraction of the cost.
This campaign has attracted lots of interest and we are thrilled to confirm that bra donations are coming to us in the bag load. When the campaign strategy was first put together, we collectively agreed to fund 10 bra bank donation stations at a cost of £248, these donation stations have now been delivered however we are now receiving weekly requests from local businesses who want to get involved in this campaign too.
We would therefore like to apply for a further £250 grant from you so that we can purchase an additional 10 bra bank donation stations so that we can not only reach a wider audience but also increase our bra donations too which will sequentially increase essential funds for our charity.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BRA BANKS HAVE NOT BEEN PURCHASED AS WE ARE AWAITING FUNDING TO ENABLE US TO PURCHASE THEM.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BRA BANKS HAVE NOT BEEN PURCHASED AS WE ARE AWAITING FUNDING TO ENABLE US TO PURCHASE THEM.
£250.00 GBP
Total amount £250.00 GBP
Additional Information
payout method
Bank account
Details
********Collective balance
Expense policies
Expense policies
Expense Policy
Applications
Applications
- You must be a POP member organisation with a turnover below £100,000 to apply for 250 a POP
- Applications are made at https://bit.ly/250-a-POP
- Applications must attach a bank statement corresponding to whichever account you would like your grant award to be paid into.
Decision Making
- POP will decide which qualifying applications it will approve at a monthly online Zoom meeting. Decisions will be made by lottery.
- Organisations that are successful in this lottery will have to wait 12 months before reapplying for the fund.
- POP will only pay organisations that it has instructed to submit expenses on Open Collective.
Submitting an Expense:
- Expense claims must include either a receipt for an expense raised in the past 6 months, or evidence of an expense to raise within the next calendar month. The evidence for future purposes will be a detailed explanation of will be purchased, together with an invoice or purchase order.
Open Collective Process
- We aim to process expenses within a week. If an organisation that POP has instructed to submit an expense needs to be refunded more quickly, please get in touch via [email protected]
Expenses covered (non-exhaustive)
- Individual support: Food, Prescriptions & medicine, Essential household items, Topping up utilities (eg. gas, electric, phone, water)
- Volunteer transport & travel
- Training
- Equipment
- Someone’s time
- Limits/not covered
- Up to £250 per claim
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Collective balance
£3,150.43 GBPFiscal Host:
The Social Change Nest