What makes us different?
After just 5 years, we are already among the top 2% of UK charities by donation. And we aim to do things differently, thinking and acting like a truly commercial business.
Most of our donations come from the products and services sold by Global Ethics under the One brand name. More importantly, we will never:
- Rattle tins or hire street collectors
- Ask for direct debit contributions
- Run big public-facing fundraising
And we run a very efficient operation
- Low admin fees
- Every penny of our donations traceable to the specific project it is funding
- Sale to site timeframe down to c.16 weeks – we don’t hold donations for years before they change lives
We offer a hand up, not a hand out. And we remove barriers to progress, eg. bringing water to schools so children can get the education they deserve.
Our ambition is to become a leading edge charity that thinks and acts like a business. Our business is special because its customers are “life changers” – they buy One products to positively change the lives of people less fortunate than themselves.
Our Trustees
- Duncan Goose - Global Ethics
- Lindsey McMurray - RBS
- Alisa Swidler - Millennium Promise
- Kene Umeasiegbu - The Carbon Trust
- Paul Robinson- Alquity
- Simon Devonshire - O2
Julie Devonshire is the CEO of The One Foundation
