Corporate Fundraising

Fundraising and Your Company

The Batchley Support Group works hard to give a range of support services to all those who live within the Batchley & Brockhill areas of Redditch. However our work would not be possible without the generosity of our volunteers and grant funders

As an organisation we rely heavily on our support from the grant and trust fundraising sector. We wish to developed our fundraising strategy to spread the risk and increase our revenue funding. There are many ways your company can get involved. As an employee you could try to get your company interested, or get some work mates together to fundraise.

How Your Company Can Support Us

No matter where you work, we need your support.

Together with your colleagues you can help to make a real difference to the lives of the people of Batchley & Brockhill

What can my company do?

• Invest in a Batchley Support Groups marketing or
• Encourage colleagues to donate by setting up a payroll giving scheme
• Make a donation, be it money, shares, raffle prizes
• Adopt Batchley Support Group as your Charity of the Year (COTY) We work with employees and companies of all shapes and sizes across the UK

Whatever you’re looking for, there are many ways you and your company can support us. We can help you choose something to suit your organisation.

Things You Can Do

There are many ways you can support us at work and help us beat heart disease together. Whichever way you choose to support us, we have all the information you need to get started.

Fundraising at work

Are you looking for tips and ideas so you can start fundraising at work? Do you have a great idea to raise money and need help to make it happen? We are here to support you as much as we can.

• Sweepstakes - these can be done for any major events, for example the Grand National or Wimbledon. You could donate a percentage of the winnings to the Jennifer Trust or allocate one competitor to us!
• Raffles - get colleagues or local businesses to donate the prizes.
• Cook - take in Smartie cookies or cakes for the day and charge for them!
• Swear Box - every time someone in your office swears they have to put 20p or 50p in a swear box!! Empty it at the end of the month, or when it's full and send us the contents!
• Office Quiz - get your work mates together and organise an office quiz!
• Worst Tie Competition - pay a £1 entry fee for your tie, the winner gets 50% of the winnings and so does the Jennifer Trust.
• Office Auction - bid off prizes such as the use of the bosses office for a day, or a day off, dress down day.
• Sponsored Work Swap - sponsor the boss to work on reception for a hour, or pay to make him/her do your jobs for you i.e. photocopying, answering the phone, and other errands.
• Gunge Tank - put you and your colleague's photos on a board for a week and charge people to vote to have them gunged at the end of the week! Then auction off the job of gunging them to the highest bidder.
• Fancy dress day / dress down day - everyone pays a £1 to come to work in what they like.

Payroll Giving - Give Through Your Salary

This is a tax free way of giving through your pay. For example, if you donate £5 to us, it only costs you £4. You can give more for less, it’s that simple.

Payroll Giving - sometimes known as Give As You Earn - is a really easy way to make regular, tax-free donations to us.

Each time you're paid, an amount agreed by you is deducted by your Payroll Department, and sent to us so we can continue to invest in vital, pioneering research.

There's nothing more for you to do. And, your donation will be even bigger at no further cost to you, thanks to the Government adding the tax on as an extra donation.

For example, if you agree to give £5 to the Batchley Support Group, you only pay £4.00 - if you are a basic rate tax payer - and the taxman makes up the remaining £1.00.

Charity of the Year

Make the Batchley Support Group your Charity of the Year! Different fundraising events can take place throughout the year to raise money for us! Also if you work for large companies such as Barclays or Marks and Spencer, they may have a match-giving scheme whereby they match the funds raised and donate them to the Batchley Support Group Charity.