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A new website has launched helping local charities raise money while doing less.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 5:11PM

By Clear the Clutter

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Once upon a time, kiwis’ surplus appliances and clothes would end up at the local school fair for their local fundraising drive. Now anything and everything is on-line and for sale  – with the popularity of on-line auction and trading sites, kiwis know that rather than giving away their unused second toaster or that treadmill they never got round to using, they can list it on an on-line auction site and get money for it.
Clear the clutter is on a mission to encourage kiwis to once again give their excess items to their local charity by providing an accessible, easy to use platform for kiwis to give, knowing that this giving will be used for work in the community.


On Clear the Clutter, members list items for auction.  However rather than receiving the proceeds of the auction themselves, members select the charity of their choice to receive ALL the proceeds from the auction.  There are

No commission fees

No hidden costs

100% of the proceeds from every successful auction is deposited back to the charity of the members’ choice. 

“We are not here to take on TradeMe, we provide an auction platform for members to list items for charities to receive the proceeds, a majority of TradeMe members auction items for profit but we are asking the community to list items to give.” States co-founder Renee Tuuholoaki

“Donors are getting more comfortable giving online as you see with growth of crowd funding websites like Telecoms Give-a-little. We encourage Charities to try all platforms to engage as many supporters as they can online. Having worked in the non-profit sector for over 10 years we have found that It is easy for a donor to part with an unwanted item than it is to part with money and that is why we are providing this platform.“ Says Mrs Tuuholoaki


If you would like to support a charity and list items for auction visit www.cleartheclutter.co.nz

Charities seeking further information contact
Email: charities@cleartheclutter.co.nz