Following Valentine’s Day London Bridge City has been on a mission to match-make as many local charities with other businesses in the area offering pro-bono support as possible.
Whether it’s a new logo design, event planning or volunteers required to help decorate a new space, London Bridge City are helping to provide charities with the services they need and are alleviating the financial stresses of the charity sector.
Currently eight ‘matches’ have been made so far and services being provided are from a wide range of local businesses including sectors such as; engineering and maintenance, graphic design, marketing, PR, waste removal, training and volunteering.
Of the charities and businesses already matched, Beyond Food Foundation are now working with award winning PR agency W Communications. Beyond Food was founded in 2011 by Chef and Founder Simon Boyle and was built with a social purpose in mind. It offers F&B training opportunities to vulnerable people or those who have fallen on hard times, by providing opportunities to work at local bar and kitchen, Brigade Bar and Kitchen which is also in Southwark. W Communications is providing PR support for the Foundation to drive brand awareness and activity.
Other successful partnerships include South London Mission at Bermondsey Central Hall, a charity providing both practical and emotional support through a wide range of different outreach projects which has been paired with London Bridge City and their service partners, Principle Cleaning, ABM, CIS to help clear out their rooms rendered unusable and Paper Round kindly volunteered remove the waste. The charity is an integral part of the Southwark community and has been operating since 1889.
London Bridge City are now making a call-out for partners to help four more local charities with the services they need yet are unable to afford. Of these four organisations, Bliss who is London Bridge City’s charity partner for this year, supports sick and premature babies and their families, and is on the lookout for support for the transportation for equipment for the London Marathon.
Litterai, an app that empowers individuals to make a significant and measurable impact on the environment, is also still looking for their match to provide support for litter picking volunteers, as well as Surrey Docks Farm, which is looking for volunteers and community funded food security organisation, Aphasia Re-Connect who are looking for a space to host their young people’s group on alternate Thursdays, and Love North Southwark, which is in need of sign postings, carpentry, painters and decorators.
If you know an organisation who would like to support the charities above, please contact the team by emailing [email protected].
