It doesn't matter how big or small your organisation is, in which sector, or where you are based, there are plenty of opportunities to support Little Heroes Cancer Trust through corporate fundraising.
If you or your company would like to get involved, you’ll find lots of ideas here, from Charity of the Year adoptions and sponsorship opportunities, to employee fundraising and volunteering.
Getting involved with a local charity is extremely rewarding and fun for you and your colleagues. You may well find yourself doing something that you never thought was achievable or that you would just never get around to doing if it wasn’t for your decision to support a charitable cause. So, why not get the exhilaration of being involved in one of our individual or team challenges while helping us continue to care for those with a life-limiting illness and their families.
By working in partnership with our charity, you’ll be fully supported by members of our corporate fundraising team who can help you achieve any number of business or corporate objectives. These might include increasing staff retention, motivation and team-building, enhancing your company’s image through branding and PR opportunities, addressing new audiences or demonstrating carefully planned corporate social responsibility initiatives. Read more over the following pages and then make this happen by contacting us.

Charity of the Year Adoption

Charity of the Year adoption is an increasingly popular concept for businesses and charities alike. They are an effective way for businesses to focus their approach to charitable giving and actively involve employees, whilst helping a charity to achieve greater financial security and enhanced community support.

The key elements of charity partnerships are that the business chooses one main charity to support over a specific time period, usually ranging from one to two years. The partnership is designed to be of mutual benefit and often, although not always, involves the company’s staff in some way. With so many options for staff fundraising this can also be a great opportunity for team building or just simply to have some fun!

Engaging with The Little Heroes Charity in this way allows a sustainable relationship to build up between your business and the charity. A member of the charity’s corporate fundraising team will personally manage the relationship, helping you to get started with a launch activity or event, attending your premises to make presentations to your staff, and offering plenty of advice and feedback throughout the entire partnership.

Payroll Giving

Payroll Giving is an easy and tax-efficient way for employees to donate to their favorite charities. It is simple for employers to set up and run, and is an excellent way to show support for employees’ charitable giving

How does Payroll Giving work?

Sponsorship

There are many different ways in which sponsorship can be offered to help the charity meet specific objectives, all of which will help build a positive image of your company.

Sponsorship offers a value-for-money advertising opportunity, allowing you to reach a target audience and raise the profile of your brand whilst demonstrating a clear commitment to Little Heroes and the people it cares for in your community.

In the unlikely event that we don’t have exactly what you’re looking for, we will work with you to find a sponsorship package that suits your needs.

Staff Volunteering

We know that, for anyone in business, time and resources are precious commodities. That’s why, if you allow your staff time to spend some of that valuable time volunteering with us, we’ll work with you to find an opportunity that makes an important contribution. Also if you allow your staff to volunteer for us for a few hours you can claim it back from your tax.

“Nearly half (42%) of companies who allow their staff time off work to volunteer say it helps reduce staff sick days.”

“92% of employees say that they would prefer to work for a company with an employee volunteering project than one that doesn’t.”

Cause Related Marketing (CRM)

When making purchasing decisions, many of today's consumers have begun to take a much greater interest in the ethical and social practices of the companies behind the brands.

Cause Related Marketing (CRM) allows companies to satisfy this rise in consumer expectations by aligning their marketing objectives with the social objectives of a charitable cause. CRM is one of the fastest growing ways for companies to form partnerships with Little Heroes.

88% of all consumers were aware of a CRM programme operating between companies and charities. Eighty per cent felt more loyal and more positive about those companies that chose to work with charities in this way.