Corporate fundraising round-up for April 2016
Melanie May | 11 April 2016 | News
Corporate partnerships can be hugely valuable for both sides, and in a variety of ways. This month sees a new raft of announcements.
Here are six of the most recent partnerships announced by a range of organisations, from a high end designer brand, and a seafood festival, to a technology provider and an estate agents.
Only 100 days until the UK's largest, FREE to attend #Seafood #Festival returns to #Weymouth. 9th & 10th July pic.twitter.com/4FQyVz5cSy
— The Dorset Seafood Festival (@DorsetSeafood) March 31, 2016
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1. Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival
This seafood festival takes place at Weymouth Harbour from 9th-10th July and is a not-for-profit event. The organisers raise money for the Fishermen’s Mission with support from Champagne Pommery, Seafish UK, Weird Fish, Fisher & Paykel Appliances and Dream Cottages. The event is hoping to raise £10,000 for the charity.
www.dorsetseafood.co.uk
Teploztlan region – Mexico. Middle and high school students are introduced to the basics of the purification of water. (C)Alain Buu (PRNewsFoto/Giorgio Armani Fragrances)
2. Armani
Armani has announced that it is to continue its Acqua for Life development programme for the sixth year, and extend it to new communities. The programme works in deprived communities in partnership with Green Cross International and UNICEF to improve water, hygiene and sanitation. So far it has given 108 communities in 8 countries and 3 continents access to drinking water.
www.acquaforlife.org/en/
3. Interact
Interact is to provide the NSPCC with an intelligent intranet platform to improve collaboration and build a stronger organisational culture for its employees, improving sharing and engagement. The charity plans to launch its intranet at the beginning of Q2 2016 to over 2,000 employees, working across multiple sites.
www.interact-intranet.com
Andrew Carver, Internal Communications & Employee Engagement Manager, Westfield Health, & Kelly Theis, Project Co-ordinator, Living Streets
4. Westfield Health
Westfield Health is supporting Living Streets’ National Walking Month this May, which will see the charity encouraging people to try and fit 20 minutes of walking into their day. Westfield Health will be championing an accompanying campaign ‘Walking Lunch’, encouraging employees and the public to use their lunch breaks to walk those 20 minutes. The partnership has also seen Westfield Health donate to the charity. Since 1996, Westfield Health has donated more than £11 million to the NHS and medically related charities.
www.westfieldhealth.com
Ross Hendry, Chief Executive, Spurgeons with Paul Griffiths, Chief Executive, Northamptonshire Chamber.
5. Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce
Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce has chosen children’s charity Spurgeons as its Chamber’s Charity of the Year 2016/17. Spurgeons will receive free membership to the Chamber’s Business Alliance Group, enabling it to network with influential companies in the county, meet with local MPs and attend Chamber events. The charity’s logo will also be featured on the Chamber’s website and in various other Chamber publications and company stationery.
www.northants-chamber.co.uk
CEO of The British Polio Fellowship, Ted Hill, MBE & Alan Maher, Valuation Manager at Signature Estates
6. Signature Estate Agents
Watford’s Signature Estate Agents has partnered with British Polio Fellowship, following the charity’s opening of the new head office in the town. The relationship will see Signature include The British Polio Fellowship logo on its leaflets, display collection tins in its offices and help promote the charity in the local community while it settles into its new office.
www.signatureestates.co.uk
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.