Corporate Support

Supporting The Chiltern Centre for Disabled Children is a great way for your company to give back to the community. Your company and colleagues can raise money and make a real difference to children and young people living with multiple disabilities.  We can help you fulfill your corporate social responsibility objectives, while enjoying a rewarding experience and making a real impact.

Whatever the size of your organisation, we would be delighted to work with you. There are so many ways companies can get involved and help The Chiltern Centre’s work…from a simple dress down day, taking part in one of our events, setting up a Give as You Earn Scheme, volunteering or choosing The Chiltern Centre as your Charity of the Year.

Why choose The Chiltern Centre?
We have a great reputation locally working businesses of all sizes from blue chip companies to smaller organisations. We recognize that every company wants different things, so we will work with you to understand and meet your needs.

We can support you in your fundraising:

• We have plenty of great fundraising ideas
• Providing material for your event such as posters, stickers, balloons, t-shirts and collection boxes
• Including information about your company in our newsletter and on our website
• We can also provide you with a breakdown of exactly what your money is helping to buy
• Help generating media and publicity support to show you are meeting your corporate social responsibility and giving something back to the local community

We offer a huge amount of support and plenty of fundraising ideas. So get involved and help The Chiltern Centre make a real difference!
For a chat about how your company can get involved, please contact Jane Ainslie on 01491 575575 or email jane@chilterncentre.org.uk

So what’s in it for you?
As well as giving everyone involved in an enjoyable and rewarding experience, there are a number of real and lasting benefits in deciding to support The Chiltern Centre.
Your support can:

• Enhance your organisation’s image with all its stakeholders: staff, suppliers, customers and the local community.
  "Supporting a good cause is a proven way to attract and retain customers - 51% of the British public chose a product or service because of responsible reputation."
  The Ethical Consumer, MORI/Co-operative Bank
• Generate great press and PR coverage through the high local media profile that The Chiltern Centre enjoys.
• Be good fun for employees and a fantastic team builder and can improve staff morale, motivation, retention and team-working skills.
• Build job related skills (team building, volunteering opportunities, project management and planning skills, improved consumer relations)

There are so many opportunities to work together…

• Company donations
  
• Nominate us as your charity of the year
• Payroll giving
  
• In-kind Support
  

Company donations
A straightforward donation is an easy way to show your support and makes a real difference to the work we do at The Chiltern Centre. With your agreement, we will mention your donation in our publicity material and website, raising your company profile amongst our supporters.

For more information about how your donation could make a difference, please contact Jane Ainslie on 07525213800 or email jane@chilterncentre.org.uk

Charity of the Year
Adopting the Chiltern Centre as your charity of the year is a great way to focus your employees' fundraising efforts and create a massive morale boost.

We can work together to find the partnership that suits us both, creating a programme of events and fundraising opportunities that you and your employees can become involved with throughout the year. We enjoy being part of the team and provide an experienced fundraiser to give day-to-day support as well as assistance and promotional materials for your fundraising events.

So go on, make a real difference today, work with us as your Charity of the Year and just imagine what we can achieve together!

Payroll giving is a quick, hassle-free way to support The Chiltern Centre by making regular donations from your pay and because donations are made before tax is deducted, it is one of the most tax efficient ways of supporting the centre. This means that a monthly donation of £10 straight out of your payroll, actually only costs you £7.80 or £6 for higher rate tax payers.

You authorise your employer to deduct an amount regularly from your pay. You can give any amount and can change or stop your donation at any time by giving your payroll department one month’s notice.

Payroll giving is a vital source of income for The Chiltern Centre as this regular funding
enables us to plan and budget our future activity.

What you should do: If you would like to make a difference, simply ask your Payroll Department if they already operate a payroll-giving scheme and, if so, how you sign up.  If not, then ask if they could set one up by contacting Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

To find out more about supporting The Chiltern Centre through Payroll Giving please contact Jane Ainslie on 01491 575575 or email jane@chilterncentre.org.uk

Sponsorship
As a responsible charity, we are constantly working to minimise our costs. Sponsorship of our events, projects and publications for example our newsletter helps us to do that.

We have challenges to suit most tastes and from one off activities to an ongoing commitment. We also have events throughout the whole year we need volunteers to help with including sporting events, dinners and quiz nights.

Questions to consider:

• How many people would you want to take part?
• What skills does the team have?
• What would you like to achieve? 
• What is your budget both in terms of cost and time?

To make the most of your team's time out of the office we would hold a team meeting before to plan the project.

Click here to see more about our volunteering opportunities

For more information onhowe to involve your employees, please contact Jane Ainslie on 07525213800 or email jane@chilterncentre.org.uk

In-kind Support
Donating equipment and services, is a popular way to support The Chiltern Centre, as there is always a continued need for new products for the centre itself and for the children and young people.

Offers of printing, envelope stuffing and postage are also welcome as are donations of auction and raffle prizes.

For more information on making an in-kind donation, please contact Jane Ainslie on 07525213800 or email jane@chilterncentre.org.uk