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Corporate Partnerships

Deliver positive change in Galway through a corporate charity partnership

We work together with companies in Galway to develop and achieve mutually beneficially partnerships that bring positive outcomes for your company and real impact the community.

Each year, COPE Galway corporate partners provide vital support that helps us continue to improve the lives of people in Galway affected by homelessness and domestic abuse, and older people who need support.
Deliver real impact and make a difference in the community.
Build positivity around your brand by engaging in the community.
Team building and employee relations.
Increase networking opportunities.
Strengthen your connections in the community.

There are so many ways your company can partner with us. From volunteering to fundraising, payroll giving, company donations or event participation.

Whether you’re interested volunteering, donations, fundraising, sponsorship or other ways to partner with us – we will work closely with you to develop a charity partnership that is right for your company or business while also making a positive, lasting difference in the community.

Let’s help together, and deliver positive impacts for the most vulnerable men, women and families in Galway.
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Ways we work with our corporate partners

Helping Hands Volunteer Projects

Our Helping Hands volunteering is a project based volunteering opportunity for companies who are looking for meaning, practical ways for the employees to volunteer in their community. Projects include practical hands-on tasks in our services like painting, gardening and other DIY projects, skills-based volunteering and events volunteering.

Volunteering boosts team building and relationships, motivates your employees, enhances your company’s brand reputation while also delivering real positive benefits in the community.

More information about our Corporate Volunteer Engagement Programme

Your Charity of the Year

Choose COPE Galway as your company’s Charity of Year and make a big a difference throughout the year. It is a great way to engage with your staff, customers or clients, networks and local community, while making a real difference in the lives of the people who need our services. We will work with you to deliver the outcomes you aim to achieve and also ensure that your support is used where it will deliver real impacts for COPE Galway services, or clients and the community.

Employee Fundraising

Fundraising is a great way to involve your teams in your corporate charity partnership. Whether it’s a tea or coffee morning, cake sale, charity run or Christmas jumper day, raising money can be fun, motivating and it brings teams together towards a shared goal for the good of others in their community.

Here are some useful fundraising at work ideas and tips to get team going.

Company Donations

Make a donation as a company and provide much needed funds to ensure that our services continue to provide vital support to people in Galway. Your company or business can fund a specific project, need or programme in our services, make a one-off charitable donation or provide funding over a preferred period to where the funding is most needed.

Here are some useful fundraising at work ideas and tips to get team going.

Payroll Giving

Payroll giving is an easy way for your staff to make a donation towards supporting our homeless, domestic abuse and senior support services. We can work with your HR team to set up a payroll giving scheme for your company.

Here are some useful fundraising at work ideas and tips to get team going.

Sponsorship Opportunities

We have a variety of COPE Galway fundraising, challenge and other events through out the year which are available for sponsorship. Event sponsorship is an opportunity for your company to increase brand profile and awareness, associate your company with causes that are important to people in Galway while also helping us run events that much needed and raise funds for homeless, domestic abuse and older people services.

Event sponsorship can work in many different ways, from sponsorship an entire event like the Christmas Swim or sponsorship an element of an event like sponsorship a tee at our annual Golf Event.

Take Part in Team Events

Have a company team take part in a COPE Galway challenge or fundraising event. There are so many different kind so events to choose from – our annual dinner dance, table quiz or golf event, challenge events like the Streets of Galway and the Women’s Mini Marathon, or the COPE Galway Business Sleep Out. Team fundraising events can be a real positive and motivating experience for your employees.

Join the COPE Galway Business Sleep Out

Join the annual COPE Galway Business Sleep Out. Each year business and community leaders sleep out on Shop Street on a cold December night, to raise awareness and funds for homeless services in Galway. Last year, our sleep out participants raised over €170,000, funds that will go to support homeless families and individuals in Galway.

Become a COPE Galway Charity Partner

Or complete the form below and our team will be in touch with further information and answer any questions you may have.

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