Does anyone lend money to small entrepreneurs using lendwithcare?

[User253853]

I've spent some time looking at it this evening and I am quite tempted. It looks like a really good way of helping others for no cost (or at least limited risk). DH thinks its a scam..

Has anyone done it?

Lovely idea, you could also send her your referral code so she can support another project too 🙂

Sounds similar to Kiva.

Here’s my referral link if anyone wants to use it :)

https://lendwithcare.org/referral/8AEHFS

Oh I do hope that surge is due to us!

Have never heard of this before, but just used a code and now do. Thank you. This is Mumsnet at its best.

I've donated too using the link from @Sunshinedahlias . It is such a fabulous idea.

I have loaned to two women based on this thread , love it , thank you to the op for raising awareness

I read about the surge too and hoped it was our collective!

@User253853 your thread was a great catalyst!! 😊

Here is my code lendwithcare.org/referral/OV3WA3

thanks everybody, definitely will look into this

https://lendwithcare.org/referral/H4VVZH

and here's my code!

I've used it for years love it, didn't know about the grants I will definitely be looking into that.

I missed the grants bit, that sounds like a great idea too. I'm going to check it out now!

My referral code was posted after several others and I've had 3 people use it (thanks) so I think OP has effectively added lots of new MNers to Lendwithcare - great job everyone 😁. Wonder what the total number of referrals has been from this thread..

Love this thread, just donated to the Maziko group which is a group of five women who support 23 children between them including an orphan, the loan will go towards their farming businesses. It looks like we get updates on how their business goes too which will be lovely to follow. Great thread idea, I used a referral code above and here’s mine too: https://lendwithcare.org/referral/SU25UI
excited to re-lend it once repaid too.

Just checked my account and realised I’ve been supporting this charity for 15 years with only one default in all that time!

In the last year, I’ve supported 4 different women’s enterprises and one has just been repaid in full, one has almost been repaid and the other 2 are 1/4 of the way there. I’ve just reinvested the repaid one in a 5th enterprise.

I can’t think of a better way to spend £60

I used your link, and have made two loans.

Thanks for this 😀

4 of my 6 lenders are now fully funded, they were all less than 40% when I lent earlier this week, so cool!

Just Francisca and the CAF Philadelphia Group to go…!

I'm rooting for Francisca too!

She’s jumped from 53% to 74% funded so I’m hopefully she’ll be fully funded by the end of the week!

I just made a payday donation to Francisca, there were over 100 available loans last week and now there are just 54!

Two of my three loans have been repaid in under a week. It's such a great way to help people to help themselves isn't it? Just Francisca to go now.

Thank you for this thread. I’ve got DH to use my code and he has made a loan

I've just signed up using someone's code - thank you!
Here's mine:
https://lendwithcare.org/referral/1ARHVY