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Wouldn't it be great to see your city thriving, bustling with joy and kindness. Help your city get a thumbs up.

Companies can Sponsor a city or go nationwide

Come and See What a Gift Day

Wellbeing Week

Monday 27th July - Sunday 2nd August

Across 75 UK Cities

A vibrant events people can access, refreshments, snacks, fresh fruit, vegetables, food essentials, pet food, toiletries, new clothing essentials from babies to adults and gifts. All from donating partners and sponsors.

Held in leisure centres and community centres venues.

Sponsors recieve

  • 12 month banner advert on Wakeupinthecity.com

  • Blog article

  • Impact report

  • Invited to attend

  • Add to marketing material

  • Special guest invite

JOIN THE QUEST - quick survey

  • WBH -WINNING BACK HEALTH/ WON BACK HEALTH

    Complete this 3 minutes survey to help us Build Back Sustainably in our community

  • Start here

Instant Sponsor a

item (s)

Do what you can everything counts

1 item for £1

Buy a bundle pack from £5

We then purchase from Asda, Sainsbury's, Lidl or Aldi

contributing to The Million Donated Items In the City Quest.

Sponsor a volunteer/ Become a volunteer

We have parents and people in need looking to be sponsored as a volunteer. This means they are trained, provide access to free donations to distribute to people in need and be sustained too.

The good news we are able to provide a reference to support future work opportunities and appraisals.

We have a huge waiting list waiting to be sponsored for a Starter Pack.

Hi-vis vest on top

Sponsor a Starter pack with Hi Vis vest,

access code on mobile,

access to the booking portal and

supportive services.

Sponsor a Donation point

Businesses can order a Donation Point onsite.

Staff or if you are public facing, customers can donate food into the donations boxes for people locally in need.

Go Go Virtual - Staff a buy a

Bundle from £5 + to top up the Donation Point to help fill it

Buy Trolley Wow

Buy Trolley Wow Wow for yourself or for one of our volunteers. The purchase also generates an e-voucher for a person to buy meal items.

Pets in Poverty

Sponsor a Pet food gift voucher to be added to a Donation Point and help pet owners struggling to feed their pets. Nearly 250,000 pets are abandoned per year in the UK due to high living costs that pet owners are facing.

Cat food or Dog food that last 7 days.

Volunteer Donate your time

I am sure you have 2 hours to give back and impact. Sign up if you are an employee and have days available to volunteer. You can help out at our Come and See What a Gift Day events held locally in the community.

Shop and Drop

Community Drive

An event held outside the front of the store. In 45 minutes customers shop, buy and drop donations on the way out. A copyright campaign with a catchy song " Donate it".

Sponsor a Volunteer

So they can collect and distribute donations to people in need. The volume of KGs collected is tracked and add to your CSR Goals monthly. Sponsor a Starter pack with Hi vis vest, access code for mobile phone, and booking portal with supportive services.

Green Delivery

Not every donations from stores are the same and some are bulk items. By you sponsoring a d Green Delivery you can help us reach the need instantly within 1 hour of collection.

Lidl, Sainsburys and Uber sponsored previous Green Deliveries and we need more sponsors to reach the need,

Businesses invited - Reach families, people in need in the community

Sponsor local, City or Nationwide

per location

£399.99

  • Be seen at 1 location

  • Sponsor x10 Volunteers - £39.99 per person

  • Sponsor a Come and See What a Gift Day

  • Blog

nationwide

Enterprise

  • Be seen nationwide at Come and See What a Gift Day Events

  • Banner advert on wakeupinthecity.com

  • Blog

  • Receive a sponsor advert at our 2027 Community Impact Awards

  • Sponsor a Come and See What a Gift Day

Businesses invited - set up a donation point in your office, shop front or sponsor

Donation Point

X 1 DONATION POINT

£149.99 - DP

  • MILLION DONATION ITEMS IN THE CITY QUEST

  • ADD long life items, toiletries, pet food

  • Set up in your office, shop front or sponsor

  • A dedicated volunteer collects every fortnight and distribute to people in need or add to Come and See What a Gift Day event held in the city.

X 1 dONATION POINT

£149.99 - DP

  • GIVE WHAT IS NEW - Everything is new and unwrapped or not used

  • Homeware, new clothing, toys, stationery (guideline provided)

  • Set up in your office, shop front or sponsor

  • A dedicated volunteer collects every fortnight and distribute to people in need or add to Come and See What a Gift Day event held in the city.

The Forerunners in the

45 Minutes Shop and Drop Challenge

Looprun - Peterborough

Raised a whooping 632 items in the

45 Minutes Shop and Drop Challenge

Looprun - London

Raised 330 Items in the

45 Minutes Shop and Drop Challenge

Looprun - London

232 Items in the

45 Minutes Shop and Drop Challenge

Top Community Givers

Showing Joy, kindness and compassion in the community

Sainsburys Managers

Kidbrooke Sainburys Donated Items to contribute to Come and See Eltham

Sainsburys Manager

Donated his time at Come and See What a Gift Day event in Residential Estate. Sainsbury Dulwich contributed donated items.

Lionie -DTI

Donated her time

at Come and See What a Gift Day

St Pancras Better Gyms

Jenny - Ex HSBC Manager

Retired Fit, she bought her starter pack and donates her time at Come and See and What a Gift Day events.

Lorna- Raffiki Lion King - Walt Disney Paris

Donated her time and Sang at Come and See What a Gift Day Lewisham

Delphine

Office from a property developers and now working for a major facilities management provider. Donates her time and sponsored a volunteer.

Santander -Cheapside

A massive thank you to Santander Work Café Cheapside for supporting the Sustainable Volunteer Drive. Allowing to use their space to promote National Volunteer Week and share the importance to take up the opportunity.

Nigel - Utility Warehouse

A special thank you to Nigel representing Utility Warehouse at our Come and See What a Gift Day event Lewisham Better Gyms. 

Jon Keegan - Byran & Keegan Estates

A special thank you to Jon, founder of Bryan & Keegan estate agents for sponsoring sustainable volunteer starter packs as part of National Volunteer Week. 

Lime - Escooter

A big thank you to Lime for the donation of bike helmets as part of our Safe City Safe campaign to ensure road safety is being championed for volunteers and general public.

Cima

A massive thank you to Sarah from CIMA for the incredible amount of donations of snazzy socks and pens. Given away at our pop up Come and See What a Gift Day events and sustainable volunteer roadshows. 

Sponsor and Buy

To all buyers on Sponsorandbuy.com thank you every purchase. Contributed to a food item and added to the Million Donated in the items in the City Quest

Mekan Restaurant - SE London

Mekan is a popular and comes highly recommended family owned restaurant in Catford, South East London. With traditional and exciting Mediterranean and Middle-Eastern influences.

Previous Come and See Events What a Gift Day

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