A corporate partnership with YMCA East Surrey can bring lasting benefits to your company as well as make a difference. It enables your business to be visible at the heart of the community, enhances your brand and demonstrates a CSR commitment to the local community.
We recognise that all relationships must be mutually beneficial. As a local charity with a huge range of services we can carefully tailor offers and benefits to suit your organisation.
YMCA East Surrey enables children, young people and adults to belong, contribute and thrive. We believe that every young person should be able to reach their full potential, no matter what their background or circumstances and we would love for you to help us achieve this.
What can YMCA offer your company?
A partnership with YMCA East Surrey can bring you lasting business benefits and enable you to build on your reputation as a socially responsible company. Just some of the many benefits include:
- Increase staff engagement, morale and motivation
- Meeting your Corporate Social Responsibility objectives
- Boosting your company’s brand reputation with the wider local community
- Positive media and press coverage through our strong local PR and social media channels
- Proven health and wellbeing benefits for your staff
- Meaningful volunteering opportunities
- Strategic advertising opportunities through sponsorship of events and projects
Health and Wellbeing opportunities
We are committed to improving health and wellbeing in the local community and can host Health and Wellbeing events in your office offering:
- Gym membership at discounted corporate rates
- Free NHS health checks for employees aged 40-74 (other qualifying criteria apply)
- Lifestyle weight management services
- Free local walks and cycle rides
- Exercise referral programme (for those with pre-existing health issues).
Charity of the Year partnership
A Charity of the Year partnership is a great way for staff to participate in something fun while bringing about positive change within the community. We will work closely with you to develop a tailor-made programme of fundraising and volunteering activities which will engage your staff and deliver a successful, mutually beneficial partnership.
Volunteering
We offer a range of exciting volunteering opportunities to get your staff involved in projects helping the local community from painting, community gardening, or handing out medals at our Fun Run!
Fundraising events & teambuilding
Your staff can get fit, have fun, meet friends and raise funds by taking part in one of our inspiring challenge fundraising events. We offer full support with training and fundraising, leaving your employees free to take on new experiences. From cycling, walking and running events through to bungee jumps, skydives, abseils and even firewalks; there is something for everyone to take on! We can even help to support your own bespoke challenge event if a lot of staff want to get involved.
Sleep Easy
YMCA Sleep Easy is where people sleep rough for one night so others don’t have to. This event is a brilliant opportunity to work and come together as a team to fundraise and raise awareness of the issue of youth homelessness and helps raise money to support YMCA East Surrey.
You could also organise your own company fundraising event, a summer barbecue or sports tournament for example, to help engage staff while raising funds for our vital work.
Pro-Bono Support and Gifts in Kind
Your organisation could support us by providing pro-bono services such as legal advice or facilities for corporate hospitality events. Donated goods from your company can also help boost our income through raffle prizes, sales in our charity shop or by providing much needed equipment and furniture for our projects.
Corporate donations
Single or regular corporate donations are another invaluable way of demonstrating your support for YMCA East Surrey.
Payroll Giving
Payroll Giving is a simple, tax efficient way for your employees to donate regularly to charity directly from their salary. Whatever the size of your business, Payroll Giving is easy to set up and inexpensive to run. It is easy to set up a scheme if you do not have one already and we can provide advice and help you to promote it to your staff.
Sponsorship
From our Fun Run and Santa Run community events in Priory Park, Reigate through to specific projects, publicly supporting YMCA East Surrey can reinforce your company’s position as a socially responsible company. Whatever your sponsorship budget, we will have a campaign, event or programme to match your needs.
Working with YMCA East Surrey
Your company can get involved in many different ways and we are committed to working with you to meet your company’s aims and objectives however you decide to support us.
We can arrange to come to your organisation to present our services to your staff. Alternatively, your staff can visit us to find out more about what we do and to join in volunteering opportunities. The chance to see or hear about the difference their support can make to the work of YMCA East Surrey will undoubtedly boost staff morale, motivation and understanding of why your company supports us.
To find out more about the range of opportunities available or discuss how your company could get involved, please contact Caroline Jones.