Who benefits from the GuideStar UK website?
• People in need have an easy way to find a source of help or support. • Charities can demonstrate the public benefit they provide and improve their own understanding of the work of other organisations in their field. The site provides smaller charities with a high profile web presence leading to much wider public recognition than they can achieve alone. • Donors can more easily identify charities working in areas of interest to them. • Funders can use charity entries on the website to evaluate grant applicants and plan grant programmes. • Researchers can use GuideStar UK data as the foundation for their research, reducing the need for expensive and time-consuming questionnaires. • Policy Makers can monitor trends in charitable activity by sector and location or highlight areas of charitable need that are underserved. • Society generally has increased access to information about the work of charities.
