Corporate Connect Club

Welcome to One YMCA Corporate Connect Club … a truly unique opportunity for you to genuinely change (and save) the lives of some of the most vulnerable in our community!

There is absolutely no doubt that you are already a leader in your sector, expert in your field and clearly the go to for everything you do. Whether that’s finance, legal, technology or any other industry, we know you already stand out, but is there something else? Is there a unique selling point, recruiting or profile opportunity that we can help you secure?

Corporate Connect Club is exactly that, it’s the platform for you and your staff to truly have an impact in changing (and saving) lives.

The computer-age and information-age have been, and to a greater or lesser extent gone. Whether it’s graduate recruitment or competitive advantage, the new age, the values age, is more about the why and what in everything we do.

Again, the Corporate Connect Club is a route to expanding your organisation’s impact far beyond the specifics and sector-leading delivery of your core sector. It’s your route to proudly wear (literally) the badge of your organisation, genuinely and actively changing (and saving) lives.

What is the Corporate Connect Club?

It’s an opportunity to get involved through a commitment at one of five core levels, all of which are open to every organisation and with no inaccessible levels or restrictions. This is about giving everyone and every organisation a chance to add value and change lives in their local community.

The starting point is to simply wear the badge and highlight your commitment to making a difference, by joining our One YMCA One Business Community.

That is just the start though, and by getting even more involved, by committing to our bronze, silver, gold or platinum levels you will truly be contributing to, influencing and delivering life-changing (and saving) work in your community.

One Business Community: £10-100 pcm +VAT

All we ask is that you listen, share and promote all the amazing work our teams do across all of our areas. As well as supporting us more generally, with examples from our other Corporate Connect Club members with things like provision of free meeting space, pro-bono advice, direct sponsorship.

As a minimum, we ask all of our Corporate Connect Club members to commit to:

Organising and promoting at least 1 fundraising event per year
Introducing us to three potential Corporate Connect Club members
Highlighting and celebrating your involvement with Corporate Connect Club across all of your media platforms, e.g website, internal comms and social media
Supporting your team to get involved by participating in volunteering days (may include discretionary fee to cover materials)

In return, all of our Corporate Connect Club members will:

Receive a branded toolkit to promote your partnership with One YMCA
Be presented with a framed certificate and welcome pack
Be highlighted and promoted on our website, social media platforms and newsletters for the life-changing (and life-saving) work you are supporting
Receive ongoing communication and updates about those you are now supporting, via our supporter’s newsletter
Be invited to bi-monthly networking events (Tiered pricing as advertised on our website)
Be allocated a dedicated account manager
Be given the opportunity for a One YMCA Corporate Partnership Account Manager to sit on your CSR panel
Get pro-active understanding and contribution to your organisation’s sustainability strategy
Be given priority access to Corporate Connect Club social and team challenge events throughout the year
Be recognised with a name plaque or logo on a donor board if you sponsor a designated room/area

Bronze: £150 pcm +VAT

Our Bronze Corporate Connect Club members commit just £150 per month to provide real tangible support across all areas of our work. This relatively small amount means they genuinely help us to tackle homelessness, end rough-sleeping; support victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence to start a new life and create life-changing opportunities for young people in our community.

In return, all of our bronze Corporate Connect Club members will receive:

All One Business Community benefits
Sponsorship opportunities at fundraising events
10% discount on advertising opportunities in our Annual Impact Review and other marketing collateral
An opportunity to join our Mission 25 connect groups with staff, volunteers and service users, e.g. Choir and Mission RUN
10% discount on registration fee on our fundraising challenges
Registration fee waived for teams of five to enter our fundraising challenges
An invitation to present a 2-minute highlight at one of our Corporate Connect Club networking events
An opportunity for One YMCA to present to your organisation
An invitation to a 6-monthly share and celebrate event, including a story from a service user and support worker
The opportunity for our services to offer confidential support within your organisation
Tiered level discount to our accredited workshops including Domestic Abuse – Safe Space in The Workplace, and Authentic Human Connection

Silver: £300 pcm +VAT

Our Silver Corporate Connect Club members will see the difference that working together really can make in the communities around us and take the next step by providing £300 per month. As a result, we’re able to meet more of the needs of some of the most vulnerable communities right across Herts, Beds and Bucks.

In return, all of our Silver Corporate Connect Club members will receive:

All One Business Community benefits
All Bronze Corporate Connect Club benefits
An exclusive showround of service areas and the opportunity to meet service users and front-line staff
A first-refusal opportunity to showcase your business with banners, leaflets, presentations at our Corporate Connect Club networking events
A first-refusal opportunity to sponsor internal awards and attend events
A spotlight every six months on our social media channels

Gold: £600 pcm +VAT

Our Gold Corporate Connect Club members demonstrate their commitment to the communities around them by contributing £600 per month towards the invaluable work that our teams deliver. They are personally responsible for helping us to end rough sleeping in a number of areas that we operate and helping us support over 120,000 local people each year.

In return, all of our Gold Corporate Connect Club members will receive:

All One Business Community benefits
All Bronze Corporate Connect Club benefits
All Silver Corporate Connect Club benefits
A joint press release to announce the partnership
Presented with an engraved plague
The first opportunity for sponsorship of events
An opportunity to provide branded items for our goodie bags at the share and celebrate events
An opportunity to present and showcase a video about your organisation at our share and celebrate events
An opportunity to present at our One YMCA annual staff and volunteers conference
An opportunity to shout about your business once per year in our supporter’s newsletter
An opportunity to display banners and promotional material at our share and celebrate events
A spotlight every three months on our social media channels

Platinum: £1000 pcm +VAT

Our Platinum Corporate Connect Club members will see the real benefits of investing in the communities around them, using their £1000 per month to create a level of social change and opportunity that otherwise would simply not be possible. Our Platinum Corporate Connect Club members are helping us to double our impact for the people who need it most across Herts, Beds and Bucks.

In return, all of our Platinum Corporate Connect Club members will receive: