How Your Company Can Help

How your Company can help

Depaul Trust has a dedicated Corporate Fundraising Team that is available to help you and your company engage positively with your community, share your resources effectively, make strategic donations, facilitate employee involvement and tackle the issues of corporate sponsorship, cause related marketing and gifts in kind.

We are here to help you and we understand your needs; why not contact a member of our Corporate Fundraising Team for more information? We're even happy to help you to develop a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) package for your company.

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Corporate sponsorship and partnership opportunities
Employee involvement
Cause related marketing
We understand your needs

However you choose to get involved, may we thank you in anticipation for the help you will give to enable young people to sleep in a safe place tonight.

Corporate Sponsorship and Partnership opportunities
Whatever your sponsorship budget Depaul has a service, project or event that can fit your resources and provide you with the positive PR that will enhance your reputation within the community. See our impressive list of existing partners and corporate partners.

See below for the opportunities that are available to you -

Sponsor a project
Sponsor a worker
Sponsor our conference or our publications including our annual report
Sponsor a fund raising event

Company Donation
Your company can of course make a simple straightforward donation to our work. Whatever your budget your donation will make a huge difference to young people who other wise will spend many more nights on the streets.

£500 provides a computer for IT training

£1000 provides training in literacy for 12 young people for 6 weeks to prepare them for employment

£2500 provides an emergency grant for young people who have immediate physical needs

£5000 provides heating and lighting at a 12 bed hostel for a whole year

Charity of the Year
One very effective way of involving your whole company in the work of Depaul Trust is by adopting us as your Charity of the Year. This is a real demonstration of your commitment to global citizenship and will help you develop an integrated CSR policy that works throughout the whole year. Again our dedicated Corporate Fundraising Team can discuss this further with you and your senior executives.

Gifts in Kind
Another great way of supporting Depaul Trust is by making gifts in kind. Do you have any unwanted end of line stock or are you upgrading your office or computer system and can release some second hand goods? Do you have a conference or sports facility that could be made available to Depaul Trust? Building materials to keep our hostels in top condition as well as catering services and wine for fundraising dinners.
Speak to our Corporate Fundraising Team today about making a gift in kind.

Employee Involvement

According to research conducted by 'Business in the Community', 87% of employees believe that a company that supports work in its community is a good company to work for. Employee fundraising events has benefits for you as the employer, the employees themselves and for the Depaul Trust - it can develop a new sense of team, people acquire new skills and everyone leaves feeling they have made a difference right on their door step.

There are great opportunities for your employees to get involved with Depaul Trust. Listed below are a few of them but please speak to our corporate team if you have other ideas or suggestions too.

Pay-roll Giving
Sponsored Fundraising Events
Team building challenges - contact the Team
Gifts of Shares
Volunteering opportunities
Office recycling - ink cartridges to mobile phones
Buy.at/depaul - support our work every time you spend

Cause Related Marketing

According to MORI in 1998 just 28% of the British public believed that when purchasing a product it was important to know that the company showed a high degree of CSR. However by 2002 that figure had risen to 44%.

Research has proven that a brand associated with a cause can positively affect the consumer's perception of it and the company selling the product or service. 89% of consumers have purchased a product or service linked to a charity in the past 12 months. This is why we, at Depaul Trust, believe in Caused Related Marketing and our team are ready to discuss the potential of our partnership with you.

The benefits to you and your company:

Positive PR - it reinforces your credentials as a socially responsible company
Building customer and employee loyalty -they both feel better knowing they have made an indirect donation to a good cause
Differentiating brand reputation -it sets you apart from the rest
Increased brand awareness
Positive connections into the community
Team building opportunities
Networking opportunities
Influence with Government and other major decision makers

Partnerships can include on pack promotions, in-store merchandising and trade promotions or product launch photo opportunities. Please discuss your needs with our Corporate Fundraising Team.

We understand your needs

We understand that your company has it own objectives and priorities. You might, for instance, want to secure some positive PR, launch a new product or service or develop an existing one, engage in a team-building project or any combination of these.

Depaul has a dedicated Corporate Management Team that understands your business needs and will work in partnership with you to develop a 'tailor-made' fundraising or CSR package for your company.

We have available a Corporate Social Responsibility Framework for businesses just like yours, which will enable you to put your CRS policies in place or develop your existing ones. This includes sections on - an introduction to CSRand 'Setting your vision and values' and 'Your commitment to your local community' as well as many others.




