Stichting NL Cares

Cause info

We see an ever-growing gap in society between rich & poor, happy & unhappy, healthy & unhealthy. We find it incomprehensible that in the Netherlands 220,000 children grow up in poverty, 36,000 people are homeless, there are more than 590,000 severely lonely elderly, and every year more than 35,000,000 kilos of litter end up on the streets. In our current society, these problems are invisible to many people. They remain in their own bubble and do not come into contact with these social challenges. People who want to contribute often do not know how and where to start. The Netherlands has more than 1.8 million companies and a working population of more than 9 million people. We want to prevent society from pointing fingers at each other by taking action now and asking ourselves what we find fair and just.

NL Cares is on a mission to enable and inspire people and organizations to deploy their time, skills, and resources to tackle the major challenges of our time. Our goal is to build an ecosystem of action & impact that serves as a lever to move the world in a way that none of us could achieve alone.

Building a caring society cannot be done alone. Cooperation is needed with individual volunteers and companies. But also with people and organizations who lead the way; from social organizations to impact networks and from policymakers to funds. Only by entering into collaborations within all facets of society can we bring about sustainable social change. NL Cares has built a huge network of partners that acts as a lever for change. We connect people, companies, and social institutions and organize action around meaningful impact. In this way, we build together a 'caring society' and a better world.

NL Cares builds a transformative system consisting of 3 different parts - (1) an online platform for volunteering, (2) CSR programs for companies, (3) social impact events. Together this system serves as an accelerator for people and organizations to make meaningful impact.

In recent years, NL Cares has made sustainable impact by deploying thousands of volunteers year after year who together reach tens of thousands of vulnerable people. Food packages are packed at food banks, walks are done with elderly, sports with children, beaches and parks are cleaned, socializing with homeless people, and integration with newcomers. In the coming years, NL Cares wants to further expand its ecosystem to make even more impact. This requires change, professionalization, and innovation. There are many technological innovations that make the online platform for volunteering even more relevant and accessible. The further development of Social Impact Event concepts makes it possible to scale up and make even more impact. A deepening in the way NL Cares will help its impact will inspire even more companies in society. Much funding is needed for this in the coming years.