Variety Club - The Children's Charity

Corporate supporters

Here are some innovative ways that our current corporate partners are raising money for Variety Club:

Thomas Cook is raising £2.3m to create a much needed state-of-the-art Children’s Critical Care Centre at the Variety Club Children’s Hospital. This is possible through the generosity of their customers on booking their holidays and giving left over foreign currency on their return flights. Thomas Cook's fundraising success also lies on the ingenuity of their staff through a range of fantastic fundraising activities.
www.thomascook.com

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ODEON, the UK’s largest cinema chain, plans to increase its fundraising work and has announced Variety Club as one of its official charities.  Variety Club will benefit from initiatives across ODEON’s 111 cinemas.
www.odeon.co.uk

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Nestle Rowntree has raised £150,000 to sponsor 6 Sunshine Coaches in Yorkshire, Scotland North East regions. They have raised this money through some outstanding staff fundraising and organising successful fundraising events. For every pound raised the company has matched it pound for pound.
www.nestle.co.uk

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GeoPost has been a supporter for 14 years and they have raised over £900, 000. The company uses the brands Parceline and Interlink as well. Recently they presented their 50th Sunshine Coach. This campaign was named Going For Gold, and the coach has been painted a special Gold colour for this reason!  Money is raised through staff initiatives and the company matches pound for pound. 
www.geopost.co.uk

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Crest Nicholson is a leading developer of sustainable communities and has supported The Variety Club for almost 3 years. Fundraising takes place across the country with eight regional offices heading up the campaign. Thanks to the support of staff, contractors and suppliers Crest Nicholson has successfully raised enough money to purchase 5 Sunshine coaches for schools across the UK.
www.crestnicholson.com

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Weston Homes is a large building company, going into their fifth year of Bronze Corporate Bond.  The company has already donated six Sunshine Coaches and actively supports many events and assists many children with wheelchairs too.
www.weston-homes.com

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Iveco has been supporting Variety Club for many years, not only sponsoring and attending events but manufacturing the Variety Club Sunshine Coach. CEO Chris Thorneycroft-Smith recently decided that they would like to help even further by putting more Sunshine Coaches on the road. Iveco sponsored a mailing to their customers, asking them to make a donation towards a new Sunshine Coach.
www.iveco.co.uk

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This association brings together surveyors who specialise in developing out of town retail parks. Accessible Retail is a property retail organisation which has raised over £600,000 in their 7 years of supporting Variety Club. They have donated over 40 coaches to the Sunshine Coach programme. 
www.accessibleretail.co.uk

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ACI UK's annual charity golf day has become a very special day. Each year ACI holds a pay to play charity event with dinner and auction and raises enough to sponsor two Sunshine Coaches. The recipient schools are invited along to the event.
www.aci-uk.com

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Acorn Stairlifts is an international, privately owned company based in Yorkshire. Acorn manufacture and install thousands of Stairlifts in the UK and Internationally. Acorn supply more customers direct, throughout the world making Acorn the largest independent supplier of straight stairlifts in the world.

Acorn has been supporting The Variety Club Children’s Charity since 2006 by making a donation on every stairlift sold in the UK and through hospitality events such as golf days with their corporate partners.  Acorn is set to become a significant sponsor in the North.
www.acornstairlifts.co.uk

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Anderson Group is a construction company, based in Essex. They are now going into their fifth year of Gold Corporate Bond and have assisted hundreds of children in their time.
www.andersongroup.co.uk

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Visit www.cottages-4-you.co.uk/varietyclub for over 13,000 holiday cottages throughout the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Book now and 10% will be donated to the Variety Club! Alternatively call our Sales team on 0870 192 1968
www.cottages-4-you.co.uk/varietyclub

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Esselte stationery suppliers have pledged to raise a minimum of £10,000 by giving a percentage of sales from Leitz Lever Arch files to Variety Club. By simply branding with the Variety Club logo, this award-winning appeal has not only helped raise much-needed funds but will also raise the profile of the charity.
corporate.esselte.com

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Gibsons is particularly proud of its Limited Edition ‘Sunshine Coach’ jigsaw puzzle. At the time of the offer, they donated £1 from every puzzle sold to the Variety Club Children's Charity. To order your Sunshine Coach puzzle please call Jigsaw Gallery on 020 8661 7597.
www.gibsonsgames.co.uk

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Arcade Pergola Ltd will be raising funds for Variety Club through the two websites for Insurance and Finance with an extensive range of products available from all major UK merchants. The company generates revenue from commissions earned for each transaction and 35% is donated to charity.

For your insurance and finance products, visit the websites and at the same time, support Variety Club!
www.financearcade.com | www.insurancearcade.com

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Unique online letter service, www.leavealetter.com has joined forces with the Variety Club Children's Charity, to help raise money for sick, disabled and disadvantaged children within the UK.

For every annual subscription to Leave A Letter, taken from The Variety Club website page www.leavealetter.com/tvc, a donation of £1 pound will be given to support and further the efforts of the charity.

www.leavealetter.com

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Restaurant owner Giovanni Salamone identified their best-selling pizza and pasta dish and pledged 35p from every sale to Variety Club. To date they have raised in excess of £5,000.
www.pizzaparadiso.co.uk

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Parkridge Developments has been a supporter of Variety Club for many years through Accessible Retail. They have since become a supporter in their own right with the donation of a Sunshine Coach.
www.parkridge.co.uk

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Pieroth and Romanet, a European-based wine company, raises funds for Variety Club by donating £5 of every order over £80 during the May Bank Holiday week. To date, this campaign has created a staggering donation of over £125,000, which has resulted in the sponsorship of five Sunshine Coaches. The whole sales team get behind the project and feel a real sense of achievement - especially as they are able to raise the money for a particular Sunshine Coach needed by children local to their offices.
www.pieroth.com

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ProLogis leases industrial space to manufacturers, retailers, transportation companies, third-party logistics providers and other enterprises with large-scale distribution needs.  They have already donated their first Sunshine Coach.
www.prologisability.co.uk

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Ruffler Bank is in its fourth year as a Bronze Corporate Bondholder. The company has supported many events over the years with sponsorship and advertising.
www.rufflerbank.co.uk

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100 Property Club have been supporters of Variety Club for 21 years and have donated 25 coaches in their time.
www.100propertyclub.com

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If you think that your company or product would benefit by exploring Cause Related Marketing then please get in touch or telephone 020 7428 8100 and ask to speak to the Fundraising Department.