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The Social Change Nest

Our fiscal hosting service removes financial barriers so that you can focus on making change.

About


The Social Change Nest


Our fiscal hosting services remove financial barriers so that you can focus on making change. We give you the tools and support to scale and create impact, without imposing any structures that could hinder your amazing work.

As the sister of The Social Change Agency, we have 10 years experience in the nonprofit sector. We have a deep understanding of civil society - the barriers to getting started, and the fiscal and administrative needs of groups and individual changemakers.

Check out our website to learn all about The Social Change Nest. Open Collective also has a comprehensive Gitbook here.  

Our fiscal hosting service


Our service can help you if:

1. You’ve been holding group funds in a personal bank account and it’s starting to cause headaches
2. You want to receive and manage funds in a more transparent and collaborative way
3. You’re struggling with the admin of running a group and could use some support
4. You’d benefit from being part of a community of groups and movements, with access to shared resources and networks
5. You’re growing fast and need help understanding how to do it responsibly

Additional support 


We’re always looking for new ways to build capacity, community and infrastructure. All with the aim of helping community groups like yours to thrive. Here are just a few ways we do this:

  • Funding opportunities: We share relevant opportunities across our networks. And we highlight partners that can help with grant applications and other funding options.

  • Resources: We gather and share relevant resources and services through our website and other comms channels.

  • Community building: Through events (both in-person and virtual) and our Discord community, we bring like-minded groups together to collaborate, connect and learn.

  • Capacity building: We offer additional support where needed, for example in strategy, comms and marketing, and building out governance structures.

Fees 


We charge a one-off onboarding fee of £42, and 5% from the money we host on your behalf. We also provide a grant management service. This means that you can apply for formal grants using us as a host. Please get in touch with us if you’re interested in this grant management. 

Questions? 


If you have any questions please get in touch by calling us on 07712 872277 or emailing [email protected]

To find out more about The Social Change Nest and our team, check out our website

Our team

Contributions


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Events

The Social Change Nest is hosting the following events.

Past event
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News from The Social Change Nest

Updates on our activities and progress.

We’re changing banks!

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Published on December 17, 2024 by The Social Change Nest

A message from Coco

Hi folks,I’m Coco and I work at The Social Change Nest to onboard new groups to the wonderful platform that is Open Collective. I’m also here to help you with any queries. As a strong believer in people power and the active role of communit...
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Published on December 6, 2024 by The Social Change Nest

Win £500 by completing our survey

Hey there 👋We hope you’re ok and the winter weather hasn’t made you too chilly! ❄️In case you didn’t see our email, we’re offering you a chance to win a 💸 £500 donation 💸 into your group's Open Collective account for helping us with our...
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Published on December 2, 2024 by The Social Change Nest

Conversations

Let’s get the discussion going! This is a space for the community to converse, ask questions, say thank you, and get things done together.

Monday expense and other issues.

Published on June 5, 2024 by J P

Hi it's John from Bristol Copwatch I am one of our finance admins. I wondered if you can clarify processing times we are from time to time running into issues with money being released. I appreciate last time it was a bank holiday however t...

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Hello, Im not understanding the Pricing

Published on October 19, 2023 by Lea Guzzo

Hello, I notice that at the top of this profile, there is written Host Fees: 0%, but at the bottom, there is written 5% on money held + 7% on grant + upfront payment. Can you explain because I don't understand how these pieces of informatio...

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Queen's Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund

Published on January 25, 2022 by The Social Change Nest

We have come across a potential grant opportunity that we think could be of interest to you: Queen's Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund -...

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

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Today’s balance

£144,815.21 GBP

Total income

£3,823,056.02 GBP

Total disbursed

£3,678,240.81 GBP

Estimated annual budget

£923,743.89 GBP

Transactions

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Added funds #816478
-£1,000.00GBP
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+£3,334.00GBP
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-£250.00GBP
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+£250.00GBP
Completed
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+£1,000.00GBP
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