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Some things in this section of our site won't cost you a penny, and some of them will cost you less than they might elsewhere... From free software to reduced prices for select professional services, ClearlySo is constantly finding & negotiating good deals for our members.

If you'd like to suggest a freebie, or are a service vendor with a discounted service to offer, then let us know.

From ClearlySo suppliers

40% off first 3 month's food waste collection PDF

Aardvark Recycling is pleased to offer ClearlySo members a 40% saving on your first 3 month’s collection costs if you sign up for a year to our food waste collection service. Not only can you divert your food waste from landfill but our social and environmental projects can also help you address your commitments to protecting the environment. For a free quote please call Natasha on 0845 337 2939.

Email to find out more

 



Great deals on award-winning eco car service

Green Tomato Cars is London’s first and largest environmentally friendly private hire operator.
We are inviting ClearlySo members to enjoy our award winning service at discounted rates.
       No admin charges for the first six months; and
       £20 credit on your account; or
       5% of all fares for the first six months

Call us on 020 83808900 or email us ref. GTCV1109

Get in touch



10% discount on award-winning recruitment service

How do you get a £30,000 employee for £15,000?
By recruiting exceptional part-time candidates!

With part-time hours, you can get expertise without the expense of a full-time salary. You can plug gaps in your staff’s skill-set without needing to create a full-time role.

Through award-winning Women Like Us, you can recruit high calibre employees, save money and increase your productivity. Call Jo Salen to see what we can do for you; ClearlySo members have a 10% discount.

Contact Jo at Women Like Us



Up to £250 off your mobile, broadband & landline bill + a free telecoms MOT

Here's a great landline, broadband or mobile package from ethical business The Phone Co-op. If your social business is starting up or expanding you could qualify for up to £250 worth of free telecoms services. You also get £20 off your first bill and a free telecoms MOT.

Find out more & apply here



Up to 50% off printing, mailing and fulfilment services

Paperworks is a social enterprise offering print finishing, direct mailing and fulfillment services as well as a range of printed and craft products. They are offering discounts of up to 50% off their services to ClearlySo members.

Contact Damien Handslip to apply



10% discount on managed payroll services for 1 year

STF offers a complete payroll management service so you can ensure your staff are paid accurately and on time. They also deal with PAYE, National Insurance, End of Year returns, sick pay, maternity pay and holiday pay plus keep up to date with ever changing rules and regulations.

STF are offering a 10% discount on their services for the first year, so if you're having a headache managing your payroll, why not contact Jacqui at STF to see if they can help?

Contact Jacqui Mitchell



    50% off room hire

    London Rebuilding Society are offering up to 50% off room hire at their Bonhill Street office in EC2, near Moorgate, Old Street and Liverpool Street stations. Their training and meeting rooms can accommodate up to 35 people.

    Apply through their web site



    15% off office furniture from social enterprise Re-Work

    Re-work sells high quality used and re-conditioned office furniture. What they don't use they recycle - all of it. Ask for Caroline Wherritt and mention ClearlySo

    Visit their website



    Free 1 to 1 confidence coaching session

    A free 40 minute 1-1 confidence coaching session over the phone. You bring your toughest and most stubborn challenges and together we create solutions and different ways of thinking to help you radiate the confidence you have hidden inside you.

    This is 40 minutes that has the chance to radically alter the way you live and work. You'll leave with a fresh understanding of yourself to help move things forward.

    Contact Sarah for info



    Free Communications Audit

    Source are pleased to offer a free communications and brand audit to all ClearlySo members. We’ll happily bring our experienced design team to your offices, taking an in-depth look at your communications materials and drafting an action plan of suggestions that could help you to make the most of your brand. If you’d like to find out more then contact Steven Fine on 0207 691 1923.

    Email Source to find out more



    60% member discount on Room Booking Software

    P-CED is offering Meeting Point Lite, powerful room booking software tool, as a desktop service to social and community organisations at a 33% reduced cost of £800 for 5 concurrent user licences.

    Email Jeff Mowatt to find out more



    Free interactive toolkit - Blueprints for Enterprise

    The free interactive toolkit has been developed with funding from London Councils in order to support Third Sector organisations. The aim is to help third sector business get through the demands of commercial life, such as: developing an asset base, analysing your competitive position, auditing and utilisation of resources and more. Sections include: Developing an asset base, Analysing expectations and objectives, Making a business case.

    Apply online (free)



    Free Volunteering Brokerage Service

    Non-profit Growing Ambitions provides a FREE volunteer brokerage service to employers keen to have employees speak about their jobs and careers to young people. A UK-wide service, volunteers speak in schools, colleges and universities in their communities.

    E-mail Sally Davis



    Free Graphics Consultation

    Greenhouse Graphics is offering a free consultation and 10% off all graphic design, commercial printing, and web development services.

