Make us your chosen charity
There are many ways that your company can help people at the end of life, whoever they are, whatever their illness.
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Make us your Charity of the Year
If you choose Marie Curie as your Charity of the Year, you'll receive a bespoke calendar of engaging events that have been tailored to help meet your business goals and corporate social responsibility needs.
This is a great opportunity to unite your staff behind a worthwhile cause that they will resonate with and feel passionate about. Our team will be on hand to advise on how your staff can get involved in fundraising activities and challenges, or volunteer their time, skills and expertise to support our vital work.
Your business will also benefit from developing staff skills, commercial opportunities and increased brand awareness.
Become a strategic partner
Increasingly companies are seeing the benefits of working with a charity partner for a number of years. By embedding the partnership within your organisation’s culture, we will be able to deliver mutually beneficial results – and a lasting, impactful legacy.
Marie Curie’s strategies partnerships are built when we see shared values and opportunities, unique to sectors that can deliver real change through their business.
Our team will collaborate with you to develop a bespoke partnership that can meet your ESG goals. Together we can work towards your company's long-term strategic goals – which is what we’re doing with GDN to address fuel poverty.
Collaborate with Marie Curie Retail
Partnerships with Marie Curie offer the exciting opportunity to collaborate with Marie Curie Retail. Our range of impactful and innovative opportunities will help your organisation to:
- Position your brand as being actively committed to sustainability and reducing environmental impact.
- Reach new audiences in high streets and communities nationwide.
- Create memorable and meaningful experiences for consumers.
Marie Curie Retail is a thriving arm of our business, with huge potential and plans for continued growth. From our first store opening in 1993, we’ve developed into a flourishing network of 132 shops, an online store and online marketplace shops.
Across our digital platforms and bricks and mortar, we welcomed over 2.5 million customers in 2022/23, and saw a YoY sales growth of 11%, compared to 7% for the sector.
Our shops are at the heart of local communities and high streets across the UK, offering a valuable touchpoint for citizens with the Marie Curie brand and our services available to support them.
The second-hand apparel market in the UK is set to grow 85.5% between 2022 and 2026, and as one of the brands in the Top 10 UK Charity Shops, Marie Curie recognises our vital positioning to help consumers in the UK to shop more consciously and more affordably.
There are lots of ways that your business can collaborate with our shops:
- Stock donations: re-direct your end of line and sample stock to our physical and online stores to enhance your high street presence and show your commitment to sustainability to our combined customers. We’re also always on hand to support with any queries around Corporation Tax relief your company is entitled to claim as part of your stock donations.
- Pop-up events: create unforgettable pop-ups, either through a brand-takeover of one of our shops, or curating a mini Marie Curie pop-up in your stores, delivering memorable moments for consumers, and generate opportunities for PR and social media.
- Donation collections: developing bespoke Marie Curie collection points in your stores, delivering a seamless journey for your customers to donate all their pre-loved goods.
- Campaign collaboration: exploring opportunities to align with a Marie Curie Retail campaign and create seasonal moments to put your company front and centre to our customers, both in-store and online, such as ‘Homewares for Homecare’, our annual Great Daffodil Appeal and Christmas.
Our expert teams can work with you to demonstrate the impact of your support, donations and sales to share with your customers and colleagues.
Let's make a difference
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