Become a supporter!

Not time-rich enough to regularly attend meals, but wondering how else you can support us?

Become a Local Welcome supporter by setting up a monthly donation to Local Welcome!

You can choose from two options:

  • Network Supporter - help us with the upfront costs of setting up new groups

  • Local Supporter - help support the costs of a group of your choice to run

Simply fill in your contact details below and choose between the two supporter types. Once you’ve clicked submit, you’ll be redirected to our safe payment tool where you can set up a monthly donation.

If you’d prefer to make a one-off donation you can make a donation here.

New to us?

Hello there, we’re Local Welcome! We make it fun and easy to bring people together through shared meals. Whether you’re new to the area, a long-time local, or a refugee, we support our amazing Local Welcome Leaders in organising monthly cooking and eating events in their communities where everyone feels at home, and diverse strangers meet for the first time.

Local Welcome magic lasts beyond meals - we asked our Members, and 75% of them shared that they feel more at home in their community, 83% feel more confident and 91% feel more positive after attending meals. 90% of members looking to improve their English do so too. Our Leaders feel good about the impact as well - 88% believe their group is making a difference in the local community.

  • Depending on whether you’re a Network or Local Supporter, monthly donations will help:

    Local - Contribute to the cost of your local group’s meals and other direct running costs

    Network - Support Local Welcome on its bigger picture mission of launching groups in as many communities across the UK as possible!

    The certainty which comes from monthly donations (rather than one-off) also helps improve our financial resilience as a charity, meaning Local Welcome is more secure and less reliant on grant funding in the future.

    You can read more about why we ask for donations, and how your donation will support Local Welcome here.

  • We use a safe and handy platform called Donorbox to collect and manage our donations! One of the key reasons we chose to use it is because it offers several features which allow donors as much flexibility as possible.

    Here are some useful links to documentation on Donorbox’s website re: managing your monthly donation:
    • Change your monthly donation amount
    • Pause, cancel or resume your monthly donation
    • Update your card details as a donor