Sponsorship

Sponsorship is a commercial activity which should be mutually beneficial to the sponsor and us. The benefits include:

• the opportunity be associated with an organisation that helps some of the most vulnerable people in society to move towards independence
• a safe and exciting partnership with a financially sound charity
• a relationship with a partner that has a long term interest in developing communities, both economically and socially.

To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact our Director of Investment and Development, Paul Birtill, on 020 7501 2270.

 

AVIVA makes a link

Working together

For the second year running, a team of staff from Aviva – the worldwide insurance group – spent a day getting their hands dirty improving the communal garden at De Crespigny Park, an MST supported house in Lambeth.

A strong team of staff from Aviva left their offices behind and rolled up their sleeves to build a small allotment on the garden of the scheme on May 6. The staff’s enthusiasm was again unstoppable and everybody worked really hard on the day.

 

A valuable link

This kind of events provides a valuable link between businesses and the community. Tony Russell, Senior Support Officer, who co-ordinated this opportunity, has a clear idea of what the advantages are for this type of matches. “We really appreciate Aviva’s donation of time, effort and materials - they donated 500lb of compost and assorted seeds. Their input certainly has made a difference to our service users’ lives.”

 

Mutually beneficial

Aviva encourages and enables their staff to take part in volunteering opportunities each year. After a very successful day re-vamping the garden of the scheme last year, they decided to come back again in the spring. “We felt challenged and we wanted to complete the job, as we have prepared the soil for growing vegetables and herbs back in September. Now, in May, we met the service users who told us where they wanted the plants in the garden. We felt great and rewarded at the end of the day”, said Lucia Upadhyaya, Aviva employee.

Please contact our new business team to find out more.

By giving up some of their time to help us build on the good work we do, volunteers make a real difference to people’s lives.

Does volunteering interest you?

 

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