LifeBuilder is a small charity – your money will have a direct impact on improving the lives of some of the poorest and most marginalised communities in India.
We can guarantee that every pound you raise can go directly to one of our projects of your choice. All of our administrative costs this year are covered by a donor/investor so no matter how big or small your support it will all directly benefit the communities where we work. This direct impact will ensure your donation will have maximum benefit and will also give you a unique opportunity to hear the stories of the very individuals whose lives you will have turned around.
As we are a small charity, we also actively encourage any corporate supporter to really get to know the charity and create a partnership that works for you– by meeting our staff and suggesting and discussing any future developments for the charity.
The Benefit to your company
By working with LifeBuilder you can demonstrate in action rather just words that you are playing your role as a good corporate citizen. We will work with you to promote the partnership to achieve maximum publicity – making sure that all your current and potential customers know about the good work you are achieving. We will also promote the partnership amongst our own supporters – via our newsletter, on our website, on facebook and on twitter.
Improve employee morale
A partnership with LifeBuilder can be a cost effective way of improving employee morale. Employees can improve their team work by creating fundraising events or taking on exciting sponsored challenges together, such as a trek or a bike ride, we can also help organise your employees into teams. Additionally, by your supporting LifeBuilder, your staff will feel part of a company that values human welfare.
Having a partnership with LifeBuilder gives you a unique marketing opportunity
Does your company work in India? Does your company have a large customer base of people of South Asian origin or wish to? A partnership with LifeBuilder can demonstrate your commitment to improving welfare in India for the poorest most marginalised individuals. You can demonstrate that you share similar values as your customers.
You will see the direct impact that your support has
We will provide you with reports every 6 months so that you can see how your support is changing lives. We can help you to develop communications with your staff, customers and stakeholders to demonstrate how you supporter has changed lives in an appropriate manner. Because our projects are small scale but have big impact, we will be able to bring to you directly the stories of people you have helped.
How you can support us - and it doesn't
have to cost your company a pound
Printing
Do you print business cards, headed paper, comp slips, brochures, exhibition stands etc.? How about getting a competitive quote which still includes a donation to LifeBuilder? We have partnered with printers charityprintshop.com – for every print job they do for you they will donate at least 10% of the profit that they make on the job to LifeBuilder. This is a really simple way of increasing your charitable giving without costing you anymore than what you already spend on your printing needs.Payroll giving
Does your company have a payroll giving scheme? You can promote LifeBuilder to your staff – giving them an option of donating in a tax efficient manner. Don’t have payroll giving scheme? It is really easy to set up – we can guide you through this simple process.
Team Bonding Challenge event
Looking for a way for your staff to bond – what about taking part in a sponsored challenge event? We can organise trips such as trekking Mount Etna or London to Paris cycle ride. We can also help you plan events like the 3 peaks challenge. You can view a list of possible challenges by clicking here.
Team Bonding – employee fundraising
Planning and taking part in fundraising activities can be a great way to get staff working together for a common cause. Fundraising can involve simple activities such as holding a raffle, having a dress down day, holding a sweepstake or events such as a quiz night or even a gala dinner.
Recycling
You can raise money for LifeBuilder simply by recycling your old print ink cartridges, tonner and old mobile phones. We can supply you with boxes to have in your office to collect the item. We will then arrange free collection of the boxes when full. Not only will you be improving your environmental credentials you will also be supporting LifeBuilder’s work. You can order your recycling envelopes and/or boxes now for free by clicking here.
Have a collection box
Have a visible show of support for us by placing a LifeBuilder donation box where your customers, colleagues and partners will see it. You can place it anywhere – on a shop counter, on a reception desk, by the coffee machine. Those few pennies that get dropped in really can build up to make a huge difference.
Promote us to your employees and customers
The more people who know about the work we are doing the better. Put a link on your website so your customers and employees can find out more about us. Allow us to insert a leaflet in the next publication which goes out to your customers or with your monthly payroll paperwork. Add a short piece about us in your e-newsletter, we can help you write this.
Gifts in kind
It’s not just money which can help us.
- Does your company have any skills we can use?
- Do you have an amazing graphic designer who can offer their services to help us develop our publications?
- Do you have a lawyer who can give us advice?
- Do you have an incredible performer in your ranks who we could use at an event?
- Or do you have goods we can use directly in India – for example stationary for our English classes?
- Or do you have prizes we can use for raffles and auctions – perhaps a stay at a spa or a voucher for your company.
- Do you have an in house magazine – what about giving us free space to advertise in it?
Commercial partnership
Do you have a product you want to add a unique selling point to? What about creating a commercial partnership with LifeBuilder where we get a donation for each item sold? For example, in a restaurant we could work together to arrange that LifeBuilder gets a 10p donation for the sale of a specific dish that is sold. Or if for every customer who spends over £100 with you we get £1. As part of this partnership you would be able to us our logo and branding and we would promote your services/product to our supporters helping to grow your customer base
Get your staff to volunteer in India
We can take volunteers from anywhere between 3 weeks and 4 months working on our teaching English programmes. This can be a great way of giving your staff a unique opportunity – and to show that you value them in giving them a chance of a lifetime. We use volunteers to assist in the teaching – this maybe to give a poor Indian women the opportunity to practice her conversational English so she gains confidence to be able to get a job in an international a business for example.
Make us your charity of the year
Do you run a charity of the year scheme? Why not pick LifeBuilder. We will be able to give you a programme to directly fundraise for, we will update you regularly with the impact your effort is having and provide you speakers to talk about our work.
Make a donation
Or you can simply make a cash donation to us. We would be happy to promote any donation on our website or via our twitter or facebook. We can even arrange a presentation ceremony. You can make a donation online by clicking here, by sending it to LifeBuilder, Freepost RSKG-GKSZ-KYCZ, 1 Great West House, Brentford, London, TW8 9DF or via a bank transfer to Account 73170829 Sort Code 20 42 73.
Projects your company could fund
You can click here to look at the projects we currently would like further funding for. You could be the company that allows us to take these projects further. Alternatively rather than restricting your donations you can leave the decision of where to spend the money up to LifeBuilder –we would still report back to you what we had done with your donation.
These are just some of the ways your company can work with LifeBuilder. Due to the fact we are a small charity we can be flexible to meet your needs. To discuss further the possibility of working together then please do contact us.
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