# Aldi in five-year partnership to raise £5 million for Teenage Cancer Trust

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/13/aldi-five-year-partnership-raise-5m-teenage-cancer-trust/
- Published: 2017-01-13T13:57:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Supermarket Aldi is embarking on its first five-year partnership with a UK charity
by committing to raise £5 million for Teenage Cancer Trust.**

The move to a longer-term charity partnership will help Teenage Cancer Trust reach
more 13-24 olds with cancer, half of whom do not have access to their specialist
support and services.

Aldi is the UK’s joint fifth largest supermarket with over 690 stores and over 29,000
employees. It expects to open another 70 stores this year. Yesterday it reported
record sales for December

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The retailer will encourage its staff and customers to support the fundraising campaign.
In addition it will utilise its national resources to support the charity. For example,
it will match its regional depots with regional units in NHS hospitals “to provide
the most meaningful local impact at national scale”.  

![Aldi and Teenage Cancer Trust partnership](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/
2017/01/aldi-teenage-cancer-trust-2017.jpg)

[Teenage Cancer Trust](http://www.teenagecancertrust.org) works in partnership with
the NHS to provide highly-trained expert staff and specialist cancer units in NHS
hospitals across the UK. It is there from diagnosis, through treatment and after
treatment. 

Mary Dunn, Communications Director at [Aldi UK](http://www.aldi.co.uk), said:

> “At Aldi, we ensure quality food is available at everyday low prices as we believe
> it shouldn’t be the right of a privileged few – and we feel the same about specialist
> care for young people facing cancer. That’s why we’re extremely proud to be supporting
> Teenage Cancer Trust through this sustained legacy partnership.
> “By committing to a five year relationship we can make a truly tangible impact
> and help close the gap between those who are supported as they face cancer and
> those currently out of the system”.

> We’re proud to now support the wonderful work of [@TeenageCancer](https://twitter.com/TeenageCancer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> charity. Find out more here: [https://t.co/8HGIARX1U1](https://t.co/8HGIARX1U1)
> [pic.twitter.com/2hThpCIMu9](https://t.co/2hThpCIMu9)
> — Aldi Stores UK (@AldiUK) [January 13, 2017](https://twitter.com/AldiUK/status/819876683486375938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## Albert Hall fundraising concerts

Aldi is the headline sponsor of Teenage Cancer Trust’s fundraising concerts at the
Royal Albert Hall in March 2017. Since 2000, these events have raised over £24 million
for the charity, enabling it to provide 28 specialist cancer units and over 60 nursing
and support staff in NHS hospitals across the UK.

Kate Collins, Director of Fundraising & Marketing at Teenage Cancer Trust, said:

> “We’re so pleased and proud to be partnering with our friends at Aldi. Together
> with Aldi’s staff and customers, we’re going to have loads of fun raising a significant
> amount of money to help ensure no young person faces cancer alone.”

 

## Other charitable support from Aldi

 

![Aldi and RSPB logos](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2017/01/aldi-rspb-plastic-
bag-partnership.jpg)

_Aldi’s carrier bags raised £775,000 for RSPB in just one year._

 * Proceeds from the sale of [Aldi’s carrier bags are donated to the RSPB](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/06/05/rspb-to-receive-income-from-aldis-plastic-bag-scheme/)
   as part of a partnership agreement. In the first year this raised £775,000 for
   the environment charity.
 * [Aldi’s Christmas 2016 TV advert supported Barnardo’s](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/07/aldi-christmas-tv-advert-benefit-barnardos/).
 * Aldi is the official [supermarket partner of Team GB](https://www.aldi.co.uk/team-gb),
   and has extended this commitment to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
 * In June 2016 Aldi UK teamed up with international development charity Farm Africa,
   in a three-year partnership to support young farmers in Kenya. The supermarket
   pledged to donate £260,000 to fund Growing Futures, a project to educate young
   people in sustainable agriculture, which is being run by Farm Africa in Kitale,
   Western Kenya. 

 

 * **If you have corporate partnerships, have you spotted companies preferring a
   longer partnership? If so, do comment below.**

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