Cause-related marketing can link your business with St Catherine’s to increase sales or market awareness of your product or services.

Cause-related marketing includes event sponsorship, sales promotions or a donation of money, goods or services. It is a commercial activity with a measurable return on investment. So, not only are you helping raise money for St Catherine’s but we are also helping your business.

Why get involved with cause-related marketing?

• It will promote your businesses social responsibility credentials
• Increase customer loyalty and trust
• Raise money towards our vital work
• Nearly 50 per cent of consumers showed an actual change in behaviour because of a cause related marketing initiative (Business in the Community 2007)
 

Morrisons Solicitors launch local hospice month

Morrisons Solicitors LLP will be launching its first Local Hospice Month in October 2011. The firm has four offices located in Redhill, Woking, Wimbledon and Camberley and our chosen hospices that we are supporting are St Catherine’s for Redhill, Woking Hospice for Woking & Camberley and St Raphael’s for Wimbledon.

The initiative is designed to encourage supporters of each of the chosen hospices to make a will with Morrisons Solicitors in the hope of them including a charitable legacy in their will.  For every will drawn up where a client mentions the hospice a donation of £50 will be made by the firm.

It is hoped that this will result in greater donations to the hospice than usually received from other well known will writing initiatives. Such schemes have traditionally involved the will being prepared without charge and relied on the client making a donation to the hospice.  In our experience very small donations have been made and clients rarely include charitable bequests. 

For further information email Holly Chantler; holly.chantler@morrlaw.com, call 01737 854 525 or visit www.morrlaw.com;
 

Crawley based Estate Agent Homes Partnership has launched a new fundraising initiative in support of St Catherine’s Hospice, which looks set to raise over £2,500 a year.

Everyone who sells their property through Homes Partnership from now on will be invited to make a donation of between £10 - £50, which will then be matched by the Agents and sent to the hospice, in support of their end of life care services across mid Sussex. And in addition, all fees from probate valuations will be donated to the hospice, along with 20% of any sales commission from properties subsequently sold.

Homes Partnership Director Tracy Smith says, “We’re an independent estate agent, with one branch in the heart of Crawley for almost 20 years, and we wanted to show our support and commitment to the local community. Earlier this year, I had personal experience of what hospice care can mean at the end of life and it really made a difference to me and my family. St Catherine’s does an incredible job for people in the area, and we are hoping that our clients will support us in our aims to raise much needed funds.” 
 

For more information about cause-related marketing and your business, please call Matthew Cornish on 01293 447365 or email matthewcornish@stch.org.uk