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			How your Company can help Depaul Trust has a dedicated Corporate Fundraising Team that is available to help you and your company engage positively with your community, share your resources effectively, make strategic donations, facilitate employee involvement and tackle the issues of corporate sponsorship, cause related marketing and gifts in kind. We are here to help you and we understand your needs; why not contact a member of our Corporate Fundraising Team for more information? We're even happy to help you to develop a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) package for your company. Pages in this section... Corporate sponsorship and partnership opportunities Employee involvement Cause related marketing We understand your needs However you choose to get involved, may we thank you in anticipation for the help you will give to enable young people to sleep in a safe place tonight. Corporate Sponsorship and Partnership opportunities Whatever your sponsorship budget Depaul has a service, project or event that can fit your resources and provide you with the positive PR that will enhance your reputation within the community. See our impressive list of existing partners and corporate partners. See below for the opportunities that are available to you - Sponsor a project Sponsor a worker Sponsor our conference or our publications including our annual report Sponsor a fund raising event Company Donation Your company can of course make a simple straightforward donation to our work. Whatever your budget your donation will make a huge difference to young people who other wise will spend many more nights on the streets. £500 provides a computer for IT training £1000 provides training in literacy for 12 young people for 6 weeks to prepare them for employment £2500 provides an emergency grant for young people who have immediate physical needs £5000 provides heating and lighting at a 12 bed hostel for a whole year Charity of the Year One very effective way of involving your whole company in the work of Depaul Trust is by adopting us as your Charity of the Year. This is a real demonstration of your commitment to global citizenship and will help you develop an integrated CSR policy that works throughout the whole year. Again our dedicated Corporate Fundraising Team can discuss this further with you and your senior executives. Gifts in Kind Another great way of supporting Depaul Trust is by making gifts in kind. Do you have any unwanted end of line stock or are you upgrading your office or computer system and can release some second hand goods? Do you have a conference or sports facility that could be made available to Depaul Trust? Building materials to keep our hostels in top condition as well as catering services and wine for fundraising dinners. Speak to our Corporate Fundraising Team today about making a gift in kind. Employee Involvement According to research conducted by 'Business in the Community', 87% of employees believe that a company that supports work in its community is a good company to work for. Employee fundraising events has benefits for you as the employer, the employees themselves and for the Depaul Trust - it can develop a new sense of team, people acquire new skills and everyone leaves feeling they have made a difference right on their door step. There are great opportunities for your employees to get involved with Depaul Trust. Listed below are a few of them but please speak to our corporate team if you have other ideas or suggestions too. Pay-roll Giving Sponsored Fundraising Events Team building challenges - contact the Team Gifts of Shares Volunteering opportunities Office recycling - ink cartridges to mobile phones Buy.at/depaul - support our work every time you spend Cause Related Marketing According to MORI in 1998 just 28% of the British public believed that when purchasing a product it was important to know that the company showed a high degree of CSR. However by 2002 that figure had risen to 44%. Research has proven that a brand associated with a cause can positively affect the consumer's perception of it and the company selling the product or service. 89% of consumers have purchased a product or service linked to a charity in the past 12 months. This is why we, at Depaul Trust, believe in Caused Related Marketing and our team are ready to discuss the potential of our partnership with you. The benefits to you and your company: Positive PR - it reinforces your credentials as a socially responsible company Building customer and employee loyalty -they both feel better knowing they have made an indirect donation to a good cause Differentiating brand reputation -it sets you apart from the rest Increased brand awareness Positive connections into the community Team building opportunities Networking opportunities Influence with Government and other major decision makers Partnerships can include on pack promotions, in-store merchandising and trade promotions or product launch photo opportunities. Please discuss your needs with our Corporate Fundraising Team. We understand your needs We understand that your company has it own objectives and priorities. You might, for instance, want to secure some positive PR, launch a new product or service or develop an existing one, engage in a team-building project or any combination of these. Depaul has a dedicated Corporate Management Team that understands your business needs and will work in partnership with you to develop a 'tailor-made' fundraising or CSR package for your company. We have available a Corporate Social Responsibility Framework for businesses just like yours, which will enable you to put your CRS policies in place or develop your existing ones. This includes sections on - an introduction to CSRand 'Setting your vision and values' and 'Your commitment to your local community' as well as many others.