Charity funding matchmaking portal migrates to the cloud and continues to innovate.

Migrating to the Azure cloud was a major undertaking, but One Beyond were more than up to the task

At a glance

Matchmaking portal

Charity funding can now scale easily – thanks to a move to Azure

Cloud migration

Complex six-month project is delivered successfully and cloud migration goes smoothly

New fees model

Ensures 100% of funds and donations go to the intended causes

Future opportunities

Include transforming donor journeys and adding social media functionality

Wider integration

Further plans include wider integration enabling deeper partnerships across the charitable sector

"They were very professional. They took on board what we wanted to do and, when we asked them to suggest how we could do certain things better, they had plenty of ideas. Then, when we visited their offices to understand their set-up, it was clear One Beyond had the capability, the tools and the capacity to migrate us to Azure and then to transform the donor journey and the user experience. They came out on top."

Helen C, Systems Lead & Technical Support Manager, The Good Exchange

About The Good Exchange

The Good Exchange is an online charity matching platform designed to transform giving. Owned by Greenham Trust, it’s unique in its sector for helping funders find appropriate causes.

The Challenge

With 1,800 UK-based charitable organisations on its platform, The Good Exchange had helped to channel millions of pounds. But its original Find me a Grant platform only had relatively basic functionality and ran on traditional servers that were hosted and managed by a third party. Seeing wider potential, The Good Exchange wanted to increase its platform’s scalability and scope with a move to the cloud and Microsoft Azure.

Our Solution

One Beyond’s agile approach to development delivered results – and the migration went ahead successfully. One Beyond now provides The Good Exchange with a single point of contact for application and infrastructure support. The Good Exchange also made changes to how fees are applied by its platform. Now 100% of all funds and donations go to the intended causes, while fees are separate – collected by direct debit after the fact.

"The team are so professional, helpful, friendly and approachable. We never feel inhibited about asking for something, which is important when a project is so critical to what we do."

Helen C, Systems Lead & Technical Support Manager, The Good Exchange

A closer look at features and benefits

As a not-for-profit organisation, The Good Exchange gets an allowance from Microsoft with Azure

One Beyond’s agile, iterative approach to development delivers successful outcome

Future opportunities include transforming donor journeys, making it easier to share causes and donations on social media, and integration with external systems