Corporate partnerships

Corporate partnership at ParaPride create great opportunities to share stories that connect directly to customers.

Your partnerships make our organisation grow

As an often overlooked community, our funding needs are overlooked too, which is why a corporate partnership with ParaPride matters.

Our small but mighty team stretches every resource we have, and we’re proud to be backed by generous organisations offering corporate partnerships in financial and non-financial ways, giving brands and their teams the chance to support our LGBTQ+ disabled community.

No one should be left behind, and your workplace’s commitment, big or small, can create real positive impact for LGBTQ+ disabled people everywhere.

Build team culture and boost your brand

For many employees, work means more than collecting a wage, and workplaces are increasingly recognising the value of giving their teams positive experiences beyond the day-to-day business.

Involving employees in ParaPride’s work boosts morale and creates a sense of camaraderie, and with diversity and inclusion programmes making workplaces more competitive for talented people, a partnership with us can help set your workplace apart. It’s a boost for your brand too.

Customers expect more from the brands they buy from than a transaction, they want to see their money supporting companies who share their values. Partnering with ParaPride creates opportunities to share stories that connect directly with customers, reminding them of who your brand is and what it stands for, while celebrating your charitable partnership activities also opens doors to new audiences.

Types of support your organisation can offer

Fundraising activities come in all shapes and sizes and are great way to provide one-off or seasonal contributions for good on behalf of your organisation. In many cases, businesses can also apply for corporation tax relief for their donations.

​With a bit of creativity, fundraising events can be enjoyable and engaging activities that can also linked to goals and/or split across teams to add some competitive spirt. Some activities can also incorporate social, physical or learning challenges and team building exercises. We welcome you to design your own activity but if you would like our support for this, we are happy to help. ​

With prior agreement, ParaPride can provide participation awards, tools to collect donations and marketing to support your efforts. 

The majority of corporate donations that ParaPride receives comes in the form of donated or discounted goods and pro-bono services. Our partners team members welcome the opportunity to explore and develop skills in a new but safe and welcoming environment.

We have previously worked with a range of companies from merchandise producers to software companies to law firms to videographers and photographers and welcome suggestions of how your organisation could contribute to our work. 

We have had a lot of success working with organisations to support their trainee programs.

Payroll giving is a tax-efficient way for your staff to make a regular charitable donations. The donation is deducted from your employee’s pay before tax which means it costs less to give more.

It’s simple to set up and run and a way of offering a social good program to your employees without any requirement for the business to contribute financially directly, although some workplaces choose to supplement or match their employees donations. 

To qualify for tax exemption the program will need to be supported by a registered payroll giving agency (which makes it easy to manage). Reach out if you have any questions, we would be happy to help. 

Throughout the year ParaPride hosts a range of events, workshops and seminars and they present amazing opportunities for partners to get involved. 

Sponsorships of the events can in exchange for donations of funding, goods or services. We welcome opportunities to celebrate our sponsorships by featuring partners logos in event materials, guest speakers from our partners to speak at the events and sharing tickets for their teams too join the events.

  • Previous corporate partnerships

    LUSH Tunbridge Wells store, Kent, selected ParaPride as their chosen charity to support us by donating funds from their participation in the very first Tonbridge Pride event held in 2022.

    They got a lot of people involved during Tonbridge Pride in a very creative and fun Bath Bomb-making fundraising activity at their Lush community stall in exchange of donations. This was an incredibly unique way of engaging with the community in attendance while raising awareness for the LGBTQ+ disabled community and donating 100% of their proceeds towards ParaPride.  

    We think you’re an amazing charity that we are proud to be supporting. We really hope that any money sent ParaPride’s way can help with all your endeavours to continue the amazing work you’re doing in the community. I was very proud to represent you all.

    Emma Bradburne, LUSH

    Thank you LUSH for selecting ParaPride as your chosen charity and for involving so many people in your fundraising activity at Tonbridge Pride 2022. We felt honoured for being nominated. This fruitful experience is a perfect example of positive Corporate Giving and we are proud to share it with everyone.​

  • Previous corporate partnerships

    In the 2024 London Marathon event the G-A-Y Foundation (including G-A-Y / Heaven owner Jeremy Joseph) participated incredibly successful fundraising raising over £1,000,000 for various UK LGBTQ+ charities including ParaPride, MindOut, Samaritans, LGBT+ Switchboard, and UK Black Pride. 

    We were delighted and humbled to have been selected by the G-A-Y Foundation to receive a £10,000 donation from this funding pool. Were pleased so be part of such a diverse and representative selection of beneficiaries.

    We also share our thanks to to Michelle & Hamid from the London Marathon Events team for introducing ParaPride as one of the charities considered for this initiative. 

    ‘This year at the London Marathon we are doing a real push on inclusion of disabled people in the event so this fits really well and being an LGBTQ+ charity this makes me happy.’

    Michelle Weltman (She/Her), Head of Disability, London Marathon Events

  • Previous corporate partnerships

    Lucy & Yak is a UK based fashion brand that aims create pieces that inspire joy and creativity and are kinder to the planet. Their ethos is to treat the makers fairly, have a happy team that love what they do and they have a long-standing commitment in the support of the LGBTQ+ community. 

    In 2023 and 2024 ParaPride was a proud and grateful beneficiary of Lucy & Yaks pride campaigns. ​

    Each year they created collaborated with LGBTQIA+ artists to create a beautiful and sustainable limited addition range of clothing, pulling together a plethora of individual experiences, celebrating the community. 100% of profits from these collections were donated across 3 charities; Not A Phase, Nai Bhor Sanstha and ourselves.

Want to partner instead?

We have a very flexible approach to how organisations with shared values can get involved with our work. Maybe you’re interested in learning more about our partners, or how you can get involved in awareness campaigns such as Intersectionality Awareness Week?

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