Charity & Community Partnerships
To date the committee have pledged and raised over £200,000, all with the aim of either supporting local causes to the areas we work in, or projects that focus on improving the environment or sustainability. Through the committee we have also set up sponsorship programmes for our employees – allowing everyone the chance to raise money for causes close to their heart knowing that Bailey will match fund up to £500.
Our charitable fund focuses on:
- Key Charity Partners
- Community Partners
- Employee Fund
- Corporate Memberships
If you would like to get in touch with our Charity & Community Committee, we would love to hear from you. Please email [email protected]
Key Charity Partnerships for 2024
Each year we sponsor chosen Charity Partners who will be the main beneficiaries of our charitable fund. Our charity partnerships give us the opportunity to help people when they need it most. Alongside our donations we carry out internal fundraising activity and events for each of the charities throughout the year. Where possible we also look to provide volunteering opportunities for any of our employees who would like to be involved.
Penny Brohn UK
For 2024 the Committee have chosen to focus on cancer charities and raise awareness of the different types of cancer and the support that is available.
With over 3 million people currently living with cancer in the UK and with someone diagnosed with cancer on average at least every 90 seconds, the committee felt strongly that this a cause worthy of our support.
Our charity partner during this period is Penny Brohn UK who are a cancer health and wellbeing charity located on the outskirts of Bristol.
In March we held a sausage roll sale across all three of our sites and we raised over £500! We also donated sausage rolls and slices of cake to Penny Brohn UK’s Family Easter Egg Hunt.
In May a group from our HR & Marketing Teams took part in the Bristol 10K on behalf of the charity and raised over £1600!
In September, we held our bi-annual Bailey Owners Rally and Factory Tour and £4000 was raised for Penny Brohn UK through our parts sale and raffle plus a very generous donation from the Bailey Owners Club.
Members of our Charity & Community Committee were thrilled to hand over a cheque for £16,167.08 to Penny Brohn UK’s Chief Executive and Fundraising Manager which was the total sum of what we have raised for them this year.
Our Community Partners
BS3 Community Charity
BS3 Community Charity run the Bedminster Food Club close to our South Bristol Production Facility, and they help supply local families and individuals with fresh and tinned food.
We have made a number of donations to the charity since our charitable fund was set up helping them secure extra food and activity packs for children during the school holidays as well as during the winter periods. We have also helped fund a Craft and Cooking Session for their Food Club members.
We recently also donated a Bleed Kit to them so it can be located within their centre which can be easily accessed by the local community.
Merchants Academy School, South Bristol
As part of our sponsorship of the British Heart Foundation in 2023 we donated an AED – Automated External Defibrillator to a South Bristol secondary school – Merchants Academy. They have located the AED in their Sports Centre which is open 7 days a week and hosts both school and community events.
We recently also donated a Bleed Kit to them which they have also installed in their Sports Centre so it can support the school and the wider community.
Young Shipwrights Workshops
The workshops involve Year 6 children working in small teams to build and decorate their own cardboard boat, which are launched at the Bristol Harbour Festival Young Shipwrights Annual Boat Race each year.
A group of Bailey volunteers are there to explain what we do in our job roles and assist them when they need help making their boats. We typically sponsor 120 children from a local primary school over two days.
PROPS
PROPS supports adults with learning disabilities to achieve their full potential in their community by providing practical learning, skills development and worthwhile accessible work-based experiences.
Based in Bristol, PROPS provides day opportunities for 49 weeks of the year and also runs a fleet of minibuses to pick up and drop off trainees who access the services.
Each year we sponsor and participate in their Bristol to Bordeaux Cycle Challenge. Over four days the Bailey Team, alongside many others, cycle 500 miles from Bailey HQ to Bordeaux in support of the charity.
Employee Fund
Our Colleagues in the Community
The Employee Fund is a sponsorship programme for our employees where they can apply for a donation for a charity which is meaningful to them, sponsorship of a sports team or money towards a school or community event.
We have approved many applications including sponsoring gymnastic, hockey and American football sports teams, school summer fayres and animal charities.
Matched Funding
The Employee Fund also offers matched funding up to £500 for any of our employees looking to raise money for a charity by taking part in an event or activity.
Corporate Memberships
Corporate Memberships
The Committee chose to support the new Bristol Zoo Project by signing up to a corporate membership so we can offer all of our employees the opportunity to become a member plus support a local conservation and education charity.
Volunteering
Clevedon Beach Clean
To tie in with the Great British Beach Clean awareness week in September, the Committee took some time out to do a Beach Clean in Clevedon, which is based in North Somerset, and is close to our Large Panel Laminating Plant. The group had a very productive morning scouring the three beaches for any litter and debris which could be harmful for any people or wildlife using the beaches or the water.
Charities We Have Supported Previously
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