GiveLocally lets any housing society, office, or NGO run a group donation drive for a flat ₹49 platform fee. One fee for the whole event, not per item or per participant. It's built for the kind of collective giving that's hard to coordinate over a WhatsApp group: a Diwali donation drive, an office declutter day, a society-wide collection for flood relief, or an NGO collection camp.
Why run it through an app instead of a WhatsApp group
The usual way societies and offices organise donation drives is a WhatsApp group and a spreadsheet. Someone posts "collecting old clothes for X," people reply, items pile up in a corner, and there's no real record of who gave what or whether it reached anyone. That works for a handful of participants but breaks down past a certain size: messages get buried, and there's no way to confirm handovers happened.
An event on GiveLocally gives you a shared page for the drive, individual listings from each participant, and the same OTP-confirmed pickup flow used for one-to-one exchanges. That means there's a record of what was collected and by whom.
Step 1: Set up the event
Create a community event in the app with a name, location, and date range, for example "Sunrise Heights Society: Diwali Donation Drive." Pay the flat ₹49 platform fee to activate it. This fee covers the whole event, regardless of how many people participate or how many items get listed.
Step 2: Invite participants
Share the event link in your existing society or office communication channel. Anyone who joins can list items directly against the event: furniture, clothes, books, appliances, or whatever fits the drive's theme.
Step 3: Collect and track
As members list and hand off items, you can track how many donors have joined and how many items have been collected in real time. Each handover still uses the same OTP pickup code as an individual exchange, so there's a confirmed record of every item that changed hands, not just what was pledged.
Open to individuals, housing societies, offices, and NGOs. Common formats include beach and road clean-ups, blood donation camps, office declutter days, society donation drives, and NGO collection camps.
What kinds of drives work best
- Festival donation drives: collecting clothes, toys, and household items around Diwali or other festivals when people naturally declutter
- Office declutter days: clearing out unused electronics, furniture, and stationery when moving offices or before a renovation
- Blood donation camps: coordinating requests and offers within your immediate city circle
- NGO collection camps: giving an NGO a structured way to receive donations from a specific community rather than relying on ad hoc drop-offs
Frequently asked
Does the ₹49 fee cover the whole drive or is it per item?
It's a flat fee for the entire event, regardless of how many items are listed or how many people participate.
Do individual participants still pay anything?
Receivers claiming individual items still pay the standard ₹9 commitment fee, same as outside an event. The ₹49 is specifically the organiser's fee to activate the event itself.
Can an NGO run recurring drives?
Yes. There's no limit on how many events an NGO, society, or office can run; each one is set up and paid for individually.