A charity partnership with Avon Needs Trees, enables your company to:
- Achieve ESGs and impact targets by supporting a local woodland projects with high social and environmental impact
- Attract high-calibre employees and customers by making a commitment to a high-profile nature recovery project in the local area
- Communicate your impact to stakeholders, both internal and external, as you create a compelling story that is worth celebrating
- Improve employee mental health and wellbeing through volunteering – research has shown that volunteering and reconnecting with nature increases wellbeing, reduces stress and improves mental health
- Increase employee fulfilment, through a variety of employee engagement options including educational events, webinars, tours and wellbeing days at our sites
- Support local communities by helping create accessible green spaces and the delivery of green education and outreach to marginalised groups
- Tackle the climate and nature emergencies by supporting projects that lock away carbon, boost biodiversity and provide natural flood management.
Avon Needs Trees does not partner with just any business. We work with companies that are actively reducing their carbon impact. All of our corporate partners are assessed to ensure their activities are aligned with our charitable objectives. A partnership with ANT shows that your organisation is serious about sustainability.
We will work with you to tailor a programme of support to suit your industry, expertise and the themes that are important to you. We would first look to understand your priorities then map out the key elements of a partnership to best fit your objectives. This might include:
- A financial contribution to our projects backed up with impact reporting
- Pro bono and gift-in-kind
- Volunteering
- Employee engagement
- Co-produced communications to your audiences
If your business is interested in becoming one of our partners, contact us on corporates@avonneedstrees.org.uk to find out more.
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Who we work with
We would like to say thank you to the businesses that have helped us so far. This includes:
Pro-bono and Gift-in-kind
Examples of the type of support we are looking for include:
- Support with planning and applications for building renovations
- Provision and installation of solar panels
- Production of powerful campaign videos to tell our story
- Support with landscaping and soil sampling
- Waste removal
- Strategic planning and advice
Employee Volunteering
The experience of being out in the beautiful countryside alongside colleagues and getting hands on with a project which is having a tangible impact, can have a powerful effect.
Volunteers on our projects come away feeling energised, motivated and inspired.
We offer tree planting volunteer days in the Winter months and tree care and habitat management days in the Spring/Summer. We can host large teams and are easily accessible from Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas, which is rare for projects like these.
Volunteers will reconnect with nature, boosting wellbeing, morale and team cohesion, reducing stress and unlocking all of the benefits this has for your workforce including reduced absenteeism, increasing employee trust and upskilling employees.
Partners are entitled to a 15% discount on corporate volunteering fees – for more detailed information, please see the Corporate Volunteering information pack.
Alexander Turner
Employee Engagement
Whether your goals are personal development, team building or wellbeing, partnering with ANT unlocks a wide range of additional employee engagement opportunities. Whether it’s educational talks at your offices, guided tours of our sites, webinars or other events, we will work together to determine a programme of activity that will best suit your team and your objectives.
Just a few examples of the activities on offer:
- Learn new green skills through learning sessions such as tree identification talks and early morning dawn chorus walks
- Wellbeing focused visits at our sites where staff will reconnect with nature and de-stress away from their usual routine
- Co-designed programmes alongside local community groups
- We are able to co-produce in-office activities for staff that struggle to find time out of the office
- Employee fundraising campaigns such as Charity of the Year, payroll giving initiatives, matched-fundraising or employee-led events like quizzes and bake sales
Marketing and Promotion
ANT has been hugely successful at spreading the word about our work, from crowdfunding campaigns to recruiting an army of incredible volunteers from the community. Our brand is gathering credibility and attention in the press as we continue to grow in ambition and deliver huge projects for nature, people and the environment.
We work together with our partners to co-produce high quality communications to internal and external audiences, to engage key stakeholders and celebrate the success of our partnership, strengthening your brand and spreading the word about ANT. We love shouting about our corporate partners – your logo will be listed on our website alongside our other generous supporters.
1% for the Planet
Avon Needs Trees is proud to be part of the 1% for the Planet network, which connects businesses and not for profits to protect the planet. If you own a business, consider joining 1% for the Planet, naming Avon Needs Trees as your beneficiary. Everyone wins! More info at onepercentfortheplanet.org.
