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FORM A COMMUNITY – BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP WITH LIFELINE

Many businesses do not know what a community-business partnership is, thinking the relationship might be too involved or costly to undertake. In fact a community-business partnership doesn't have to be complex.Here are some ideas.

• Placing a collection tin on the shop counter or business reception area to collect coins from passing trade for Lifeline .
• Holding a staff ‘gold coin’ morning tea, with the money raised going to a specific Lifeline project, such as Suicide Prevention Training.
• Providing corporate financial sponsorship for a specific Lifeline project.
• Offering to provide a percentage of your sales to Lifeline.
• Sending out mail for Lifeline through your business account, ensuring that you save us postage money. (Sending out 1000 letters could save $500).
• Having your staff members - particularly those with some expertise in finances or marketing, volunteer to sit on Lifeline ’s Board of Governance.
• Using your office/business area as a collection point for donations of goods for Lifeline ’s fundraising Op.shops.
• Thinking before throwing out unwanted equipment, such as fax, printer, photocopier, or cash registers when you change over. Many businesses throw them out but they can provide help for Lifeline .
• Establishing a scholarship or award that sponsors young employees to become trained and qualified as Lifeline volunteer telephone counsellors.
• Providing a major in-kind gift as a regular raffle prize or fundraiser.
• Sponsoring Lifeline memberships at $5.00 each, on behalf of your staff.
• Using your own marketing or media opportunities (website, newspaper, radio or TV ads, newsletters, emails) to promote Lifeline ’s activities.
• Undertaking to add your influence and contacts to lobby for government funding for Lifeline ’s programs.
• Encouraging your Board Directors to donate their Directors remuneration to Lifeline SW as a tax deductable gift.
• Introducing an ATO approved Workplace Giving Program, that allows your staff to make regular (before tax) donations to Lifeline SW, through their wages.