By supporting Home-Start you are helping struggling parents give their children a better start in life.

Home-Start has been working with companies for many years, developing good relationships across a wide range of industries.

Companies and Home-Start - a Win Win Win Partnership!

Win - children - more secure within families getting the help they need when they need it from volunteers – there because they want to be.

Win - Home-Start - able to reach out to more children and parents that are struggling to cope.

Win - companies - associated with the largest home-visiting family support charity in the UK touching lives within their local community.

To discuss corporate partnerships email Sue Peake-Redhead, corporate fundraising officer, or phone her on 0116 258 7924.

Current Corporate Partnerships

Coinstar, provider of automated retail solutions, has been raising funds for us through coin convertor machines in Sainsbury stores since 2006. Home-Start is one of a selection of charities that customers can donate all or a percentage of their loose change to when using these machines. All this small change adds up to make a big difference.

GlaxoSmithKline, have several team challenges for Home-Start posted on their “Orange Day” intranet area for staff to choose a voluntary activity to undertake within the company’s volunteering programme.

Kiddivouchers, the childcare voucher scheme management company who pledge to giveat least 5% of profit to charities relating to children and childcare, have sponsored a reprint of Home-Start's leaflet for referrers, and are also looking to support their local Home-Start in Worcester.

Kimeera, a creative design and web development company has long been a supporter of their local Home-Start and are now moving to support nationally as well with pro bono work through social networking support, and with fundraising activities planned for their staff too.

Lands’ End, the home shopping clothing specialist, is launching its new Lands' End Kids collection this autumn. To celebrate this, and to support a good cause, they have chosen to run a t-shirt competition, with all profits from the sale of the winning design to be donated to Home-Start. Read more

Lloyds Banking Group Properties Department are undertaking 4 team challenges for local Home-Starts in the vicinity of their offices. This ranges from setting up a new office area and refurbishing a play room, to revamping a reception area.

Louis Kennedy, the cause related marketing (crm) specialists and Corporate Social Responsibility consultancy have been working with Home-Start for many years, brokering crm campaigns with miffy and Big & Small.

Marsh, insurance broker and risk advisor group, has given a three year grant for Home-Start to develop our means of communication to reach out to those families who need us most, particularly those feeling really isolated. The first year enabled us to produce more eye-catching and simple, informative leaflets and posters in accordance with our new branding, and the subsequent years' funding has been used to develop areas of the website, and to look at the accessibility of our telephone helpline.

Gifts in kind and pro bono work also have a large part to play in charitable support. In 2007:
Mears Group Plc, a leading social housing maintenance company, responded to a plea from Home-Start for help in setting up a new scheme in Wandsworth. Premises had been offered free of charge within a local school, but the room was in desperate need of 'TLC'. The room had a very high ceiling only accessible from scaffolding , so it was not a job that could be undertaken by a team of volunteers. Mears have also sent teams to completely transform the kitchen and garden at the Home-Start Centre in Leicester. Read more

Morrisons. We were delighted to be shortlisted for Morrison’s Charity of the Year for 2010/2011, and came a very close second in their staff vote. As runners up, we will be one of the benefiting charities from the sale of their charity Christmas cards this year. And, of course, we hope to be “in the frame” again for 2011/2012.

Mothercare Group Foundation has supported our work with families since 2002 at both scheme and national level; funding our core work, and also staff training.
"Mothercare recognises the highs and lows that parenthood brings...that there are times when everyone could benefit from a shoulder to lean on, a friendly face and an extra pair of hands. That's why we've chosen to support Home-Start, helping them to help every mother and father to be the best parent they can be, and give their children the best possible start in life." Simone Spencer-Ahmed, on behalf of The Mothercare Foundation trustees

Next Plc. We have had a relationship with Next since 2001, which has enabled several projects to come to fruition, including Home-Start starter packs, regional grants, vouchers for competition prizes and household products for our local families. Most recently the company has sponsored the upgrading of our 'Changing Lives' DVD in line with our vibrant new branding.

