“Calculated generosity” – the words sunk to the bottom of my heart like two heavy weights. Sometimes the truth is too hard to handle so we ignore it in hopes it will go away. But in two stinging words my mother had called it – the people I’d let into my life, the ones I […]
Introducing our first post from guest blogger Carrie Leaver of Social Agents Impact Consulting. Carrie is a strong advocate for social entrepreneurship and a hustler for South African dreams. In this first post on social impact, she reveals how we could be standing in our own way when it comes to addressing social issues, and how to step […]
This week we’re excited to bring you the first in our series of monthly guest bloggers! Meet Malcolm Boyd, Founding and Managing Partner of Third Sector Insights, an incredible organisation bridging the gap between the corporate and third sector world. Over to Malcolm to explain a bit more about what he does and why it’s […]
We’re so often bombarded with bad press about our country that it can become difficult to see the wood for the trees. Words like poverty, unemployment and inequality are constantly kicked around like dead leaves, obscuring our view of the positivity and strength rooted deep within the soil of South Africa. Rather than get bogged […]
We are very excited to announce that Brownie Points is in the top 10 selected startups to team up with Startupbootcamp Cape Town! Startupbootcamp – backed by sponsors: Old Mutual, RCS, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Nedbank, Woolworths Financial Services and PwC – helps high-growth startups achieve in just 3 months what would normally take 18 months or […]
When it comes to issues like poor sanitation, lack of housing, limited access to energy or unsatisfactory healthcare – problems faced by millions of South Africans – if it doesn’t affect us personally, our response is too often to hand these responsibilities over to someone else. But it comes a time when we need to […]
We know that the social sector in South Africa could use some help… Governments prioritise military over social development budgets and now our own social grants are being withheld. Furthermore, over 170 000 nonprofits are registered in South Africa alone, without any sign of slowing down. Isolated groups of passionate individuals are coming together to address key […]
Most enterprises need funding to spend on two vital areas: Salaries and marketing. Every organisation needs to compensate a competent team to drive their operations, as well as the means to get their message to the right audience. If an organisation were a car, the team is the engine, while marketing is the fuel. Without either of […]