Social Enterprises | Inspired Action

Takecare bnb

Takecarebnb makes it possible that refugees who hold a residence permit can temporarily stay with Dutch host families while waiting for their own home.

About Takecare bnb

The Netherlands are confronted with large groups of refugees. People who can no longer live in safety in their own country and are forced to leave their homes. Here they are temporarily housed in AZC’s (asylum centers), waiting for a residence permit. Those who obtain a ‘status’ and are allowed to live and work in the Netherlands, often wait for months in AZC’s on a house of their own. These centers are spread throughout the country, but at the same time isolated from Dutch society: refugees are during that period restricted in contact with the Dutch language, culture and customs.

Many people are willing to help. For example, by taking them into their home, while they are waiting for an own home. COA (Central Agency for the Shelter of Asylum Seekers) offers a stay arrangement with Dutch families of up to three months. Takecarebnb arranges a solid matching between refugees and host families. This way Takecarebnb contributes to the integration of the refugees on the one hand and on the other hand we offer families the opportunity to offer help in a concrete and at the same time life enriching manner.

Take care bnb met Helen at the Impact Hub whilst she was co-hosting a seminar on fundraising for start-up Social Entrepreneurs. We were curious about what she was saying so arranged a follow up meeting and weren’t disappointed.

Take care bnb had reached a point of explosive growth in all areas and knew we had to have better infrastructure to attract more funding and keep the organisation sustainable in the future. Helen listened to our situation and was encouraging yet pragmatic whilst being enthusiastic. She gave helpful advice about what she thought would help our situation and the practical steps to move forward from where we are to where we would like to get to.

Since meeting with Helen we have taken her advice on board and have managed to move to the next stage of our development in a very positive way. We would recommend Helen and IFC Netherlands to any start up or small Social Entrepreneur who needs assistance with strategy, guidance, fundraising or just some helpful ideas. Jonna Klijnsma

Fundraising & Communication , Take Care BnB

paydup

PaydUp allows donors to roundup their spending to the nearest euro, and using virtual ‘spare change’ donate to a charity of their choice. By making ‘unrestricted income’ easier to generate, charities can focus on carrying out their good work

About paydup

As more and more fundraising and donations are being made online, PaydUp want to fulfill the desire to give, by offering an online donation box.

With every transaction, the consumer is asked if they would like to round up their payment to the nearest euro with the difference going to a charity of their choice.

It is estimated that millions could be raised for hundreds of good causes in this way.

Helen is a founder of PaydUp and is currently working on developing this facility in order to roll out to payment providers across Europe.

Wikifund

Wikfund is THE website for fundraisers by fundraisers. Funded by crowdfunding, the website will be run as a community, encouraging contributions from all over the world.

About Wikifund

Mission

The IFCs Mission for Wikifund is to supply and maintain a website platform for fundraisers and everything to do with fundraising and Social Entrepreneurship funding. Wikifund will provide all of the latest up to date news, information, education, courses, presentations, jobs, events and blogs from the leading lights in the industry. It will be an online meeting place for all fundraisers internationally.

Values

Vision

The IFC’s vision for Wikifund is to have one source of all of the information any fundraiser would need in one place. The goal of this is so that fundraisers internationally can easily gain knowledge and expertise by sourcing it on the Wikifund site. With education gained from the site, fundraisers and Social Entrepreneurs will have the knowledge and insight to be able to do their jobs even better. The profession as a whole will be lifted to the next level and in turn more money will be generated and raised for the causes the fundraisers are connected to.

Bag Appetite

(working Title)

Building an enterprise around sustainable promotional items. Items are desirable, must-have and want-to-have items that contribute to a better world.

About Bag Appetite

Whereas promotional items are both disposable and a symbol of our wasteful culture, we turn that around and make promotion items make sustainable sense.

Promoting a better world. We make innovative, sustainable products available for large audiences by helping struggling social and environmental entrepreneurs upscale to supply this to the consumer through large distribution channels.

VISION

Every promotional project is unique, has a story behind it and stands for a cause. All of these projects together, creates a large scale social good and makes our business unique.