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YMCA Tel : 0121 524 1950 Fax : 0121 524 1978
Email: info@wbymca.org.uk
 
As a local business you may want to plan team-building events which will also benefit the community around you. There are many reasons which it makes good business sense to involve fundraising or community work as part of your on-going strategy. These could include:
  • Attract and retain customers
  • Good PR & Enhanced Reputation
  • Better motivated employees
  • Tangible benefits for communities
  • Positive relationships with legislators & regulators
  • Media exposure
  • Awareness – your company, brand or product

 
 
Excellent corporate facilities
Value for money room hire
On and off site catering services
Award winning childcare options
Fully equipped gym
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The YMCA can support you in all aspects of this, to enable you to build a partnership with one of Sandwell’s largest charities.

Here are 15 ideas to get you started!
  • Employee volunteering programmes
  • Gift of end product for use or sale or raffle prizes
  • Give As You Earn – Payroll Giving
  • Sponsorship –
    • How about sponsoring a couple of people who are running the London Marathon for our charity?
    • Or the Open Day we’re having on 19th April?
  • Donations
  • ‘Charity of the Year’
  • Stationery supplies
  • Free use of the Company Board Room/ conference room for important meetings
  • Staff ‘out posted’ or seconded
  • Community/Staff Challenge
  • 100 hours of professional time
  • Use of empty buildings for office space or storage
  • Photocopying, printing and franking
  • Pre-owned office furniture and computers
  • Employee fundraising – ‘matched’ by the company