Running your own event on behalf of Discover is a great way of supporting the work that we do with and for children and their families. It can be as something as manageable as organizing a bring-and-buy sale or coffee morning, running a staff raffle at your firm’s Christmas Party, giving us a percentage of a day’s trading at your company, or arranging a glitzy event somewhere special.
Whatever your ideas, why not talk them through with our Development Manager, Agnes Meadows, who will be happy to help you help us. Just call Agnes on 020 8536 5549 or e-mail her on agnes.meadows@discover.org.uk
From the street outside Discover you can see the City skyline. Help us to establish a connection between that skyline and the community struggling in its shadow. For example, one of our corporate donors sponsors our 500 Families Programme for disadvantaged families in Newham. This enables children and families to visit Discover as many times as they like in the year, giving them the chance to learn and play together in a safe and fun environment. In return employees can work on our Garden Days, under the tutelage of a professional landscape gardener and have the opportunity to team build.
Sponsoring part of Discover’s year round work is another good way of helping us have an impact in the community. For example:
Discover hosts an extensive events programme throughout the year. From street dancing and Sing Along-a-Stories, to making an Easter bonnet or decorating an enchanted forest… dozens of arts activities a year add value to the Discover experience. For £500 your company’s name will appear as the main sponsor on one event, guaranteed to bring a smile to scores of local children.
From summer 2007 Discover is opening its basement to a whole host of exciting exhibitions and activities. Launching the basement in the early autumn will be Caribbean Calling, an interactive installation enabling children to learn about Caribbean stories. Later that year Ice Stories will transform the basement into a magical frozen world of ice and snow.
Discover’s Community and Education team provides a host of essential work with nurseries, primary schools and community groups. All the projects give children and their carers a chance to be creative with professional artists and Story Builders, opening the doors of the imagination for thousands of children.
For more information on sponsoring one of our Community and Education projects contact Agnes Meadows, 020 8536 5555 or email agnes.meadows@discover.org.uk.