# 10 corporate fundraising partnerships in June 2014

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/18/corporate-fundraising-partnerships-june-2014/
- Published: 2014-06-18T11:30:46+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Here are some more recent partnerships between companies and charities.

## 1. Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and EDF Energy

Energy company EDF Energy has contracted Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to minimise 
the risk of dog attacks upon their staff, with a training programme to teach EDF
Energy meter readers how to be safe around dogs.

Going in and out of people’s houses can be stressful for meter readers who are not
comfortable around dogs. Even those who like dogs don’t know how a particular dog
is going to react to them. The training programme teaches meter readers how to interpret
and react to a dog’s body language so as not to disturb or distress it, and how 
to defuse a situation if the dog becomes unpredictable.

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## 2. Lothian Autistic Society and White Stuff

The partnership has generated over £16,000 since 2010.

>  [@ukfundraising](https://twitter.com/ukfundraising) Re your corporate partner
> article, did you know that [@LothianAutistic](https://twitter.com/LothianAutistic)
> have partnered with [@WhiteStuffUK](https://twitter.com/WhiteStuffUK) [#Edinburgh](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Edinburgh&src=hash)
> stores?
> — Rebecca Curtis (@rebecca_curtis) [May 27, 2014](https://twitter.com/rebecca_curtis/statuses/471247765348319232)

## 3. The Prince’s Trust and KCOM Group

 

[⌊KCom Group volunteers for The Prince's Trust⌉⌊KCom Group volunteers for The Prince's
Trust⌉[

KCom Group volunteers for The Prince’s Trust

Employees from communications provider [KCOM Group](http://www.kcom.com) have contributed
over 2,000 hours in volunteering time to The Prince’s Trust to help young disadvantaged
people across the UK find work.

This included delivering CV writing and interview skills workshops, and involvement
from two teams from KCOM Group in the [Prince’s Trust’s Million Makers fundraising initiative](http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/support_us/million_makers.aspx)
which raised £17,000.

 

## 4. National Literacy Trust and Kumon UK

Kumon Educational has raised over £9,000 in four months for its corporate social
responsibility partner the National Literacy Trust.

To celebrate the joys of reading, [Kumon](http://www.kumon.co.uk) will also be hosting
a two month Summer Festival of Reading throughout the UK in July and August 2014.
Kumon students will be encouraged to take part in a Spectacular Sponsored Summer
Read with the aim of raising funds for the National Literacy Trust.

 

## 5. Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and Betta Living

National fitted kitchen and bedroom retailer [Betta Living](http://www.bettaliving.co.uk/)
has raised £2,437 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity at the recent Ideal Home
Show at Earls Court.

 

## 6. Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust and Retail Merchant Services

[Retail Merchant Services](http://www.retailmerchantservices.co.uk/), the largest
independent card processing provider, has chosen [Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust](http://www.tvacaa.org/)
as its local charity of the year.

The company aims to raise over £7,000 by holding regular charity events such as 
bake-offs and dress down days at its head office in Milton Keynes.

It will also help the TVACAA by providing card payment processing and terminals,
free of charge.

 

## 7. Born Free Foundation and Tiger Balm

 

[⌊Tiger's head - image Emma Fay⌉⌊Tiger's head - image Emma Fay⌉[

Tiger’s Balm Red: Concept – image Emma Fay

 

Tiger Balm’s ‘Born to Run’ campaign in support of the Born Free Foundation will 
fund work towards preventing wildlife poaching, especially the illegal trade in 
tiger parts.

Fifty runners in tiger suits will take part in the British 10K on 13 July to raise
funds, with the team fronted by TV presenter Michaela Strachan.

To mark the launch of the partnership, artist Emma Fay has created an image of a
tiger’s head created from body painted models.

## 8. Born Free Foundation and Land Rover

[⌊Land Rover Freelander⌉⌊Land Rover Freelander⌉[

Land Rover has donated a Freelander to Born Free’s partner

Land Rover has extended its support to the Born Free Foundation’s work in India 
by delivering a brand new Land Rover Freelander to the Satpuda Foundation, one of
Born Free’s partner organisations in Central India.

## 9. Jessie’s Fund and Care UK Wellbeing Foundation

[⌊Jessie's Fund receives Care UK nomination trophy⌉⌊Jessie's Fund receives Care 
UK nomination trophy⌉[

Lesley Schatzberger, founder of Jessie’s Fund, is presented with the National Nominee
trophy by Karen McCormick, Group HR Director at Care UK

Jessie’s Fund has received a special commendation and donation from [Care UK](http://www.careuk.com),
the health and social care provider. 

Although it recently came second in a staff vote for charity of the year at the 
recently established Care UK Wellbeing Foundation, there was such support for the
charity that the Foundation gave an additional £2,000 donation.

## 10. Cure Rett and Rothera Dowson

Nottingham law firm Rothera Dowson has selected Cure Rett as its charity for the
next 12 months. Cure Rett provides care for families dealing with Rett Syndrome 
and also raises funds to support researchers in their efforts to develop treatments
and find a cure for the disease.

Rothera Dowson choose a different charity every year to lend support to and raise
money via various events, including sponsored dress down Fridays and a staff / client
quiz. 

Rothera Dowson’s chosen charity for 2013 was care organisation, Abbeyfield. The 
firm raised over £1,000 to help provide support to older people across Nottinghamshire.

 * **[Lloyds Banking Group raises £4 million for Alzheimer charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/25/lloyds-banking-group-raises-4m-alzheimer-charities/)**(
   25 June 2014)
 * **[Yorkshire Bank awards £75k in Spirit of the Community Awards](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/27/yorkshire-bank-awards-75k-spirit-community-awards/)**(
   27 June 2014)
 * **[10 more corporate partnerships for September 2014](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/09/22/10-corporate-partnerships-september-2014-2/)**(
   22 September 2014)
