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Little Lots' Competition

  Remember our friends over at Little Lot who do the fantastic wallpapers? Well they're currently hosting a pretty fantastic competition! At Little Lot they love the idea that a little contribution by a lot of people can make a big difference. To illustrate just how powerful this concept can be, they’re running a competition where the prize is made up of lots of little prizes - donated by their awesome clients. To learn out to enter this amazing competition go to their website.

Little Lot

Little Lot started from a simple but clever idea – that people would give up their computer desktops as an advertising space in exchange for an ongoing charitable donation that didn't cost them anything. The original team of Dave, Steve, Nelson and Bennor decided this was an idea worth acting on, and on April 11th 2012 Donate Your Desktop went live. They’ve come a long way since then –a rebrand (thanks to Chilli), better technology, more charities, bigger team and a new purpose. Donate Your Desktop was focused on using technology to help charity - but Little Lot is aimed on changing how you connect with the brands you love and give back to the causes you care about. The Little Lot experience is awesome and now includes an Android app. You’ll get new wallpapers each day from brands that match your profile. You get to rate these wallpapers, and over time they’ll learn what you like and make sure you get more of it (think Pandora or Spotify). They’ll throw in a mix of charity content too, so you can keep up-to-date with what your favourite cause is doing and how your efforts are helping. We asked Erica McQueen of the Little Lot team a few questions on what keeps her going from day to day. The title on my business card is... Content Manager Which really means...Sending emails all day, trying to get some content to manage. I look after what wallpapers go out each day and try to keep up with all the social medias! Pinterest is my favourite. My day starts with...Food! Off to work. (drive, bus, walk). then checking emails. I'm inspired by...Anything creative. Simple beauty. Nature. People. Definitely people. And their stories. I can't live without...Music. My camera. Being able to create. Books. True 'style' is...Simple. Effortless. Refined. Not me. My work in three words is…Emails. Emails. Emails. Being part of Little Lot still costs you nothing, and you’ll be making a genuine difference to the world. Help them show that a lot of littles add up to a lot.

Sevenly

This week we discovered a very great website called Sevenly.

In January of 2011 two people got together with the mission of leading a generation toward generosity. Their driving theory was, “If we could help people give, we could get them to care.” Six months later their vision was born. Sevenly has successfully found a way to not only raise major funding but huge awareness too with stunning products.

To date they have donated $2,118,912 - that's pretty amazing. Everything on their site is absolutely beautiful and to think that with every purchase they give $7 to this week's cause - just amazing!