Neighbourly Pulse: Strategic CSR & Community Investment Platform

Deliver winning social value bid responses with Neighbourly Pulse.

Win more bids with hyper-local social value insights. Most tender responses are too general to stand out. Pulse gives you the granular insights needed to identify exactly who needs help, where they are, and which local causes can help you reach them. Move from "helping people into work" to delivering specific, audit-ready outcomes in the communities that matter most to Public Sector Buyers and puts you ahead of the competition.

Target investment where impact potential is highest -with irrefutable data

Visual deprivation and demographic data to expose where challenges are greatest - from borough-wide patterns to street-level precision. Understand the challenges, and who is facing them.

Multi-domain deprivation analysis

Prove your investment targets verified need. Layer income, employment, education, health, crime and housing deprivation to identify where vulnerabilities compound. Then show boards and stakeholders exactly why you prioritised those communities. Turn "we support local causes" into "we target the top 15% most deprived areas."

Census demographics integration

Design interventions that match community composition. Layer demographic data to understand who faces each challenge - then tailor programmes accordingly whilst demonstrating cultural competence in your social value reporting.

Geographic precision mapping

Visualise deprivation hotspots on interactive maps suitable for annual reports, board presentations and stakeholder communications. Show exactly where your investment went and why those specific communities were strategically chosen.

Deep filtering functionality

Build defendable investment criteria. Filter by region, deprivation domain, and severity thresholds to create reproducible funding strategies. Document decision frameworks to prove systematic, evidence-based social value delivery.

Discover high-impact charity partners in minutes, not months

Stop relying on the same large charities everyone else funds. Pulse maps 45,000+ verified organisations on Neighbourly, and those off it - showing exactly where the critical gaps are that your investment could fill. Find grassroots partners that align with your mission, operate in your priority geographies, and meet your due diligence requirements - instantly.

Visualise capacity on a network map

See every charity within a location on an interactive GIS map. Instantly identify whether your target area is oversaturated with support or desperately underserved. Avoid funding the 12th food bank in a low-need area when nearby high-deprivation communities lack support.

Deep charity categorisation data

Filter by mission, SDG alignment, beneficiary demographics and service delivery model. Building a portfolio targeting youth employment? Housing insecurity? Mental health? See every qualified partner in seconds - no more endless Google searches, cold calls, or relying on whoever applies to your portal.

Deep filtering functionality

Filter by geography, theme, organisational capacity and deprivation indices. Document your methodology for audit committees: "We systematically identified all youth-focused charities operating in the top 20% most deprived areas within 10 miles of our retail locations."

Access live charity needs - the only real-time database of its kind

Most social value programmes support what charities needed 12 months ago - based on annual surveys. Pulse shows what communities need right now, uploaded directly by charities as circumstances change. Deploy capital, volunteers, and surplus goods to emerging challenges before they become crises - and prove your investment responds to authentic grassroots voices.

User-uploaded descriptions

Charities on the Neighbourly network describe their exact needs in their own words - no surveys, intermediaries, or 6-month reporting delays. See what communities are asking for today.

Needs categorisation

Filter by need category to identify whether demand is shifting. Are more charities requesting mental health support? Food aid? Digital inclusion resources? Make proactive funding decisions and position your company as a first responder, not a follower.

Deliver winning social value bid responses with Neighbourly Pulse.

Verified charity intelligence

Precision targeting meets strategic impact

Real-time needs

£2 billion in social value delivered across the Neighbourly ecosystem since 2014

Why leading corporates choose Pulse for strategic community investment

Benefits

97% reduction in research time

Deploy capital to genuine need, not just convenient partners

Prove ROI without hiring consultants

Maximise SROI

Strengthen reputation with key influencers

Increase employee engagement and retention

Procure public contracts more easily

Enhance brand reputation

Effective handover from bid team to delivery team

Democratised access to social value planning

Win more bids

Build a predictable revenue engine

Target investment where impact potential is highest -with irrefutable data

Multi-domain deprivation analysis

Census demographics integration

Geographic precision mapping

Deep filtering functionality

Discover high-impact charity partners in minutes, not months

Visualise capacity on a network map

Deep charity categorisation data

Deep filtering functionality

Access live charity needs - the only real-time database of its kind

User-uploaded descriptions

Needs categorisation

Why Neighbourly?

The UK's largest network of vetted charities & good causes

Market leaders in social impact reporting

Complete Giving Platform

Free for charities & good causes, forever.

Award winners & leaders in tech security

Decades of collective knowledge

Take part in Neighbourly organised community collaborative campaigns

Let’s plan your impact