More corporate partnerships for April 2016
Melanie May | 19 April 2016 | News
Here is a further selection of the corporate partnerships announced this month, from local, to national and international charities, and a range of organisations.
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1) Sightsavers & SmartBuyGlasses
Sightsavers has teamed up with online glasses retailer SmartBuyGlasses Optical Group in a partnership that will see £1.50 donated to the charity for every pair of prescription glasses bought on any SmartBuyGlasses website throughout April. The money will be donated to Sightsavers’ Million Miracles appeal. Sightsavers’ Million Miracles appeal is aiming to raise enough funds to carry out one million cataracts operations by 2017.
Excited to partner with @DameKellysTrust 2 empower disadvantaged young people 2 find sustainable work #beyourbest #greatplacetowork #esday16
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— Stafforce (@StafforceNews) April 15, 2016
2) Dame Kelly Holmes Trust & Nicholas Associates Group
Nicholas Associates Group has partnered with Dame Kelly Holmes Trust (DKHT). The partnership enables the Group’s specialist temporary and permanent recruitment agency Stafforce to engage with the Trust’s programmes by offering dedicated employment support to its mentees as they progress through their mentoring journey. In addition, Nicholas Associates Group has named DKHT as their National Charity of the Year.
3) Headway Oxfordshire & MG Car Club
Abingdon-based MG Car Club has chosen brain injury support charity Headway Oxfordshire as its charity partner for this year’s MGLive! car show at Silverstone. The Club will raise money for the charity at the event through programme sales and other fundraising activities. Headway Oxfordshire will also be showing its link with the Club through the Club’s magazine ‘Safety Fast’ at the show.
4) NCT & Piccolo
Independent organic baby food brand Piccolo has announced that it will be donating 10% of its profits to charity, and that it has also become the first baby food brand to work in partnership with the National Childbirth Trust (NCT). The money will help fund food education programmes for new parents in disadvantaged areas and will also support the NCT’s work.
Santander are looking at NCS grads for 2 weeks work experience this easter! Don't miss out – https://t.co/e5vVGIqzUt pic.twitter.com/iSUmn5t1Qf
— NCS (@NCS) February 9, 2016
5) National Citizen Service & Santander
Santander has entered a three-year partnership with National Citizen Service. Santander will provide funding to support NCS’s expansion, and will also offer work experience placements to NCS graduates, with the first programme starting this month. Placements will be two weeks long and will run across various areas of the business, allowing graduates to use the skills they learnt on the programme and apply them to a business environment.
6) Women’s Own & Cancer Research UK
Woman’s Own and Cancer Research UK have partnered to create a co-branded magazine that will be distributed solely to GP surgeries this summer to provide patients with information about cancer prevention and early diagnosis. The magazine aims to reach people at a time when they are more receptive to hearing about health messaging.
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.