Procter and Gamble: A new fundraising and profile-raising partnership with Procter and Gamble went live on 27th August 2009 when Bold 2in1 gel launched its Loving Squeeze campaign - in aid of Home-Start.The campaign ran until the end of November 2009. Read more

Rensburg Sheppards investment management group, have been sponsors of the annual Home-Start Carol Concert for three years now, enabling all funds raised by our fantastic London Fundraising Committee at this event to go to our charitable work. The company has also donated to Home-Start in lieu of corporate Christmas cards.

Virtrium, an independent IT Management Consultancy and Resourcing Services company holds a charity golf day each year in partnership with Comet, to raise funds for both their chosen charities, Home-Start UK & Make a Wish Foundation UK.

White’s, Northern Ireland’s local breakfast cereal processor, announced a major three year partnership with Home-Start in 2009. White’s, with its commitment to families and family life, is providing financial support which is being used to drive our volunteer recruitment and training programme in Northern Ireland. The campaign, called “Supporting Local Families Together” includes fundraising initiatives, on-pack promotions and other events organised by White’s aimed at securing funds to help Home-Start continue its vital work. Read more

Wilkinson 2009 saw Home-Start embarking upon a brand new four year relationship with High Street home wares retailer, Wilkinson.

Wilkinson has selected four charities to support over four years; Children's Hospices UK, The Anthony Nolan Trust, Age Concern and Home-Start. Each of the four charities receives a corporate donation from Wilkinson across each of the four years. In our case, this is in support of our early learning development work and Child Development Training.

Each charity will also benefit from Wilkinson's in-store Charity of the Year programme for one of the four years. Our turn comes in 2012, when all Wilkinson stores, team members and customers will be encouraged to take part in a host of fundraising events, and to promote volunteering for Home-Start. This will create an opportunity for local Home-Starts to forge relationships with their local store and work together to benefit Home-Start locally and nationally.

Past partnerships

Alliance Boots Healthy Communities Programme, piloted with Home-Start in 2007, and since rolled out nationally, partnered Alliance Boots offices and branches with their local Home-Start, to offer a range of volunteering opportunities. The programme has seen Alliance Boots staff sign up to Ground Force style room makeovers, hosting events and mentoring. "We have worked with Boots HR team to map all of the Healthy Communities volunteering opportunities against our business competencies. For example, if a person has been working in a store for a while and is ready to move on to become a team leader or a store manager, they might need a practical way of developing their leadership skills- a Home-Start team challenge would give them exactly this experience while benefitting the local community at the same time."
Nicki Stockdale, Alliance Boot's Community Investment Team. Read more

Sainsbury's and Home-Start worked together for 8 years in all. Projects ranged from supporting the free phone information line where people can ask for help, volunteer or donate; sponsorship of the launch of the Home-Start Big Tea Party in 2005 that generated over £250,000; to our exciting recent partnership programme, 'Starting Young' which developed ways to encourage healthy, active lifestyles for the under 5's. We have also been one of 3 charities to benefit from the sale of Sainsbury’s charity Christmas cards. Read more

Scarborough Building Society and Home-Start enjoyed a three year relationship which began when the building society launched its Family Saver account with donations going to Home-Start. With every account opened £1 was donated to local Home-Starts with a building society branch in their area. This guaranteed a minimum donation of £500 per branch over three years, specifically used for family events. The society also encouraged staff to get personally involved with their local Home-Start, gave financial support to the opening of a new local Home-Start, and sponsored national Home-Start publications from their donation-per-member-vote scheme at their AGM. Scarborough Building Society has since been merged with the Skipton Building Society.

"The ethos of Home-Start fit very well with our own values and we were proud to be associated with a charity that offers so much to local communities." John Carrier, former Chief Executive, Scarborough Building Society

The Vodafone UK Foundation has supported volunteer development, events around the International Year of the Family and the Home-Start Scheme Support Fund. Vodafone also funded the creation of a web-based fundraising toolkit for all local Home-Starts. This resource is now being regularly used by hundreds of local Home-Starts and is assisting them in seeking, applying for and securing local funding.

For more details of how your company can get involved, email Sue Peake-Redhead, or phone her on 0116 258 7924.

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