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Matthew, 16, left school with no qualifications because he had to care for his disabled mother. He felt unfulfilled and lonely before UK Youth enabled him to engage with his peers again through a Youth Achievement Award initiative. He began volunteering in his community and is now working towards becoming a qualified youth and community worker. According to Matthew, “Youth Achievement Awards have helped me improve in life and I have made lots of new friends that I can count on.”
Corporate support has been instrumental to our success in helping young people like Matthew to become fulfilled and responsible citizens.
UK Youth works with corporate partners to support young people and make a difference to their lives. Corporate supporters work with us in a range of ways, from donating to the charity, sponsoring flagship programmes, giving pro bono support and guidance and engaging employees in UK Youth projects.
A number of companies regularly volunteer UK Youth's headquarters, at Avon Tyrrell, an activity centre in the heart of the New Forest. Teams work onsite, making the environment more suitable for the thousands of disadvantaged young people who use the centre each year. To reward companies that have given up their time in such a way, the Avon Tyrrell staff give the volunteers the chance to experience some of the personal and team building activities and take part in some of the activities the centre provides - that includes Archery, High Ropes, Climbing & Abseiling, Canoeing and Kayaking and the Zip Wire.
Alternatively employees can take part in the London Marathon or our exciting UK and global Challenges programme or any of our forthcoming events. We are also interested in pairing with sponsors in their own events; please get in touch to discuss opportunities.
To discuss the opportunities available please contact Maria Cleminson by emailing maria@ukyouth.org or by calling 01425 672347 x463.
Give As You Earn is the most tax-effective way for you to give regularly to UK Youth. It is a national scheme whereby employees choose how much they want to give through their payroll to UK Youth each month. The donation then comes off their gross pay, before tax. GAYE really is a very simple way to give to UK Youth.
An example of GAYE amount donated from your NET pay each month: £1.00
Actual cost to you: £1.00
How deduction will show on your payslip if you pay tax at the basic rate*: £1.28
How deduction will show on your payslip if you pay tax at the higher rate*: £1.67
*The amount on your payslip includes the taxman’s contribution to UK Youth, not what you actually donate.
For more information email maria@ukyouth.org or call 01425 672347 x463
Each corporate partnership is unique and we provide support to all our partners, working closely with them to build meaningful relationships that work both for the charity and for the company.
Existing Corporate Partnerships
Employee Engagement
Ask Accenture is a charity initiative between Accenture and UK Youth. UK Youth receives help from Accenture on a variety of projects and schemes. This has included developing business plans, providing IT support and marketing advice, mentoring young people in the community, taking part in the London Marathon, providing consultancy support to develop the organisation and employees participating in our Corporate Challenges.
Project Funding
Accenture enables UK Youth to offer a bursary scheme to our network of youth groups and organisations across the UK. The grant was designed to enable young people who were traditionally not participating in the Youth Achievement Awards to participate and benefit from the personal and social learning that the Awards offer.
Volunteering
Members from Accenture UK have visited Avon Tyrrell, UK Youth's activity centre based in the heart of the New Forest, a number of times.
Amlin plc support UK Youth's Art For Youth exhibition at The Mall Galleries and staff sit on the Art for Youth committee, which develops the programme.
In 2006 UK Youth launched a nationwide Financial Awareness Toolkit and Financial Challenge programme. With the support of the HBOS Foundation, UK Youth has helped raise the standard of financial awareness of thousands of young people nationwide. Financial awareness is an important life skill for everyone and this is a fantastic opportunity for young people to develop their learning in this challenging area.
Canary Wharf Group provide support to UK Youth in a variety of ways including helping to promote local youth work initiatives within the UK Youth network in Tower Hamlets and Newham.
Last year and this year Canary Wharf Group are kindly hosting our annual Youth Achievement Awards Dinner at East Wintergarden, again showing their support for UK Youth's work with young people.
IBM have visited UK Youth’s New Forest Activity Centre, Avon Tyrrell, on a number of occasions where volunteer groups have spent the day developing the activity provision for the many and varied young people who use the centre.
IBM continue to develop their relationship with UK Youth with further employee volunteering and most recently through providing the charity with a collection of artworks to auction online in support of UK Youth.
B&Q have also taken part in volunteering days at Avon Tyrrell, most recently sending 100 staff to help with wildlife gardens, making more accessible paths for disabled visitors and bringing and planting an array of plants outside the min house. They are featured in our Avon Tyrrell video that can be viewed here.
NNL have recently become a corporate supporter of UK Youth with staff organising a 'Everest Challenge climb' where several teams were assembled to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest (or as near to it as possible!) in just 8 hours. All participants enjoyed the challenge and all proceeds came to UK Youth to help towards our work with young people. NNL also have runners partaking in the 2009 London Marathon on behalf of UK Youth.
Strutt & Parker is a UK property partnership providing professional support on all matters relating to land and property. Strutt & Parker has supported the work of UK Youth over the last seven years through its Christmas card competition – children at schools located close to their 45 offices submit drawings on a Christmas theme, and Strutt & Parker donates £1 for every entry and features the winning design on their corporate Christmas card. For more information on Strutt & Parker’s wide range of services and the latest properties on the market, visit www.struttandparker.com
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, develops and markets a broad portfolio of advanced surgical instruments used in open, minimally invasive and natural orifice surgery. Formed in 1992, Ethicon Endo-Surgery is now a global leader in its core markets of surgical stapling devices, laparoscopic surgical instruments and in the use of advanced energy technologies in surgery.
After a vote by their staff, EES chose UK Youth to be their charity partner for 2010. They are getting involved with the charity in a whole range of ways – from volunteering to fundraising to completeing challenges such as The London Marathon on behalf of UK Youth
These are just a few examples of ways in which UK Youth works with corporate supporters to make a difference to the lives of young people. To find out more contact Maria Cleminson on maria@ukyouth.org _________________________________________________________________
