CH A R I TY
We are an Infant Hercules
Business backing for Tees charity club
T
eesside is full of ethical, charitable, giving businesses
- and 17 of them, including Tees Business, have put
their money where their mouths are to back a new
charity push.
They have all joined Middlesbrough and Teesside
Philanthropic Foundation’s new Infant Hercules Charity Club.
Each of the businesses and individuals have generously
agreed to donate £1,000 a year (or £100 a month) as their
commitment to helping us support local community groups
and struggling Teesside families.
More small Teesside businesses are being invited to join the
Philanthropic Foundation’s new corporate membership club.
The chance to spend time learning from some of
Teesside’s most successful business leaders is just one of
the advantages smaller businesses will receive through the
foundation’s new level of corporate membership.
The Infant Hercules Charity Club is designed to appeal to
successful but smaller businesses who couldn’t commit to the
sums involved with being a Foundation patron but are keen to
support local charities and worthy causes.
Benefits of membership include an invitation to an
exclusive, intimate quarterly business gathering - limited to
one representative from each member organisation – where
prominent local business leaders will tell their story, offer
business tips and take part in a Q&A with members.
Already confirmed as speakers at the gatherings are
three of the region’s most respected business leaders –
Tanya Garland of Foundation patrons Cool Blue Brand
Communications, who founded the charity with current
Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston, patron Bill Scott MBE,
CEO of Port Clarence-based Wilton Engineering, and Gary
Dawson, managing director of another of the charity’s
patrons, Middlesbrough firm AV Dawson.
Philanthropic Foundation trustee Emily Bentley said:
“We are excited about the potential for the Infant Hercules
Charity Club to enable many more businesses to support our
foundation and help the most needy groups and individuals
right here on Teesside.”
Founding
members of the
Charity Club, along
with Tees Business,
are Stockton
accountancy firm
Abacus Bean,
JH Mechanical
Services, Solutions Recruitment, HR Alchemy, Property and
Land Information (PALI), engineering consultants Durata UK,
ITS, Steel River Consultants, Communicate Technology, the
Serviced Accommodation Company, M Wasley Chapman
& Co and Resolution Communications. Mark Kenrick, the
Cunningham Family, Jeremy O’Connor and Nigel and Claire
Vaughan.
Backed by major local businesses such as Bulkhaul,
Cleveland Cable Company and AV Dawson, Teesside
Philanthropic Foundation has raised more than £3m since its
formation in 2011, with the vast majority already donated to a
wide range of Teesside worthy causes.
Other benefits of joining the Infant Hercules Charity Club
include:
> The opportunity to publicly show support and make a
difference to the most disadvantaged Teessiders
> To see your business listed and personally mix with some
of Teesside’s most influential, successful businesses and
business leaders
> Company logo on charity website
> Article on the charity’s popular Facebook feed and
mentions on Twitter when signing up
For more details, visit teessidecharity.org.uk or email diane.w@teessidecharity.org.uk.
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