How to Help

• Make a Donation
• Give in Memory
• Give in Celebration
• Fundraising Events
• Company Support
  • 4 Hour Challenge
  • Charity of the year
  • Cause-related marketing
  • Sponsorship
  • Employee fundraising
  • Payroll giving
  • Matched giving
  • Corporate trusts & grants
  • Gifts in kind
  • Corporate supporters
• Trusts
• Schools
• Student Fundraising
• Community Groups
• Other Ways to Help

Company Support

Meningitis UK is a Bristol-based charity with a national remit and a big vision. Our mission is to fund research to develop a vaccine to protect against all forms of meningitis. Meningitis is a terrifying condition that affects thousands of people in the UK every year, the majority of whom are children under the age of five, so developing a vaccine will make a huge practical difference to countless lives.

A partnership with Meningitis UK can offer your company and staff the chance to make a dramatic difference and can also benefit the company in a number of ways from emphasising how socially aware you are to increasing staff morale. 

NEW! Sign your company up for the 4 Hour Challenge

On Friday 4th April 2008 Meningitis UK are challenging businesses across the UK to take 4 hours out of their day to raise as much money as they can, and show that they are the best in the busines when it comes to creative and savvy fundraising. The 4 Hour Challenge - on the fourth day of the fourth month - will ask companies to step away from their spreadsheets and see how much they can achieve within 4 hours to raise money in support of Meningitis UK's search 4 a vaccine.
 Find out more about the 4 Hour Challenge 2008

 

Here are some more ways in which your company could get involved:

• Charity of the Year
• Cause-related marketing
• Sponsorship
• Employee fundraising/volunteering
• Payroll giving
• Matched Giving
• Corporate Trusts and Grants
• Gifts in Kind

See how other companies have supported Meningitis UK

To recognise your generosity we can:

• Put your company's name logo on relevant promotional material.
• Endeavour to feature the company's name in relevant publicity.
• Help you to get media coverage for your own events / initiatives.
• Provide fundraising and other advice.
• Provide you with an experienced and dedicated point of contact.
• Update you with how your support is helping through regular newsletters and progress reports.
• Provide materials such as balloons, banners and sponsorship forms for your events.
• Provide you with information about Meningitis UK including case studies, photos and quotes for your own newsletter or website.

Other Ideas...

Involving your business contacts

• You can show your commitment to the charity by including a message in your Christmas cards, which we can source for you if needed.
• Alternatively, you might want to show how environmentally and socially friendly your company is by making a donation instead of Christmas cards, or by sending e-Christmas cards instead.
• You could hold a raffle or auction as part of your corporate events to send out a positive message.

Involving your customers

• If you have a high-street presence you could help Meningitis UK by selling our wristbands or by making a donation for every product of a particular type you sell.
• If you want to know more about your customers and how to target them you could also offer to make a donation for every market research questionnaire returned. People are very often more likely to participate if they know they're also helping a good cause.

For more information on any of the above, or to discuss a particular initiative, please phone Laura Chapman, Trusts and Corporate Partnerships Officer on 0117 373 73 73 or email laurachapman@meningitisUK.org