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Supporting our community
Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fundraising and initiatives stem naturally from our core values – and we are passionate about how our business can make a real, positive difference to the community and businesses around us.
Since our formation in 2002 we have worked with local and national charities, raising funds and supporting causes very close to our heart. As a business we are fully aware of the benefits that come with a well planned and executed CSR strategy, but we also want to show that we genuinely care about helping people – and we want our initiatives to demonstrate this.
We help people find their dream career every day, but also recognise that it is equally as important to help others and support the communities where we work. We feel a great sense of pride when our people come together and help us celebrate and support worthwhile causes throughout the UK.
To drive our CSR efforts forward, our team have devised several key strategic objectives to guide us toward our goals. These include:
- Strengthen and build relationships with our corporate charity partners through fundraising and donation opportunities to support the local communities we work in.
- Increase volunteering opportunities by making them more accessible to everybody in the business. This will have a positive social impact whilst also complementing our social value requirements for tenders and proposals.
- Review and develop our environmental initiatives, recognising that this is crucial to society and becoming increasingly important when bidding for new business.
- Support our local communities through improving workplace skills, and reducing unemployment through the delivery of employability workshops.
Additionally, each year we actively encourage our employees to get involved in our ‘paid time off for charitable commitments’ where each member of the business is given a day of annual leave to support a charity or cause of their choice.
Board Sponsor:
Laura Hayward
"I am incredibly proud to be the Board sponsor of the CSR Committee here at Sellick Partnership. The most rewarding aspect for me is engaging the business in fundraising and charitable initiatives to contribute and make a difference with local and national charities. A crucial element of corporate social responsibility is facilitating employees to engage in the local community; employees want to give back and have the opportunity to do so. Our initiatives are very accessible to allow our employees to contribute in a way that best suits them! Our Manchester office is partnering with Wood Street Mission this year; this has meant that together we have been able to plan our fundraising events for 2025 and really support their fantastic projects throughout".
£20463
raised for our
chosen charities in 2024
chosen charities in 2024
241
hours volunteered
in 2024
in 2024
5
employability workshops held
5
sustainability initiatives held
Our commitment to Social Value
We are committed to supporting our local communities through improving employability skills and reducing worklessness through the delivery of employability workshops. We work with our clients and partners to deliver these workshops to their service users or students across organisations including Universities, Colleges, Housing Associations and Professional membership bodies.
Below are some recent examples of employability workshops we have delivered across the UK. If you are interested in partnering with us, please contact us today.
- Two days of employability workshops delivered to undergraduates at an East Midlands based university.
- Two days of employability workshops delivered to over 100 students at a North East college.
- Half a day employability workshop delivered to tenants of Karbon Homes and Job Centre staff.
- Half a day career workshops delivered in partnership with HfMA to 14 delegates working within the NHS to support career progression.
- Half a day employability workshop delivered to undergraduates at a Manchester Metropolitan University.
Our charitable activities
From bake sales, to sporting leagues, awards ceremonies and book collections, here is a flavour of the things we have set up as a business:
Christmas Jumper Day
In December 2024, employees from all of our offices got involved in Christmas Jumper Day - raising money for each of our office chosen charities.
Volunteering at WSM
Some of our team in Manchester spent time volunteering at Wood Street Mission, helping families shop for Christmas as part of their wider Christmas Campaign.
Christmas toy collections
Throughout December, a number of our offices held collections for toys/books/games and donated these to each of our chosen charities.
Volunteering at Lineham Farm
Our Leeds office volunteering a morning of their time at Lineham Farm, sorting through the donated items for the Leeds Children's Charity Christmas project!
Food bank collection
Our Newcastle office held a food collection to support their Crisis at Christmas campaign - essential food items and supplies were supplied to individuals and families in need during the festive season.
Volunteering at Henshaws
Members from the Legal team in our Manchester office volunteered an evening of their time at the Carols by Candlelight concert which was open to the public, kindly organised by Henshaws.
Halloween fancy dress
In October 2024, employees from across our offices participated in a Halloween fancy dress initiative this year, with each office raising money for their chosen charities!
me&dee Charity Ball
In October 2024, some of the team from our Derby office attended the annual me&dee 'This is me (&dee)" Charity Ball, which raised an incredible £17,544 for the charity.
Volunteering at Mustard Tree
Across the month of October, several employees from our Manchester office volunteered at Mustard Tree, a charity that combats poverty and prevents homelessness.
Salvation Army clothes donation
In October 2024, our Derby office held another clothes collection/donation but this time in aid of the Salvation Army, proudly collecting and donating over three bags to the charity.
Sustainability Week
We celebrated Sustainability Week in partnership with our parent company, Samsic. We held a meat-free lunch, a clothes swap, biodiversity image challenge as well as 10k step challenges.
Discover more about our carbon footprint efforts
At Sellick Partnership, we are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices. Over the past 12 months, we have dedicated significant effort to conducting a thorough review of our carbon footprint, in collaboration with our parent company, Samsic. This review has provided us with valuable insights into the environmental impact of our operations and has laid the groundwork for identifying key areas where we can reduce emissions and improve sustainability practices. By taking these important steps, we aim to not only enhance our environmental performance but also lead by example in fostering a more sustainable future for our employees, clients, and communities.
In September 2024, we participated in Sustainability Week as part of Samsic's wider initiative and employees across each of our offices got involved in:
- A meat-free lunch day, promoting healthier, more sustainable eating habits.
