Corporate Partnerships
There are many kinds of corporate support event sponsorship – donations and staff fundraising, matched giving, Charity of the Year and gifts in kind. The Katie Piper Foundation also has its own corporate membership club – The One Club – scroll down for details. Help from the world of business is crucial to the ongoing development of the Foundation’s services to those with burns or scars. All support is welcome so if your employer, or your company, would like to support the Foundation please contact Carol.
Key Supporters
Thanks also to Bikal Network CCTV, Adnams, LLoyds TSB, Bauer, Waitrose (Community Matters), Birmingham Stage Company, Amundi, Vocollect, Sunny Day Capital.
Event Sponsorship
In 2011, the Foundation held its inaugural fundraising event – My Beautiful Ball was hosted by Simon Cowell and Katie Piper, supported by Tess Daly and with Rebecca Ferguson providing some wonderful entertainment. London’s Savoy Hotel was the glitzy venue for a fundraiser that raised over £200,000 for the Foundation and provided a welcome and important association with the charity to many corporate organisations.
Donations
The Foundation is grateful for donations of all sizes from all sized companies! We will endeavour to generate positive publicity should donors wish their generosity to be acknowledged publicly. Corporate donors in 2011 included:
Staff fundraising – and Matched Giving
Dress down days are a firm favourite but why not dedicate one day a year to supporting charities. And those keen fundraisers amongst your dedicated staff, why not incentivise them further by matching monies raised for charity.
During 2012 staff from M&S Money, based in Chester, will be taking part in two cycling challenges to raise much needed funds for the Foundation. M&S Money has set themselves a target of raising £10,000. And M&S Money will also be providing matched donations.
Charity of the Year
Does your company have a Charity of the Year scheme? Could you nominate the Katie Piper Foundation? If you or your staff choose the Katie Piper Foundation as your Charity of the Year, we will help to make it a successful venture for both your company and the charity. It is a wonderful opportunity for your entire organisation to work together to support the Foundation’s work fundraising with us can engage your staff with a motivating cause and help to make it easier to live with burns and scars.
Charity of the Year partnerships currently include:
Arrows Group, the London and Amsterdam based professional sector recruitment specialist. The staff in Arrows Group London Waterloo offices will be undertaking a number of challenges and events to raise funds for the Foundation during 2012-13 and aim to raise a total of £5,000 across the next 12 months.
Turnbull Rutherford, specialists in the field of debt litigation and consumer credit litigation and have developed a strong reputation by ensuring that they always address the specific needs and objectives of each of their clients and by providing effective solutions to their business concerns. Turnbull Rutherford has chosen the Katie Piper Foundation for their Charity of the Year 2012-13 and not only will their staff be volunteering in the KPF office but Turnbull Rutherford will be organizing various staff fundraising activities throughout the next 12 months and will make a corporate donation in due course.
The One Club
A cause related marketing programme for any sized organisation to join – from multi-nationals to entrepreneurial start-ups.
Are you able to donate 1% or £1 – from the value of the unit or product that you sell, from the cost of the treatments that you provide, from the number of clients you have?
We are currently in discussion with a number of founding partners – would you like to join us at this important stage? If you feel that your company can provide support to the Katie Piper Foundation in this way, e-mail Carol here to sign up!
Payroll Perfection has come on board, having decided to make a donation per payroll client to the Foundation on an annual basis. Julie Smith, owner of Payroll Perfection, said “The Katie Piper Foundation is very inspiring and doing such an important job. I love the concept of The One Club – which is an easy way for my company to support the charity. I hope many more companies consider joining the Foundation in this way.”
We are thrilled that the Cosmetic Skin Clinic have joined The One Club, and look forward to a successful partnership in 2012.
Gifts in Kind
We have benefited from substantial and crucial pro bono support from various companies offering their expertise, skills and resources which have helped establish the Foundation and ensure our success to date.
If your company can offer pro bono support, we would like to hear from you. Contact Carol.
