
Corporate fundraising
Why choose East Cheshire NHS Charity?
At East Cheshire NHS Charity, we believe in the power of local partnerships. When businesses and organisations join forces with us, we can achieve remarkable things.
Corporate fundraising
Why choose East Cheshire NHS Charity?
At East Cheshire NHS Charity, we believe in the power of local partnerships. When businesses and organisations join forces with us, we can achieve remarkable things.
Corporate fundraising provides a unique opportunity for companies to demonstrate their commitment to social responsibility while supporting our local hospitals and care communities. Here’s how fundraising for East Cheshire NHS Charity can benefit your company as well as the local community:
Community impact
By supporting East Cheshire NHS Charity, your company can directly contribute to improving healthcare services in our local community, demonstrating how you want to go above and beyond to make a difference.
Corporate social responsibility
By aligning your company with East Cheshire NHS Charity, you showcase your dedication to giving back to the community and making a positive difference to people’s lives. Engaging in corporate fundraising demonstrates your values and creates a strong brand image built on compassion and social impact.
Employee engagement
Corporate fundraising provides a fantastic opportunity to engage your employees in meaningful and rewarding activities. By participating in fundraising events and volunteering, you can boost morale and enhance employee satisfaction.

How can your company get involved
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Event sponsorship
Sponsorship is a great way to support the charity while increasing your brand awareness. Here are some of our upcoming events which are available to sponsor – get in touch to find out about our range of sponsorship opportunities.
Macclesfield running festival: Sunday 29th October
East Cheshire NHS Charity are the official charity partner for Macclesfield Running Festival 2023. We have four charity sponsorship packages available, ranging from £4,000 to £500. Packages include company logos on running vests, press releases, social media shout outs and free places in the race for your staff.
East Cheshire NHS Trust staff celebration event: Friday 9th August
East Cheshire NHS Trust are hosting their annual staff celebration event in August. The event will recognise the continued hard work and commitment of our staff and celebrate key achievements of staff and teams in 2022/23.
Macclesfield pancake day race: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Macclesfield’s annual pancake day race takes place on Shrove Tuesday every year. Competing teams run a relay race up and down a short course between the Town Hall and Mill Street, while flipping a pancake in a frying pan!
Charity of the Year
Why not choose East Cheshire NHS Charity as your Charity of the Year? We will work with you to build a calendar of engaging fundraising events and activities for your company, including:
- A presentation with an introduction to the charity
- A letter to send to staff about the charity
- Support with your events, including collection buckets and branded merchandise
- Shoutouts on our social media to celebrate your fundraising
- A celebration at the end of the year
Gift in Kind
Could your company support us by donating items for our fundraising events, staff and patients? Gifts in kind could include items for raffle prizes or events, or even a service or professional advice. When you give in kind, you are helping us to increase our funds, resources and support for our local community.
Match fundraising
Donating a small percentage of your profits from certain products or services can make a huge difference to our fundraising. Also, offering match funding can help motivate your employees to take part by boosting the amount they can raise.
“You can help support East Cheshire NHS Charity in so many ways. Your time, as well as fundraising, makes a real difference. Getting involved with our charity is a great way of not only raising the profile of your organisation, but also bringing people in your teams together, having fun and raising money to support your local NHS charity. Please just get in touch with our fundraising team to find out how your business can get involved.”
RACHEL WALLACE
Head of Communications and Engagement, East Cheshire NHS Trust

Your fundraising toolkit
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Hall of fame
“Macclesfield Annual Pancake Day Race is a blast. It’s brilliant to see people get together, have fun and raise money for East Cheshire NHS Charity. Don’t miss out, get your team together for next year’s race, which will be bigger and better.”
Paul Crone
Granada TV Presenter
“The team here at Shrigley are looking forward to an exciting year of fundraising, for such a worthy cause. We hope that our many guests will also get involved as well and enjoy following the range of activities we have planned. With what many of us have experienced in recent years, it is so important that we support East Cheshire NHS Trust. We’re very proud here at Shrigley to offer our support, bring on the challenge! We’d encourage other companies to step up and support East Cheshire NHS charity too – they need every penny we can raise. ”
Vicky Marshman
General Manager, Shrigley Hall
“It’s a privilege to be able to support such a worthy cause and use our radio station to spread the word and get as many people involved as possible. Every penny raised makes such a difference.”
Darren Antrobus
Presenter at Silk FM
News
Macclesfield photography company partners with local NHS charity
Macclesfield based photography firm Ollier Photography has announced that they’ve partnered with East Cheshire NHS Charity. They’re offering professional shoots with a 10 x 8 size print for £25. All the money raised from the offer will go towards East Cheshire NHS...
Staff at Macclesfield Hospital set to climb Cheshire Three Peaks
A team of Nurses, Health Care Assistants and an Activity Co-ordinator from Ward 9 at Macclesfield District General Hospital will be taking on the gruelling challenge of climbing Cheshire Three Peaks on Saturday 23rd September in a bid to raise money in support of East...
Get running for your Local NHS Charity!
East Cheshire NHS Charity is offering free places in Macclesfield Running Festival 2023. This follows the announcement that Macclesfield Running Festival has pledged East Cheshire NHS Charity as their official charity partner for 2023. The family event, which is...

Get in touch
If you have any questions or would like more information please feel free to contact us.
ecn-tr.ecnhscharity@nhs.net
+44 (0)1625 661184