By forming a partnership with Avon Wildlife Trust, companies can support Nature Reserves like Folly Farm, a 250 acre wildlife haven near Chew Valley Lake.

Fundraising is vital to the success of many of the Trust's projects but also for the day to day protection of important habitats and species.

In Partnership - Now and for the Future

By working together, Avon Wildlife Trust and business can make a real difference to wildlife in our area. At the same time, partnerships can help to deliver business, community and environmental objectives, enhancing corporate social responsibility and improving business profiles.

We are so fortunate that our natural and commercial environment attracts people, skills and investment to the region, making this a dynamic place to live and do business. We want to make sure this is maintained and even improved, now and for the future.

Avon Wildlife Trust is dedicated to protecting and promoting wildlife; securing the future of its landscape and its people, but it cannot deliver its objectives without your help, support and participation.

There are many levels of benefit by forming a corporate partnership with the Trust:

• Improved customer loyalty
• Enhanced brand value, increased sales and market share
• Heightened corporate and brand image
• Motivated staff and suppliers, greater loyalty
• Increased networking opportunities
• Positive media coverage
• Better sales performance

Research has shown that the vast majority of consumers are more likely to buy a product associated with a cause, other factors being equal, and to develop a more positive image of the company. Collectively, the Wildlife Trusts are fast becoming the leading name in environmental cause related marketing and have developed a number of different ways companies can work with them.

Equally, Avon Wildlife Trust's biodiversity by design programme has been created to advise local companies with their environmental management, often linking up with national initiatives, and supporting companies seeking to reduce their negative impact on the landscape.

There are three levels of corporate partnership available;

1. Bronze Corporate Member (£500 p.a.)
2. Silver Corporate Member (£1000 p.a.)
3. Gold Corporate Member (£2000 p.a.)

Corporate Membership can lead to a number of different benefits, from enhanced customer loyalty to greater staff motivation.

Each category brings an increasing scale of benefits; from free access to the Trust's Nature Reserves, sponsorship opportunities tailored to requirement, invitations to corporate events, media and publicity opportunities, staff development days, wildlife assessments of business premises and sites, plus a range of other services. Special tailor-made packages can be formulated in consultation with the Trust to maximise the benefits of corporate partnership.

The first step in setting up your partnership with Avon Wildlife Trust is to contact the Corporate Relations Manager;

by post to 32 Jacobs Wells Road, Bristol, BS8 1DR

by phone on 0117 9177270

by email to susiechampion@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk

Together, let's make Avon our business!