The Little Princess Trust (LPT) identified the need for digital transformation, which would take the form of a system encompassing almost all areas of the organisation. The system needed to be intuitive, integrate, consolidate and create a sustainable and extensible solution for use well into the future.
The system tracking the donated hair, organisation of the hair, transportation of the hair for transformation into wigs, styling of the wigs at vetted salons around the UK, as well as communication with the intended recipients.
Fundraising provides a semi-automated method of thanking donors, managing donations, third party service integration (e.g. Just Giving and Facebook), and grant management functionality.
Wig Referral sees the system tracking the donated hair, organisation of the hair, the transportation of the hair for transformation into wigs, styling of the wigs at vetted salons around the UK, as well as communication with the intended recipients.
After deciding that Microsoft Dynamics 365 was the best solution for their requirements, all they needed to do was find the right partner. Which is where FormusPro came in and LPT embarked on their digital transformation journey.
This journey is one that started with Dynamics 365 but has since spread further across the Microsoft stack.
The pain points were simple: The Little Princess Trust noticed that they needed their system to be intuitive, integrate, consolidate and create a sustainable and extensible solution for use well into the future. All of this would solve their current pain points.
A fully integrated Microsoft Dynamics 365 system was designed with everything from donations through to the recipient. With semi-automated communications to contact the donors after the fact, managing donations and integrations, ensuring LPT are able to save time, resources and money. The Microsoft Dynamics 365 instance did exactly this.
The Little Princess Trust partnered with FormusPro to enhance their project grant management by adopting Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform.
You can find out more about the Little Princess Trust Grant Management Case Study here.
Little Princess Trust is a Not for Profit with the vision of “giving hair and hope to every young person with cancer, until there’s no longer a need for what we do.” This vision sees them offering every child and young person experiencing hair loss due to cancer treatment or other conditions a free, real hair wig. They are also committed to funding essential research which aims to deliver more effective and kinder treatments for all cancers affecting children and young people.
Website: The Little Princess Trust
“Dynamics has been a long-standing need for LPT, but one that came with a fair amount of nervousness to say the least. I’m glad to say however, roll out has gone better than we could have hoped, credit to the knowledge, skill and effort of the FormusPro team.”