At United Way Ottawa, we work with our partners in the community — people from business, labour, non-profit organizations, government departments, the media and special interest groups — to ensure that our investments bring positive results. We are highly involved in all aspects of our community. Based on this awareness, we can help you structure your corporate social responsibility investment in a manner that responds directly to the needs of your overall business strategy.
Organizations of all sizes choose to partner with us to:connect with others in the community
- reach a target demographic
- communicate or demonstrate their corporate social responsibility messaging
- boost employee morale
- raise visibility in the community
- market or promote their business
- Give a Corporate Donation – Make it fit with your corporate social responsibility objective (in 2009, 438 corporate gifts totalled $2.9 million)
- Run a Workplace Campaign – Support and run a campaign
- Participate in our Loaned Representative Program – Give us one of your employees or sponsor someone (35 Loaned Representatives were recruited in 2009)
- Give a Gift in-Kind – We’ll help you see if your surplus material can be used in our community (Since 2001, $1.5 million of goods have been donated to the community.)
- Volunteer – There are numerous ways to contribute (in 2009, about 14,000 volunteers gave of their time)
- Sponsor – Sponsor an event, printed materials, signage or other opportunities (in 2009, 181 sponsors did just that)
Your business investment in our community can come in a variety of forms. Here are just a few examples of some of the more established ways of giving:
Other ways to partner with us include:
- Co-branded events, where our name and the name of a partner are used together to market and publicize an event. Examples include the annual Airplane Pull, where we partner with the Ottawa Airport Authority, with the proceeds shared equally between Project Blue Skies and United Way/Centraide.
- Third-party fundraising, where retail or service-oriented businesses offer some of the proceeds from the sale of their products or services to us.
Download a copy of our Invest in Your Community Shape Its Future booklet.
You can also check out Marketing and Visibility Opportunities at a Glance and Menu of Sponsorship Opportunities for details on our many sponsorship opportunities. Each of these opportunities can be tailored to meet your company’s specific needs.
Contact: sponsor@unitedwayottawa.ca.
