Becoming a Corporate Sponsor for Age UK Sheppey
Becoming a corporate sponsor for Age UK Sheppey means you will be a "Friend of Age UK Sheppey" and this provides a great way for your business/organisation to assist a local Sheppey charity.
Age UK Sheppey is a local Charitable Incorporated Organisation supporting the over 50's on the Isle of Sheppey. With your help, we can continue to:
- Relieve loneliness
- Offer practical help allowing people to remain independent in their own homes
- Suport those living with dementia and their loved ones
- Provide nutritional meals both at our social and activity centre and delivered to people's homes
- Offer free impartial advice to help everyone meet the challenges of later life
How does the Friends of Age UK Sheppey scheme work?
We offer a selection of corporate packages. Select the package that best fits with your businesses/organisation’s ethos.
Our annual packages
- Corporate Friend £200 - A letter of thanks, acknowledgement of your support on our digital screen in our centre, once a year invite to a special event
- Silver Corporate Friend £350 - In addition to the above, we offer: Acknowledgement on our social media pages and website, a "friends of Age UK" badge and a logo to use for your electronic communications
- Gold Corporate Friend £700 - In addition to the above, we offer: signage on one of our vehicles for the term of your support and a plaque to display in your business/organisation showing you are supporting us
All money generated will be used solely to assist the over 50's on Sheppey.
We would also welcome one off donations or an offer to have one of our charity boxes in your business/organisation.
Bespoke packages can also be developed for mutual benefit.
Special events include
An invite to one of our special events will include space for up to 10 of your staff to come to our centre once a year to see the difference your donations are making to your local community.
This will include:
- Meet the team
- Meet the clients
- Tea and homemade cake
Did you know your funding could help towards ....
- Activities to support isolation for those attending our social and activity centre
- Providing a two course hot meal to someone who is housebound
- A day in our centre for someone who has a dementia diagnosis
- Compainionship or domestic help in someones home to help them remain independant for longer
- Assisted day trips to include walks, shopping or to places of local interest
We do not pass on the full costs to our clients, in some cases, the service is free and in other instances, we ask for a contribution towards the cost.
Our funding
In the past, Age UK Sheppey has received substantial public sector funding however, this has been greatly reduced in recent years, despite the fact that the number of older people on Sheppey needing support is increasing.
To enable us to help those most in need, we are reaching out to our local community for your support.