Corporate support

Why choose us?

By supporting East Kent Hospitals Charity, your business will be making a real and direct difference to your communities and local customers. East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 700,000 people. We raise and receive funds so that we can enhance the hospital environment and experience for patients, staff and visitors.

How we can support you

We work closely with businesses to create a partnership that's unique to them and works best for their employees, clients and customers. We recognise and celebrate our corporate partnerships across our social media networking sites and within our press releases. You will receive access to a range of content and resources to help you support us and we have a dedicated fundraising team who are happy to offer advice and guide you through your fundraising journey with us.

Ways you can support us

Companies in the past have supported us in many ways and you can choose whatever way works best for you.

Charity of the Year or one-off fundraisers

Some select us as their charity of the year, while others will organise a one-off fundraiser. From sponsored team away days, to organising a charity ball or quiz night, there are lots of different ways you can get involved, whether big or small.

We have fundraising ideas, campaigns and events to suit everyone and will take the time to get to know your staff and what they enjoy. Take a look at our fundraising page or our events page for inspiration.

Payroll Giving

Payroll giving is also a tax efficient scheme for staff that you can add to your employee benefits package. Encourage staff to choose East Kent Hospitals Charity through this scheme and show them that their organisation is helping them to give something back. Some Payroll Giving schemes will also offer the option for businesses to match their employees’ charitable donations. This shows a commitment to the causes your people care about. There is also the benefit that you can easily monitor the level of charitable giving that your business has helped to achieve.

If your organisation is not part of a Payroll Giving scheme, you will need to register with an official Payroll Giving agency – get in touch with us for help or with any questions you might have.

Supporting our visibility

We have social media networking sites - details can be found here. Ask your marketing team to follow our pages, like or share our content to help us increase our reach.

What our partners say

We regularly have lovely feedback, and Matt Gurr, Managing Director at Bauvill, has encouraged other businesses to join them in supporting us: “We have partnered with East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust for a long time now, working alongside clinical teams as we deliver key infrastructure projects where we have witnessed first-hand the selfless care they provide to patients.

Being able to support such a fantastic local charity is a real privilege. It doesn’t take much for us to help, but we like to think our contributions have a positive impact on patients, their families, and even staff members. We encourage others to get involved as it really does make a difference.”