CAFOD Corporate partnership brochure (5 MB)

PARTNERWITH CAFODin more ways than one1 Give an unrestricted giftIn business, flexibility is key. The same is true for us.We have to be able to react rapidly and flexibly to changing social,political and economic environments in the countries we work in.Unrestricted gifts are the most efficient way for you to support us.They enable us to give reliable, long-term support to our partners,and to act quickly and effectively wherever the need is greatest.2 Support a projectWe can tailor your support to a project. Whether you have abusiness link with a specific place or feel passionately abouta particular issue, we can help you get closer to the people andplaces that matter to you. Where possible, we can even facilitatea visit so that you can see first hand the impact you are making.3 Challenge your teamGet your whole team involved in supporting CAFOD. The optionsare endless, so there will be something to suit your staff,whatever their interests. From run, cycle or swim challengesto hosting the CAFOD sports quiz; from cake sales to black-tiedinners. Come up with your own fundraising ideas and we’llsupport you every step of the way to turn them into reality.“I think employees want to know the companythey work for is trying to do more than justmake a profit. I am sure the CAFOD fundraisingquiz night at Arsenal did more to motivate myemployees than any salary increase or emailfrom me could ever do.”Chris Pickthall, CEO, CPL AromasSupporting small businesses:A shoe repair co-operative in Colombia, where people canearn a living and support their families.CASE STUDYCPL AROMAS LTDCPL Aromas, an international fragrance house, haspartnered with CAFOD for over 12 years. This familybusiness has supported more than ten differentprojects, including ones in Sudan, Nicaragua andthe Middle East – as well as sending a team to theCAFOD sports quiz hosted by Dermot O’Leary.Nick Pickthall, Managing Director of CPL Aromas’Latin America office, and his team shared theirexpertise with one of CAFOD’s partners – smallcleaning business, APOIO.For women like Luz Mila, who was forced to flee hervillage after violence and death threats, a job in asmall business is a lifeline out of poverty. Projectco-ordinator Lorena Yucieth Proaños Hernandezexplains how CPL Aromas has helped them todevelop the business:“They have taught the small business that thewhole world turns around the sense of smell.The business has been given a new lease of lifeand members are playing with the formulas intheir products to improve them. Many of ourmembers go home to houses with no roof orbeds. But just because people are poor, doesn’tmean they don’t have big dreams or aspirations.”3