Charities & non-profits
Every registered Bedfordshire charity and non-profit can list their cause and reach supporters.
Community
Stronger together.
A home for every Bedfordshire charity, non-profit and community group. Discover local causes, lend your time, or support the work that keeps our county thriving.
Volunteer
Find meaningful local volunteering opportunities, from food banks to mentoring.
Grassroots groups
Community gardens, sports clubs, parents' groups, faith communities — all welcome.
Run a Bedfordshire charity or non-profit? Get listed from £10/month.
About this page
Bedfordshire's causes, side by side with its businesses.
Bedfordshire Business exists to put local trade in front of local people — the independent shops, trades, cafés and service firms that keep Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade and every village in between working. The Community page is the other half of that story: the food banks, youth clubs, care projects, sports teams and faith groups that local businesses sponsor, fundraise for and volunteer with all year round.
Listing them together is deliberate. A charity that appears alongside the county's business directory is seen by the people most able to help — owners with budgets, staff with skills to donate, and residents already searching locally. Charities and non-profits pay a reduced £10/month rate because visibility should never be the thing standing between a good cause and its next volunteer.
How to submit
Listed in four steps
- 1. Create your free account. One login manages your listing, your details and any future changes.
- 2. Fill in the form once. Your name, category, town, contact details, a short description and — if you have them — your logo, photos, charity number, Volunteer and Donate links.
- 3. We review within 2 working days. A real person checks every submission. You'll see the status in your dashboard the whole time.
- 4. Activate and go live. Once approved we send a link to start your £10/month subscription, and your profile appears in the directory below with its own shareable page.
What gets approved
Our listing standards
- • Registered charities, CICs, non-profits, and unincorporated grassroots groups.
- • Based in Bedfordshire, or delivering a clear service to Bedfordshire residents.
- • A working public email and phone number so supporters can actually reach you.
- • An honest description of your work — no exaggerated claims or copied text.
- • Where you hold one, a valid charity number we can check on the public register.
We decline party-political campaigning, anything promoting discrimination or harm, requests for money without a named organisation behind them, and purely commercial businesses — those belong in the main directory instead.
Why listings matter
Being found changes things
- Volunteers find you first. Most people who want to help locally start with a search, not a phone call.
- Donations get easier. Your Donate button sits one tap away from everything you do, with no middleman.
- Businesses spot you. Local owners browse this site for partners, sponsorships and staff volunteering days.
- You look credible. A complete profile, logo, photos and charity number reassure funders and first-time supporters.
- One page to share everywhere. Use your profile link in posters, newsletters and social posts instead of five different links.
Approval criteria
Our official approval criteria
Every submission is read by a person against the same published standard, so approvals are predictable and fair. Meet these points and your profile goes live.
We review every submission within 2 working days. Every decision is logged with the reviewer, the timestamp and the reason.
1. Real, identifiable organisation
We only publish groups a resident could actually walk into, phone or email.
- Legal or trading name matches the name given on the form.
- A registered charity number, company number or a verifiable public presence (website, active social page, press coverage).
- A working public email address on the organisation's own domain wherever one exists.
- A contact person named on the submission who is authorised to act for the organisation.
2. Genuinely Bedfordshire
The directory is county-first. Out-of-county entries are rejected, not edited.
- Address, town and postcode fall inside Bedfordshire (including Luton, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and recognised MK postcodes serving the county).
- The service is delivered to Bedfordshire residents, not simply marketed at them.
- Town matches the postcode supplied — mismatches go back to the submitter for correction.
3. Content quality
Profiles should read like the organisation wrote them, not like a keyword list.
- 'Who we are', 'What we do' and 'How you can help' are each completed in plain English.
- Description is at least two sentences, free of ALL-CAPS shouting and spam punctuation.
- No pricing-only or offer-only copy in place of a description.
- Logo and photos are the organisation's own or properly licensed, and are not stock images of unrelated subjects.
4. Trust and safety
Anything in this list is an immediate rejection, regardless of payment.
- No hate speech, harassment, discriminatory or extremist content.
- No adult services, gambling, weapons, vaping/tobacco sales, or high-cost credit.
- No unevidenced medical, financial or legal claims.
- No pyramid schemes, lead-farming or 'business opportunity' recruitment dressed as a community group.
- Donation links resolve to the organisation's own recognised platform (JustGiving, Enthuse, PayPal Giving, its own site).
5. Duplicates and ownership
One profile per organisation per town.
- No existing live profile for the same organisation and town — later duplicates are merged into the original.
- Submissions made by an agency or volunteer on behalf of a group state that relationship.
- Claims on an existing unclaimed profile are handled through the claim flow, not by re-submitting.
Criteria v1.0 — September 2026
Real Bedfordshire
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From volunteers picking up litter to neighbours checking in on each other — Bedfordshire's community shines through the causes we champion.
"Every listing on this page is a story of neighbours turning up for each other. Activate yours and let more of Bedfordshire find you."
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Basic profiles for known Bedfordshire charities and community organisations. Run one of these? Activate your listing to tell your story — Who we are, What we do, How supporters can help — and add Donate & Volunteer buttons. From £10/month.
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List your non-profit
Just £10/month for charities & non-profits.
A dedicated profile with your logo, gallery, and three story sections — Who we are, What we do, and How you can help. Add Volunteer and Donate buttons, plus sponsor banners to fund your work.
- £10/month — 50% off standard listings
- Volunteer & Donate buttons
- Logo + gallery + sponsor slot
- Homepage feature eligibility
Sponsorship
Sponsor this community page.
Advertise your business here and help power greater visibility for Bedfordshire's charities, non-profits and grassroots groups. Every sponsorship directly funds free and reduced-cost listings, promotion of urgent appeals, and homepage features for local causes — so your brand doesn't just get seen, it helps our community thrive.
- Directly supports local charities
- Prime placement on a high-intent page
- Bedfordshire-only audience
- Feel-good brand association
Email for more info
info@bedfordshirebusiness.co.uk