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Funding gets the work started. Skills help it last.
A grant can be approved in an afternoon. Making sure it lands on a problem the NPO can solve takes longer. Most NPOs are well run. But running a shelter, a reading programme or a sewing project is a ...
What South African corporate volunteering looks like when it lasts
On Tuesday 6 October, forgood held a one-hour webinar hosted by CEO Romy Heldsinger, to mark the 2026 UN International Year of the Volunteer. Three South African organisations answered one question: ...
Giving back doesn't always look like volunteering
Employee giving is often pictured as a big, occasional thing: a day on site, a bus to a community project. Lombard and Credeq's Movember campaign made the opposite case. For employees, giving back in ...
Volunteering concepts October 2026 - February 2027
Behind every concept is a real person. Below is a guide with eight volunteering concepts you can run in your business between October 2026 and February 2027 — each one tied to a real calendar moment, ...
Giving in South Africa: time and skills are becoming as valuable as money
Giving in South Africa: time and skills are becoming as valuable as money Nedbank Private Wealth’s Giving Report VI reveals that generosity remains deeply embedded among affluent South Africans. In ...
The Information Regulator Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud. South Africa's NPOs Should Be Listening.
On 31 August 2026, South Africa's Information Regulator marked its tenth anniversary with a media briefing that should have every NPO and NGO leader in the country paying attention. According to a ...
The small things still count
Thirteen years ago, I wrote a blog post called It is the small things that count.
Fifty Years In: What It Takes to Keep Fighting Illiteracy
Long before "literacy month" was a hashtag, Project Literacy was already doing the work. Founded in 1973 as a grassroots literacy initiative, Project Literacy registered as a non-profit in 1986 and ...
25 Years of Love: The Story Behind Home of Hope for Girls Finally Told
When Khanyisile "Mam'Khanyi" Motsa opened the doors of Home of Hope for Girls in 2000, she couldn't have known just how many lives she was about to change. Twenty-five years later, that story has ...
From Healing to Hope: The Woman Behind Young Gal Inner Child NPC
As we celebrate Women's Month 2026 under the theme "Empowered Women, Empower Nations", I had the privilege of sitting down with Siwinile Ngcobo—a woman whose personal healing journey has become the ...
From Data to Dignity: Why We’re Celebrating Khulisa’s Double Win at the African Excellence Awards
At forgood, we believe that the best way to predict the future is to build it—and to support the incredible organizations that are building it with heart and smarts. Today, we are absolutely bursting ...
Three hours of volunteer time. One permanent park for Mamelodi East
How an overgrown, unfenced dumping ground in Gem Valley, Mamelodi East became a planted, fenced public park in a single day, with an estimated 1,700 children living within a short walk of the gates.