Fujitsu seeks its next charity partner
Howard Lake | 5 June 2014 | News
As its two-year partnership with Shelter approaches its conclusion, ICT solutions provider Fujitsu is looking for its next charity partner. Specifically it wishes to develop a long-term strategic relationship with a charity that aligns to one of its five work streams or to its core technology focus.
It points out that it is a B2B organisation so cannot offer large scale consumer engagement programmes that some charities might have experience of with other more consumer-focused corporate supporters.
Nevertheless, it is looking for a partnership that can:
- offer exciting engagement opportunities for its staff and partners
- capitalise on its core expertise
- help demonstrate how its operates” as a responsible member of Britain’s business community”
Fujitsu and Shelter
So far Fujitsu has contributed almost £800,000 to Shelter, and it is still working on ICT investment in Shelter’s retail network. The housing and homelessness charity has, according to Fujitsu, taken a lead role in directing the company’s expertise to where it is needed most and worked to engage staff across the company.
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The Shelter partnership finishes in September so Fujitsu’s next charity partnership will run from October 2014-2016.
How to apply
Charities interested in partnering with Fujitsu should first send an expression of interest by 5pm on 13 June.
Charities that have been shortlisted will be notified by 21 July. Employees will then vote to decide the winning charity in early August.
Photo: Vira Mylyan-Monastyrska / Shutterstock.com
- Team Fujitsu do Shelter Vertical Rush 2013 (12 March 2013)
- How Fujitsu UK & Ireland set up its first charity of the year partnership (28 November 2012)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.