Driendy - I completely hear you regarding funding. It isn't enough and can actually get in the way of things if not focussed in precisely the right areas. A project needs to grow organically. The slack channel we set up has been really useful for bashing heads together and although amazing amounts of energy went into the project earlier this year, the Britcoin project has found renewed energy now the world is waking up to the many obvious benefits of blockchain.
For my part I can bring to the table Tech Lead / Senior Dev experience on Halfords, Volkswagen UK, Dyson, Tottenham Hotspur, Rebel Kitchen and Trumpton. I describe myself as a creative technologist and am a big fan of the Britcoin brand, the product and the potential for its next development iteration throughout 2018. My hope is that over time this type of direct action is, as you say, more valuable long term than any cash amount that can get chewed up all too quickly, and evaporate in "marketing", nice plants for the office etc. If it comes in it would need to be focussed on dev and purely dev. Although I think it would be fair to say that Britcoin finds itself in a position many cryptocurrenices would bite your hand off to be in we have identified some key areas where focus is required:
britcoin.com - not selling the brand as well as it could - and could be doing less more effectively
iOS / Android - currently Britcoin is only supported via Coinomi on Android. In theory a react / redux front-end client for a BRIT mobile application shouldn't be too much effort and is, to my mind, the biggest blind spot currently
procurement - c-cex is clearly an unstable, insecure, poorly put together platform and, although you can also sign up at coinexchange.io not everyone wants to go through the rigamarole of signing up to a trading platform. To this end we are also looking at a more consumer-focussed angle that allows people to buy BRITs and help them to understand the underlying concepts and potential of blockchain should they wish.
Your modern project needs 2 things: good coders and people to run facebook
I hate writing in the future tense so come armed with a link that I have been developing:
https://britcoin.direct - that will enable people to buy and sell BRITs in sterling via a secure socket.io platform with launch planned for January 2018. (I'll check back here when early access becomes available)
Good idea regarding charities - I know Will reached out to some via Twitter over the weekend.