Three Hands > Community Partners
Information for charity partners
Whether you are a small local charity, national charity, international NGO, school, social enterprise or other type of community organisation, we would love to hear from you if you think a team or group from business could help you to tackle your needs and objectives over a day, several intensive days, or a period of weeks or months.
In all of our work, we aim to emphasis business objectives — such as developing leaders — and social objectives — such as developing excluded young people — in equal measures. We are upfront about the business objectives from the beginning, but if we think that a prospective project is too heavily weighed towards the business objectives, and won't deliver enough benefit to the community partner, it won't happen. Our role is to ensure that the two sets of objectives are compatible and that we create a 'win win'.
Note that we don't broker employee volunteering. We do broker innovative partnerships that are based on clear business and social needs and that have the potential to turn into long term, sustainable relationships.
We have developed strong relationships with UK and international charities of all sizes and have built a large network of community organisations and NGOs, working in many different fields in the voluntary sector. But we'd always like to get to know more.
Our work in the UK is based upon various social needs and issues, such as regeneration, education, young people, health and disability. Where appropriate, we focus on the most deprived boroughs and areas. Abroad, we concentrate on developing countries, with an increasing expertise of India, where our community partners are working on the most pressing social issues.
Some of the partner organisations that benefited from Three Hands programmes in 2006 and 2007 include:
The Friary, Nottingham — funds and awareness raised for this homelessness centre through a sale and auction of hundreds of donated items
Mind in Croydon — a new horticultural project for the members of the mental health charity, part of the national Mind network
The Pumphouse Educational Museum — funds and an educational day for a class of local school pupils
The Bridge Trust, Maidenhead — a high profile launch event for its relocated day centre and cafŽ for young people and young mums
Community Links — a sports day for young people on a high density, low income estate in Newham, east London
Kids Company — an awareness—raising presentation aimed at a business audience for this groundbreaking London charity
The Freeplay Foundation — £20,000 for 500 new wind-up radios for the most remote villages in Zambia
West London YMCA — a multimedia project engaging its residents in developing skills, motivation and confidence
Pathways Community Interest Company, Crewe — engagement of young people through the building of a large sensory garden for disabled people
Breast Cancer Campaign — its first ever fundraising ball in Scotland, raising over £44,000 to fund vital research work in Scotland
YourStory — a programme of engagement for young people on this innovative south London charity's 'Schools Reengagement Programme'
TreeHouse — a garden 'retreat' for teachers at this exceptional school for autistic children
Age Concern Oxfordshire — a launch event for its new day centre and cafŽ in Banbury
Support for Living, west London — new garden facilities to enable disabled service-users in wheelchairs to spend more time outdoors and enjoy the garden
Place2Be — a new fundraising strategy for a local hub of this national children's charity
Please contact us if you would like to discuss your needs and how we might be able to help.