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Partners, not just funders: Linx Youth Project’s first Match My Project success

What happens when businesses stop seeing community organisations as beneficiaries and start seeing them as partners? The story of Linx Youth Project’s new kitchen shows exactly what’s possible when organisations align around shared purpose rather than simply a transaction. Meet Linx Youth Project Linx Youth Project has been supporting young people for over 30 years, […]

Two younger individuals wear black aprons with "Cooking Together". One is holding a bag of grated cheese over a pizza base on the counter, while the other looks on.

Mastering your profile: How to add, remove and manage team members

Keeping your organisation’s account up to date is essential for both security and efficiency. You can manage your team directly through your Profile page. Whether you are onboarding a new colleague or handing over responsibilities, here is how you can manage your team’s access: ✨ Keep your account more secure. By managing your team yourself, […]


Beat the April reset: lock in efficiency with Match My Project

As we approach the new financial year, UK public sector and housing leaders face a familiar challenge: maximising remaining 2025 budgets while shielding 2026/27 plans from inflationary pressures. At Match My Project, we’ve engineered our Q4 Efficiency Deal to help you implement our Social Value delivery platform while simplifying the path to a Direct Award.  […]


Match My Project: 2025 Wrapped

A year of building Social Value in practice By the time December rolls around, it’s tempting to reduce a year to a handful of metrics. Numbers are neat. They give the impression of clarity. But anyone who works in Social Value knows the real story is rarely that simple. This year, more than anything else, […]

Match My Project 2025 Wrapped: Blue graphic with the text ‘Social Value 2025 Wrapped’ and ‘A year of impact delivered through Match My Project.’ Decorative yellow star icons appear in the top right, the Match My Project ‘M’ logo is in the bottom right, and the hashtag ‘#MMP2025WRAPPED’ is shown near the bottom

The Rotary Club of Chichester Harbour: Celebrating 40 projects

How 25 years of community expertise has shaped The Rotary Club of Chichester Harbour’s approach to rising demand The Rotary Club of Chichester Harbour has just completed their 40th project on Match My Project, working with 21 different suppliers to get essential resources to families and individuals in need. For over 25 years, they’d built […]

Volunteers from Chichester Harbour Rotary Club supporting the town's food bank with their clothes bank.

Supplier of the month: Novus Property Solutions – building community, maintaining trust

Supplier of the month: Novus Property Solutions Grown from family beginnings with the Seddon brothers George and John, Novus Property Solutions has spent 128 years building a national reputation as an award-winning, leading specialist in the construction and maintenance industry — all while staying firmly rooted in the family values of integrity, respect, loyalty for […]


How Buggies 4 Brum turned collaboration into powerful citywide support — and national BBC coverage

“One mother had to use a shopping trolley to take her child to a medical appointment.” In January 2024, Birmingham PlayCare Network launched its Safe Sleep Scheme with Thrive Together Birmingham, Spurgeons and Barnardo’s to give families cots and Moses baskets. While working on that project, their Business Development Manager, Emma Martin, realised the need […]

PlayCare Network's Emma Martin at the Buggies 4 Brum campaign launch. Photo: Samuel Singer

Oxford City Council’s matching event: Bringing local organisations together for practical, purpose-driven collaboration

At the start of November, Oxford City Council welcomed more than 30 local organisations at Oxford Town Hall for a Match My Project networking event designed to strengthen connections between businesses and community groups for Social Value collaboration. Setting the Scene: Why Match My Project Matters The event opened with Oxford City Council’s Head of Economy, City Centre […]

Photo of attendees gathered for the Oxford City Council matching event, facing a presenter and screen at the front of the room.

Match My Project launches in Croydon: Strengthening communities by embedding Social Value

In mid-November, the Match My Project team headed down to South London to take part in Croydon Council’s Procurement Act and Social Value event and to celebrate the official launch of their Match My Project platform — another win for connecting communities. The session spotlighted the Procurement Act 2023 — which gave a greater share of public sector […]