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Pfizer Ltd donation supports 2 projects

How working with COT can help your business

  • A modern company prides itself on its image and involvement in the local community. Working with COT and The Rare Breeds Centre gives tangible proof that a company cares about others and wishes to help in improving the local environment
  • One of the best ways to assist COT is to provide volunteers to work on a project. This activity will promote teamwork between the volunteers and helps foster team spirit
  • "The Falcons" is a conference facility based at the Rare Breeds centre. This allows the hosting of off-site corporate functions for between 20 and 125 people at very reasonable rates
  • Becoming a corporate sponsor provides additional benefits such as name association with big events and discounted tickets for company employees. The Rare Breeds Centre is one of Kent's top tourist destinations, attracting over 80,000 visitors a year.

How your business can help COT

  • COT recruits teams of volunteers from corporate sponsors to complete projects that provide a lasting benefit to the residents of COT and the wider community. These projects typically involve practical activity, for example, creating gardens, pulling up fences and renovating wooden furniture
  • COT relies on generous individual and corporate donors for its continuing operation. We welcome corporate donations for both specific projects and general support. Additionally we support the Payroll Giving initiative and can provide further details
  • Every year, COT holds a number of sponsored special events to raise funds and promote the charity. Become one of our special event sponsors and raise the profile of your business concern
  • Holding conferences and meetings at "The Falcons" centre gives you the chance to use the excellent facilities with all of the proceeds being donated to Canterbury Oast Trust.
 

Examples of collaboration with our Corporate sponsors - click on green links for more information

Pfizer
Pfizer Ltd generously contributed £17,000 towards the cost of providing a Mobile Animal Farm, which will allow the transportation of a number of small animals to Care Projects around Kent. (Beneficiaries will include Demelza House, Pilgrims Hospice and Barchester Healthcare.) This gives residents of these Care Projects direct contact with animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks and ferrets. This sum also enables COT to run a Life skills project that permits residents to take externally accredited academic qualifications such as National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ), National Proficiency Test Council (NPTC) certificates and City and Guilds.

Ringway Group
Ringway Group kindly laid a 250 yard asphalt road to provide better access for tractors and visitors. This donation included both the materials and the time and expertise of the workers.

GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline provided two teams of volunteers, the first team putting up a shed (donated by the company), while the second stripped down and stained the restaurant furniture.

Brachers Solicitors
Brachers Solicitors donated £200 for the purchase of spring bulbs for the garden. These were combined with 100kg of bulbs from Hadlow college and a group of volunteers from Brachers proceeded to plant some of them.

 

We welcome any enquiries or questions. Our Corporate and Volunteer Manager Rita Mathur would love to talk to you on 01233 861 519. Alternatively, please e-mail rm@c-o-t.org.uk or post any written questions to:

Rita Mathur
Canterbury Oast Trust
Highlands Farm
Woodchurch
Ashford
Kent    TN26 3RJ

 

GlaxoSmithKline volunteers with our resident Chris Chappell


A big 'Thank You' to our many Corporate Volunteers and Supporters - click on green links for details of specific projects

 

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