- Clothes swap which was a huge success, encouraging reuse and reducing waste in style.
- 10K steps challenge to increase our steps, getting more active while lowering our carbon footprint.
- And to top it all off, we held a biodiverse photo competition, celebrating nature and our local environments.
Discover more about our volunteering opportunities
Corporate volunteering not only helps address community needs but also fosters a sense of teamwork and corporate social responsibility among employees. We recognise this, and as part of our wider CSR strategy, we actively encourage our employees to get involved in our ‘paid time off for charitable commitments’ where each member of the business is given a day of annual leave to support a charity or cause of their choice. Members of our team across the business volunteered 90 hours in 2023, and almost tripled this in 2024, having volunteered 241 hours which included (but weren't limited to):
- Organising our annual Manchester Professional's Football League
- Hosting our annual Midlands Charity Football Tournament
- Wood Street Mission - for their Family Basics campaign
- Wood Street Mission - for their Books Forever campaign
- Wood Street Mission - for their Christmas appeal
- Northampton University employability workshop
- Adullam Homes employability workshop
- Carols by Candlelight concert with Henshaws
Sports in the community: find out more
Manchester Professional's Football League
Find out more about our Manchester Professional's Football League (MPFL) which is in it's 15th year.
Midlands Charity Football Tournament
Find out more about our Midlands Charity Football Tournament (MCFT) which is in it's 15th year.
Testimonials from our charities
Wood Street Mission have worked with Sellick Partnership for several years now, and together we have built a fantastic partnership. The team get involved throughout the year supporting our appeals and initiatives, developing creative fundraising ideas to engage their staff in our cause, which results in much-needed donations for local children affected by poverty, such as Christmas toys, brand new books and back-to-school essentials. They also support us by attending our events and championing our projects on social media, helping us to raise awareness in our community. Volunteering is another way that Sellick Partnership have provided invaluable support to Wood Street Mission, from sorting through clothing donations, to supporting our families face-to-face, or helping to distribute our annual newsletter – no task is ever too much, and the team are a pleasure to work with! What makes this relationship special is the team always listen to our charity’s needs and they also place importance on making sure the charity partnership is accessible for all of their team to get involved with – whether that’s taking part in a ‘pot luck’ lunch, bringing in a book to donate, or giving up their time to help out at our charity base. Thank you so much to everyone at Sellick Partnership for your wonderful support.
Henshaws are absolutely delighted to announce our new association with Sellick Partnership. In the time we have collaborated with them they have volunteered at our Carols by Candlelight, a member of the Sellick Partnership team will be participating in a charity sky-dive in aid of Henshaws, and they have also signed up to participate in our main challenge ‘Yorkshire 3 peaks’ which is a fantastic opportunity for teambuilding. Henshaws mission is to ensure every blind and visually impaired person receives the help and support they need right from the moment of diagnosis, to live the life they want, and with the incredible support from Sellick Partnership they are helping that to happen for individuals of any age across Greater Manchester. We want to pass our sincere thanks over to Sellick Partnership. Henshaws is extremely excited for what the future holds with our partnership.
St Ann’s Hospice have been in partnership with Sellick for 19 years during which over £90,000 has been raised from events including the Manchester Professionals Cricket League and The Manchester Professionals Football League. We are incredibly grateful for the ongoing support of Sellick Partnership which has enabled us to care and support individuals living with life Limiting illnesses in greater Manchester. Recent donation have been in support of the New Hospice that will open in 2025 and we look forward to having their name on our wall as one of our funding partners for the development. Beyond the vital funds raised the team at Sellick are an absolute pleasure to work with and always keen to help be that with collecting Easter Eggs, bottles for the drinks trolley and more recently through active participation on our fundraising board and support with training for the fundraising team.
Sellick Partnership volunteered their time with Mustard Tree in November 2024. Sellick’s warm and friendly team were engaged and helpful, assisting in the daily running’s of our services. The Sellick team spent their time supporting our operational areas and assisting our Greater Manchester community – providing support in our Job Club and ESOL classes, helping to pack bags in the Food Club, serving customers in the Community Café, and lifting and shifting furniture with our warehouse team. Corporate volunteering days are integral to us providing the most effective service we can, ensuring that there are always plenty of friendly faces to supplement the work of our team. Likewise, the Sellick team got to spend time engaging with the wider community in a way that they may not otherwise be able to do. This is why corporate volunteering is a vital CSR initiative for Mustard Tree, as it allows our supporters to see first-hand the impact that their support has on our community.
Meet our CSR Committee
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is vitally important to us and we firmly believe that every employee should be able to have their input in the charities, causes and initiatives that we support. That is why we have appointed our CSR Committee to lead and champion our charity fundraising and initiatives on a daily basis.
Laura
Hayward
Samantha Hattersley
Katherine
Busby
Ellie
Turner
Rebecca
Dawson
Claire
Harrison
CSR insights
More from Sellick Partnership
Charities we support
Since first establishing, giving back to the community has always been a priority for us. We work with a range of regional and national charities across the UK, and we encourage all of our staff to get involved as much as possible.
Community sports
We actively support the community through a number of sporting initiatives across the UK which include a cricket and a football league, two established football tournaments and a range of fundraising activities organised by our regional offices.
CSR Committee
We firmly believe that every employee should be able to have their input in the charities, causes and initiatives that we support. We have appointed our CSR Committee who lead and champion our charity fundraising and initiatives on a daily basis.