BUILD costs around £200,000 a year to deliver the full range of services described on this website. Around half of that money comes from a Service Agreement with Norfolk County Council’s Adult Social Services department. The rest comes from appeals, donations and fund raising by staff, members, volunteers and supporters.

We have developed two handouts to identify the opportunities to invest in BUILD.

The first is about the relationship we can have with businesses in Norfolk "click here"
The second is to show what your investment can mean to the people at BUILD "click here"

BUILD believes in giving value for money, and as such, seeks two types of investment.

Investing Time

BUILD supports over 100 volunteers to deliver its services, but is always looking for more people to add mutual benefit to their services. BUILD is establishing links with partners in the private sector to encourage local businesses to encourage, and release staff time to invest their expertise in BUILD. This may be in individual staff volunteering, or companies donating specialist time and services.

Norwich based public relations and marketing company Fox Murphy Communications, invested around 100 hours of advice and practical aid in BUILD, valued at around £2000 worth of service. This allowed the organisation to re-brand itself and develop a range of new marketing material. Aviva now promotes volunteering to its Norwich based employees and its intranet websites actively promote opportunities to support BUILD.

Investing Money

Donations from individuals, groups, charitable trusts or commercial concerns are vital to BUILD’s survival. Around £90,000 a year is needed to sustain current service levels.

Financial support can be arranged through a variety of sources, here are just some examples:

Sponsorship - BUILD are currently looking for corporate sponsors for its quarterly News Magazine (approximately £600 per edition) and Annual Review document (approximately £500).

BUILD’s website needs annual maintenance and needs regular upgrading to maximise the use of its branding and services. Around £2500 is needed to fund this work, which can include appropriate advertising space and sponsor alignment.

If you would like to discuss ways of investing time, or money, with BUILD, please call James Kearns, Chief Executive on 01603 618029

Fundraising Events - If you are holding an event or entering a sponsored event (for example the London Marathon) we will be able to provide advice and assistance to increase the money you raise.

On-line donations – by logging into www.justgiving.com/buildabetterfuture your donation automatically increases through tax relief and Gift Aid

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