Why "invest" in the BUILD Charity?

When you think about investment you imagine shares with a value to your return.

As a registered charity our "shares" are lived experiences; our members taking part in an activity away from their family carers for the first time, booking their own taxi, choosing their own food in a restaurant, or having their first holiday with their friends.

The return on your investment is the increased independence and sociability of our beneficiaries; the smiles on their faces when they have climbed their first mountain, canoed across a lake, bought their first drink at a bar or learnt important life skills like budgeting, cooking, planning and helping their community. These are all real examples of the difference your investment makes.

Where does investment come from?

Current investment in the BUILD Charity comes from the following sources:

• Charitable Trusts
• Donations
• Corporate Investors
• Private Individuals
• Events
• Beneficiary Memberships

We have survived local authority cuts, recessions, and most recently the Covid-19 pandemic. Especially in the current climate, we greatly appreciate any new investment to continue delivering our services to the members.

How can your business help us?

Invest

• Become a BUILD Charity Investor - set up a regular investment with us, or a one-off donation, or invest in one of our community programmes your business might be particularly interested in like our Community Opportunities Programme, our Skills for Life Programme, or the training of our volunteers
• Gifts in Kind - Support our work by donating goods or services that we can use such as raffle prizes for our Wednesday Club, auction prizes for our fundraisers, Arts and Crafts material for our Saturday Crafternoons, or equipment for our Skills for Life sessions
• Payroll Giving - Your staff get the chance to give to us from their income before tax is applied, we would love to be chosen for this scheme

Fundraise

• Fundraisers - Check out our Raise Funds for Us page for ideas on how you and your staff could fundraise for us
• Match fund your staff - Match the funds raised by your staff to make their fantastic fundraising go even further

Volunteer

• Volunteer your time with us - Would any of your staff be willing to support at one of our activities programmes? Check our our volunteer pages to see why this is such a great experience
• Volunteer your expertise - We welcome advice and expertise to support with our back of house tasks. Would you lend us some of your time to help us with marketing, event management, fundraising or financial advice?
• A volunteer day - Why not offer your staff a volunteer day to come and support our services?

Spread the word

• Become a BUILD Charity Ambassador - Introduce us to your network who might be interested in supporting us too
• Nominate us - Put our name forward for funds or charitable donation events, smaller charities are often overlooked and we would love to be considered

We believe in mutual benefit, so how can we help your business?

• Disability Awareness Workshops - Why not have us come into your workplace and put on a workshop about disability awareness to increase the inclusivity of your working environment?
• Update you on your impact to our services - Show you how your fundraising is impacting the lives of people living with disability by providing them with access to the kind of social life that is often taken for granted, teaching them skills for life and providing them with independence. Why not come and meet our members in person?
• Provide you with promotional materials - We can provide you with promotional materials for your fundraising events or website to show your network how valued your support is (for example, leaflets, banners and sponsored kit)
• Promote your support - We can share our partnership on our media platforms to show our network your valuable support