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Charities
Delivering grants should be simple, fair and effective
Charities are facing growing demand for support while working with limited resources. At the same time, manual processes, repetitive applications and time-consuming eligibility checks can make it harder to get support to people quickly.
When the process gets in the way, people miss out
Lightning Reach is the only platform that helps organisations find, assess and deliver financial support.
Charities can streamline grant applications, reduce ineligible requests, make warm onward referrals, and see how support is progressing, all in one place.
How we help
Deliver grants more efficiently while making support easier to access for the people you serve.
Reach the right people
Match applicants to additional grants, benefits and support services, helping people access more support available to them.
Reduce admin & processing time
Cut manual checks, repetitive applications and administrative tasks by using features like Open Banking and in-built ID verification, so your team can focus more time on delivering support.
Clear reporting & impact insights
Understand who your support is reaching, demonstrate fairness in decision making, and evidence impact with confidence.
Reduce fraud
Flag potentially fraudulent applications with smart detection tools and report confirmed cases, giving your team greater confidence in every decision.
Helping charities reach more people, faster
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90%
Faster application outcomes for Royal British Legion
3x
Better visibility into applicants’ financial situations has enabled Salespeople’s Charity to triple their average grant size
Two hours
Reduction in admin time taken for Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund per application
Proven impact across charities
Explore case studies of how charities are making support easier to access, while delivering grants more efficiently and demonstrating greater impact.
Partner Spotlight: Royal British Legion
Digital applications through the Lightning Reach portal have transformed Royal British Legion's (RBL) ability to provide support to individuals quicker and more efficiently, speeding up their processes and reaching a broader range of beneficiaries amidst the cost of living crisis.Increasing application numbers via the Lightning Reach portalRBL created their cost of living grants to help veterans, armed forces personnel and their families pay for everyday essential costs such as energy bills, foo
Support Partner Spotlight: ABTA LifeLine
We spoke to our support partner ABTA LifeLine about how they have found working with Lightning Reach and using the portal. As a smaller charity established to support people who work or have worked in the travel industry, we heard from their Director Trudie Clements about how they have benefited from being on the portal.Tell us a little about your charity, who you support and what support you offer?ABTA LifeLine is ABTA’s (The Travel Association’s) charity for past and present employees of ABTA.
Support Partner Spotlight: The RAF Benevolent Fund
We spoke with our Support Partner the RAF Benevolent Fund about their experiences using the Lightning Reach portal. The RAF Benevolent Fund started to use the portal in summer 2022 to administer their grants to help their service users access support available from their charity quickly and easily.Tell us about your charity and who you supportFor more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting members of our RAF Family. We provide lifelong support to serving and ex-serving RAF p
Support Partner Spotlight: Racing Welfare
We spoke to our support partner Racing Welfare about how they have found working with Lightning Reach and using the portal. Racing Welfare provide support to the workforce of the British horseracing industry and have several of their grants available for people to apply for on the Lightning Reach portal. We heard from Regional Welfare Manager Brian Watson about how they have benefited from being on the portal.Briefly tell us a little about your charity. Who do you support and how do you support
Enhancing support: innovative digital applications for RNBT
Discover how the Royal Naval Benevolent Fund innovated their digital applications with Lightning Reach, streamlining support for RNBT beneficiaries.
Teaching Staff Trust: “Our defining moment was partnering with Lightning Reach”
Since 2021, Teaching Staff Trust (TST) has partnered with Lightning Reach to streamline and enhance its financial support application process. TST provides vital assistance to individuals working, or who have worked, in various education roles, including nursery staff and teaching assistants.Improving efficiency with seamless application managementBefore partnering with Lightning Reach, TST faced challenges in securely accessing applicants’ bank statements, leading to delays in processing applic
How Lightning Reach transformed grant-making at The Salespeople’s Charity
We spoke to grant-making charity, The Salespeople's Charity, about how Lightning Reach has enabled them to triple their average grant awarded.
Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund: instant grant delivery with Lightning Deliver
Discover how the Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund revolutionised grant delivery with Lightning Deliver. Elevate your grant delivery process today!
Bespoke solutions for better outcomes
Everything your team needs to streamline applications, improve eligibility assessments and deliver support more effectively.
Features built for connected support
Lightning Reach brings together the tools and workflows your team needs to deliver support more effectively.
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A more effective approach to grant delivery
Discover how Lightning Reach can help your charity reduce admin, improve applicant experience and deliver support with greater confidence and clarity.
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