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WE ARE A SOCIAL, SUSTAINABLE, ENTERPRISE

A SOCIAL MISSION

Benefacto is a social enterprise on a mission to engage more professional people in meaningful volunteering. Done right, Employee Volunteering strengthens the over-stretched charity sector and enhances the service received by those in need. It develops the skills of all involved, creates a cross pollination of ideas between different groups in our society and builds a greater understanding of how to support others in overcoming the challenges they face.

A Sustainable Approach

At the forefront of our every decision is ensuring the impact we have on our workforce, suppliers, the environment and the community is a positive one. A platitude in a glossy report this is not: Benefacto is one of the UK's founding BCorps which means we're certified as having rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

The Power of Enterprise

At Benefacto we achieve our social mission through providing a valuable service to our charity partners. These activities are funded by a host of consulting, communications and brokerage services we provide to businesses to engage their workforces in volunteering. Our workforce combines the best of the private and third sectors. We are principled, creative, technologically innovative and efficient.

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Benefacto have won the "Best for the World - Customers" award 2016 for creating the most overall positive customer impact! We have been recognised for creating the most positive overall community impact by B the Change and B Corp

About The Team

Linz Darlington

Founder and CEO
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Linz Darlington was inspired to start Benefacto when he worked as a management consultant for Accenture. With three paid days off a year to spend volunteering, he had a tough time choosing a local charity where his skills could make a real impact. These days he spends his life matching talented professionals with amazing charities. Contact Linz via linz@benefacto.org.

Lucy Hayim

Head of Operations
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Lucy is Benefacto's Head of Operations. Lucy works closely with the Benefacto team and our corporate members to help build volunteering engagement. She is also keen to ensure that our clients and volunteers are getting the most out of our services. Lucy is always at the end of the phone or a short train ride away from helping companies launch, plan and review their employee volunteering efforts. Contact lucy@benefacto.org If you'd like to have a chat about volunteering at your company and find out more about Benefacto.

Ben Darlington

Head of Membership Services
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Ben Darlington looks after new partnerships and possibilities at Benefacto. He has been involved with the project since its inception back in 2012, building the website and developing the graphic design. He is always looking for ways for charities, businesses and social enterprises to work together. If you'd like to work with Benefacto talk to Ben at ben@benefacto.org.

Doug Chang

North West Manager
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Doug is the North West Manager at Benefacto. He helps companies in Manchester and Leeds build and run high impact volunteering programmes. Doug also liaises with charity partners and volunteers to make sure North West operations run smoothly. Contact doug@benefacto.org if you are a company, charity or volunteer wanting to find out more about Benefacto North West.

Stevie Back

Charity Partnerships and Volunteer Coordinator
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Stevie mans our front line. She looks after the fantastic charities that Benefacto partners with in London and ensures that each and every volunteer uses their time to make a real impact. If you're a charity who'd like to find out more about working with Benefacto and our amazing volunteers please email her at hello@benefacto.org

Josh Gomes

Web Developer
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Josh is Benefacto's Web Developer and he ensures that Benefacto's digital platform works smoothly and efficiently by developing new technologies and looking after all the inner workings of Benefacto's website.

Khalid Najm

Sales and Marketing Executive
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Khalid is a Physics graduate and Benefacto’s Sales & Marketing Executive. He scouts for opportunities to link companies with charities and looks for ways to raise awareness around employee volunteering with Benefacto. Khalid is a real people person who enjoys finding creative ways to help others with their volunteering programmes.

Molly Lipson

Community Executive
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Molly is our Community Executive and her aim is to get as many people out volunteering as possible. She works on comms and materials to ensure charities get the help they need when they need it.

Anna Rozzi

Charity Partnerships and Volunteer Coordinator
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Anna works alongside Stevie and our charity partners to ensure that volunteers make the most of their volunteering days. In particular, she works closely with both charities and volunteers to ensure that team volunteering is manageable and beneficial to both sides. If you’re a volunteer wanting to set up some team volunteering for your team, please email Anna at london@benefacto.org

The Benefacto Board

Pauline Broomhead

Founder and CEO, FSI
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Pauline is a non-executive director of Benefacto and helps to strengthen our social mission and impact. Her career has centred around championing small charities and has a passion for enabling them to achieve their full potential. She is the founding CEO of the Federation for Social Improvement which provides GDP2.7m of free learning opportunities to small charities each year.

Claire Chapman

General Counsel and Company Secretary, DMGT
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Claire is a non-executive director of Benefacto and provides support in developing the infrastructure around Benefacto's operations and ensuring effective governance as we grow. Claire is an experienced company director and is the Company Secretary and General Counsel for DMGT. Claire also chairs DMGT's Corporate Responsibility Committee.

Rachel Friend

MD London, Weber Shandwick
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Rachel is a non-executive director of Benefacto, helping develop greater awareness of our mission and brand, and position us effectively within the external environment. Rachel is the Managing Director of Weber Shandwick London where she has worked on award-winning campaigns including for EDF, MasterCard and Samsung, and brings experience of leading and growing a successful B2B business.

John McLaren Stewart

MD, Andrew Thompson & Associates
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John is a non-executive director of Benefacto. He supports us through his experience of creating long-term, valuable relationships with his corporate and charity clients within the insurance sector. Having built and sold his own business, he is now the Managing Director for Andrew Thompson & Associates. John has extensive experience as a charity trustee and sits on the National Enterprise Council.

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"By bringing together companies looking for ways to make staff volunteering easy with charities that need their support, Benefacto helps even more people give something back to their local communities."

David Cameron