Corporate Giving

Helping as a Business

You’re reading this page because you already care. Now it’s just a question of finding the right way for your business to help us.

Forward-thinking businesses are conscious of their social, moral and ethical responsibilities. And those are exactly the kind of companies we want to partner with. We’re here to add value to your organisation while creating benefits for ours. So if you’re interested in finding out more, we’ll listen carefully and help work out what might work best. And we promise not to become tiresome.

Let’s make a difference!

By pooling our motivation, ideas and energy, we could achieve great things together. Contact Christina Cope - Fundraising Development Officer for a no-obligation chat on 01282 773963, or email c.cope@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk

What’s in it for your business?

We’re not into one-way relationships.

Partnering with us really isn’t about annual photo opportunities with cheques (although we do like cheques). When we say partnership, we mean partnership, because we know you want to get something out of it, too. For example, we can:

help you to improve your corporate social responsibility (CSR) credentials
generate positive publicity for your business
network you with other local businesses
help you with team-building
provide your people with personal & professional development opportunities

How can we work together?

We have some suggestions, but to be honest we’re always looking for new ideas and you probably have loads. So you might be taken with something below – but if you want to do something different, please do talk to us!

Charity of the year – How much would we love to be your nominated charity of the year?
A lot, that’s what. It’s an annual partnership with lots of opportunities for mutual benefit.
Sponsorship - headline sponsoring one of our fundraising campaigns.
Payroll Giving - A great way to really build a relationship between your business and us, with huge benefits on both sides.
Do your own event – we can support you with anything from a bake sale to a ball.
Collecting tins – Could you host a collection tin for us? We’ve got loads of lovely silver tubs looking for homes on your reception or counter top.
Volunteering– Releasing your people to volunteer can be a brilliant way to provide personal and professional development opportunities while achieving your CSR objectives.

Improving your CSR

CSR is all about doing something good, purely for its own sake. But at the same time, you can create a wide range of benefits for your business.

If we must have jargon, then corporate social responsibility (CSR) involves businesses taking responsibility for social wellbeing and for their impact on the environment. In ordinary language, it’s very simply about choosing to do the right things for the right reasons. Which is a bit of a no-brainer, really.

And if businesses are also seen to be doing the right thing… well, why not? CSR doesn’t have to be secret, any more than it needs to complicated, painful or time-consuming. It’s about finding the right thing to do, and the right way to do it, and then loving it. That’s where we come in.

If you already have a CSR programme, can we talk to you about how we could slot right in?
Raising your profile and credibility
Boosting your social media impact
Getting your people on board and excited
Letting your suppliers, customers and investors know – and even joining in
Becoming a destination employer.

We can work with you to design a CSR programme which suits both you and us. A programme which feels just right for you, and which helps to makes you an even better place to work and do business with. It would mean:

Team-building activities & events

Volunteering scheme

Part of your CSR programme could involve releasing your people to spend regular time volunteering for Gawthope Textiles Collection. We’ll help you create a plan which uses your people’s skills appropriately while also gently encouraging them into personal and professional growth. There are loads of places they could get stuck in: helping in our archives, setting up displays, volunteering at events and fundraising.

Nominated charity status

Lots of companies opt to have a nominated charity – either for the long term, or adopting a new charity every year. So if you choose to partner with us, we’ll help you to put together an appropriate plan for how the relationship would work.

Let’s get started!

There’s absolutely no obligation, so why not have an initial chat? Contact Christina Cope our Fundraising Development Officer c.cope@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk

If you’d like to help but aren’t sure of the best way, just call Christina on 01282 773963