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Corporate partnerships play a vital role in ensuring that no one in our community faces hunger alone. By working with us, your business can turn its values into action, helping local people in crisis while strengthening your brand, your culture, and strengthening your connection with the community.

Foodbank volunteers — David Wilson Homes has donated to the Rochdale Foodbank Pictured L-R volunteers Nicola Entwistle, Simon Mustill and Martina Power.

Whether you are a small local company or a larger employer, we will work with you to build a tailored partnership that fits your goals – from staff volunteering and workplace fundraising to sponsorship, in‑kind support, and strategic, long‑term collaboration. Together, we can create a visible, measurable impact for local people and give your employees and customers a cause they are proud to stand behind.

Key benefits to highlight for businesses partnering with a food bank include:

Stronger brand and reputation – Demonstrates visible commitment to tackling hunger and supporting vulnerable local families, which builds trust and loyalty among customers, communities, and stakeholders.
Clear Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental, Social, and Governance delivery – Provides a concrete, local way to evidence the “Social” pillar of ESG, showing action on inequality, poverty, and community wellbeing rather than just policy statements.
Employee engagement and morale – Volunteering, food drives, and skills-based support give staff purpose-driven team experiences that boost pride, motivation, and retention.
Community leadership and local relationships – Positions the business as a trusted community leader, deepening relationships with local stakeholders, councils, and networks and often opening doors to new partnerships.
Reduced food waste and cost savings (for food producers/retailers) – Responsible surplus donation lowers disposal costs, optimises resources, and can support tax efficiencies while ensuring good food feeds people, not landfill.
Positive PR and marketing content – Partnerships naturally generate authentic stories, media opportunities, and social content that showcase the company’s values and impact.
Simple, high-impact way to “do the right thing” – Food insecurity is a clear, relatable issue; partnering with a food bank offers a practical way for businesses to make a visible difference, with impact data they can share confidently.

Check out the various ways you can partner with us:

Payroll Giving:

Payroll Giving (or “Give As You Earn”) lets your employees give to the foodbank straight from their gross salary, so their donation is taken before tax and effectively costs them less while we receive more. It is an easy, low‑admin way to build regular, reliable support for local people, and your business can boost its impact even further by offering match funding on staff donations or time‑limited matching campaigns to encourage sign‑ups.

Social Media:

Businesses can make a big difference simply by using their social media channels to champion the foodbank. By actively sharing our appeals, campaigns, and good news stories – and tagging us so others can easily get involved – you help us reach new supporters, drive donations, and build positive momentum around tackling local hunger.

You can also create your own content about why you’ve chosen to support the foodbank, celebrate staff fundraising and volunteering, and invite customers or followers to join in. This kind of visible, values-led support not only boosts our impact, it also shows your audiences that your business is prepared to stand alongside local people when it matters most.

Charity of the Year:

Making the foodbank your Charity of the Year turns one-off support into a focused, year‑long partnership that benefits both your company and local people in crisis. A dedicated annual partnership gives your team a clear cause to rally around, boosts morale through volunteering and fundraising, and demonstrates your commitment to tackling food insecurity in your community.

By concentrating effort on one charity, you can plan joint campaigns, staff challenges and in‑kind support that make a visible, measurable difference to the foodbank’s services. In return, the foodbank can share impact stories, attend your events and promote the partnership, helping you strengthen your values-led brand, deepen local relationships and show stakeholders you are serious about social responsibility.

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Food Donation Boxes

Food donations are a great way to support our work. Each year, we give out thousands of emergency food parcels to individuals and families in need. In 2024 - 2025, we helped 13,000 individuals in food poverty (an 11.08% increase on the previous year).

By hosting a food donation box and encouraging staff, customers and visitors to donate items of food, you are making a direct difference to the lives of local people in crisis. If you would like to host a food donation box, please use the form here.

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Gifts in Kind

Gifts in kind are a powerful way for businesses to support the food bank by donating products, services, or expertise instead of cash.

From surplus food and toiletries to logistics, marketing, or professional support, these contributions help us stretch every pound further and get more good food to local people who need it most.

Volunteer Hours

Volunteering with the foodbank gives teams a hands-on way to tackle hunger together, creating shared experiences that build connection, pride, and purpose at work.

It strengthens staff skills in teamwork, communication, and problem-solving, while showing colleagues and customers that your business is prepared to give time as well as money to support local people in crisis.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship is a powerful way for businesses to fuel our work and gain visible recognition in the community. One standout opportunity is sponsoring our collection van, where your company logo is displayed on the vehicle as it travels across the area, demonstrating your commitment to tackling local hunger every time it’s seen on the road.

There are also many other ways to support the foodbank through sponsorship, from backing specific campaigns and events to sponsoring key items like food collection boxes, staff wages, events, or volunteer training.

We’ll work with you to create a package that aligns with your brand, budget, and ESG goals, while providing clear recognition and impact stories you can share with your staff and customers.

Workplace fundraiser

Creative workplace fundraising is a fun way to bring your team together while raising vital funds for the foodbank. From dress-down days, bake sales, and quiz nights to sponsored walks, step challenges, or “bring a tin” days linked to staff events, you can turn everyday activities into meaningful support for local people.

You can also build fundraising into key moments in your calendar – for example, linking celebrations, product launches, or client events to a simple collection or raffle in aid of the foodbank.

We’re happy to help you shape ideas that fit your culture and capacity, and provide materials and stories you can share with staff and customers.

Key benefits to highlight for businesses partnering with a food bank include:

Payroll Giving:

Social Media:

Charity of the Year:

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