{"id":4425,"date":"2024-10-07T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/?page_id=4425"},"modified":"2024-10-07T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T13:39:26","slug":"a-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/a-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/404\/2024\/10\/A-Good-Thing.png\" alt=\"A Good Thing, info graphic and name with 3 square logo\" class=\"wp-image-4426\" style=\"width:274px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoodthing.org.uk\/\">A Good Thing<\/a> is an award-winning non-profit online platform that matches wonderful UK charities with organisations that have things to donate: helping charities while providing organisations with an ethical means of disposing of unwanted goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally anything can be given away to charities via A Good Thing. All sorts of weird and wonderful items have been already saved from landfill via the platform \u2013 from theatre props, T shirts and stationery to aluminium cans, laptops and candles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umbrellas have gone to a charity supporting people with complex mental health needs. Greetings cards have gone to a project for women in prison. Gorgeous organic blankets have gone to vulnerable new mums. Furniture and paint have gone to a community space. Babygros have gone to families of people affected by substance misuse. 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