    E-mail Sara Brown for details



    Free Recruitment Advertising Review

    Prospectus is a specialist recruitment communications & design agency. We design and place recruitment ads in the media for our clients, helping them save money, attract candidates and make an impact as an employer. We have an exclusive offer for Clearly So members: a free review of all your recruitment communications needs. We’ll evaluate your employer brand & media strategy & point you the right way. Contact Steven Fine on 0207 691 1923 or

    E-mail Steven at Prospectus



    Free pensions & retirement report & review

    Barchester Green Investment is the UKs longest established & largest provider of advice tailored for businesses in the social sector who are concerned about ethical and environmental issues. They are offering a free initial report and review of existing provision to ClearlySo members. This will cover: • Understanding the major issues from a personal and corporate perspective • Understanding tax relief and how it works • Choosing a scheme • How much do pensions cost • Investments

    Click through to their site



    Free communications audit + recommendations from award-winning PR company

    Ethical PR & marketing company Upward Curve PR are offering ClearlySo members a free 2 hour PR consultation & audit: free advice on improving your communications + a report with five recommendations.

    Contact Helen for your free consult



    Free IT consultation (worth £500) on web design and strategy

    Have extended their IT services to social businesses and members of ClearlySo.

    Learn about your free consultation



    London Rebuilding Society: Free finance training courses worth £250 for Social Enterprises

    London Rebuilding Society provides loan finance and business support to social enterprises in the Greater London area. They are offering free finance training courses for social enterprises.

    Click for free finance courses



    Happy Ltd: Free book on improving the working environment from an award winning company PDF

    This e-book was written by the people from Happy Ltd. It uses fictional but realistic case studies to illustrate the concepts that have led Happy to win so many awards for its working environment and training courses.

    Read the book!



    The Meditation Foundation

    Are offering 10% off all company meditation practices to social businesses and members of ClearlySo.com.

    E-mail to begin your meditating



    Free guide to starting a Co-operative PDF

    A free guide to starting your own democratically controlled business, provided by Co-operatives UK.

    Download this guide



    Member offer: 25% off executive coaching sessions

    Momentum Associates are offering 25% off a series of 6 executive coaching sessions for senior leaders of social enterprises and charities. Just mention the ClearlySo website when you contact Momentum.

    Visit their site



    Member offer: Free training programmes worth £1100. Coming up - Maximising Tender Opportunities & Effective Business Planning

    Free training & workshops covering general procurement (maximizing tender opportunities, business and financial planning, marketing) and environmental practices (to obtain environmental accreditation). Please contact Suzanne and mention ClearlySo

    E-mail Suzanne



    Free Services For Business pack

    We know start-up business finances are tight, but if the worse happens you must be prepared. The pack gives info on Income Protection, Key Person Cover and Partnership protection. For those with a growing social enterprise, you will benefit from Group Pensions Schemes & Life Cover.

    We offer you a free initial consultation face to face or over the phone. We are based in Manchester but work with clients and businesses throughout the UK.

    Email Helen for more info



    Does your organisation need extra business support?

    CAN Engage matches the skills of corporate executives with the business needs of third sector organisations.  Can Engage is offering free project support to third sector organisations. Participants must commit to providing feedback and taking part in events with CAN and their corporate partners.

    Fill out their survey




    And some free stuff that we use

    Audacity: Sound editing

    Audacity allows you to record live audio and edit, cut, copy and combine sound files (MP3, WAV or AIFF). It also lets you convert tapes and records into CDs or digital recordings.

    Competitious: Easy competitor tracking

    Competitious allows you to manage a list of competitors, clip and archive any important information about them, build a comparison matrix, subscribe to feeds and much more.

    Fireshot: Intelligent screenshots

    Only for Mozilla Firefox, this add-on allows you to take screenshots and, afterwards, to edit and to annotate them. It also enables you to save, host, copy and email them to other people.

    Free project management: List of free project management software

    This page provides a broad overview of free project management software, including desktop applications, web-based services or web-based systems, which will help you keep your projects organised.

    FreeMind: Mindmapping programme

    Freemind allows you to draw mindmaps online, useful for project management or just idea mapping. It also lets you embed links to websites and documents.

    Gimp: Image manipulation

    GIMP is a free alternative to Photoshop. It’s fast, accessible and has a wide range of tools; it allows you to convert between image formats, to create, enhance, resize and crop graphics, alter colours, and to combine images.

    Mikogo: Online screensharing

    Mikogo allows other users to see your screen and can be used for online meetings, online presentations, product demos and much more.

    Ning: Off-the-peg social network

    With Ning, you can set up your own social network with its own individual design, choice of features and member data. The free version of Ning has some ads in the margins, but you can control these for a monthly fee.

    Open Office: Free alternative to MS Office

    A collection of applications that work together closely to provide the features expected from a modern office suite. Many of the components are designed to mirror those available in Microsoft Office.

    Project2manage: Project management software

    This is a flexible web-based tool that allows you to manage your projects from anywhere. Use it to set up milestones and to do lists, post messages to project participants, and create and edit documents… and more.

    Screenjelly

    "Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it as a video via Twitter or email."

    Slideshare: Slideshow sharing

    This searchable repository is the first place to go if you want to find a professional powerpoint presentation or PDF on any given subject. It also enables you to upload, share and integrate your slide shows with your site/blog.

    Zapgrab: Intelligent screenshots 2

    Zapgrab is a small programme to take screenshots that allows you to select the part of the screen that you want to capture. This image can then be pasted into any graphic editor or word processing software.

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