Who is Partners in Business for?

Partners in Business is for companies from all sectors across the UK. It is particularly suited to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking for a flexible partnership with the NSPCC. The full answer is available on the {Link: Partners in Business | NSPCC page https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/partner-with-us/partners-business/}

Can we support the NSPCC in other ways?

There are plenty of other ways you can support the NSPCC, including taking part in events, volunteering, or creating a longer-term corporate partnership. For more information, you can visit the Support us page or contact FundraisingSupportTeam@NSPCC.org.uk. The full answer is available on the {Link: Partners in Business | NSPCC page https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/partner-with-us/partners-business/}

Can we restrict our funding to a certain service or location?

Through Partners in Business, funding can be restricted to Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, but not currently to other regions or specific services. The full answer is available on the {Link: Partners in Business | NSPCC page https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/partner-with-us/partners-business/}

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Contact the NSPCC Helpline

You can contact our Helpline by calling 0808 800 5000 between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Friday, or by emailing [email protected] between 11am and 4pm, seven days a week. If you send an email when the service is closed, it won't be received, and we won't know that you've tried to get in touch.

If we have not yet responded to you and your concerns for the safety of a child increase, please contact the police or local Children’s Services directly. Please be assured that we'll action all contacts that our Helpline receives.

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Discover why working with us can benefit your business, how you can get involved, and the difference we can make together.

5 Reasons to partner with us

1. Improve brand reputation – 45% of parentswould feel more positively towards companies with a charity partnership. Our 2024 brand survey showed a 94% brand recognition ensuring you partner with a widely recognized brand

2. Increase employee satisfaction – 33% of parentsreport they would feel more proud to work for a company with an NSPCC charity partnership

3. Increase sales - 39% of parentswould be more likely to purchase a product or service featuring the NSPCC logo

4. Upskill your workforce – 84% of NSPCC volunteers feel they have gained new skills and knowledge through their role with us

5. Make a social impact in your community - Our regional hubs and nationwide services provide the perfect opportunity for your company to help children thrive, while contributing to a common social impact goal

5 ways to partner with us

There are lots of different ways you can partner with us to fit your companies unique needs.

Employee Engagement

We’ll provide bespoke fundraising and volunteering opportunities for you, whether it's as charity of the year or a longer-term partnership.

Since 2017, Lidl GB has been an invaluable partner of ours, with the support of their customers and colleagues raising an incredible £10 million. Throughout the years Lidl GB have:

Funded the Speak Out, Stay Safe service by raising £3 million. This helped us teach over one million children about the signs of abuse and where to go if they need help.
Raised £2 million for Childline to help recruit, train and support volunteers .
Raised a further £5 million for Childline, focusing on mental health support. Lidl GB also funded campaigns to help young people identify feelings of loneliness and direct them to the new Childline mental health webpages.

Strategic

Join forces with us to achieve mutually beneficial goals that help transform society. Working together to make a difference to children and young people.

We're working with Vodafone UK to ensure every child has a happy and safe online life. We achieve this through: empowering parents, giving young people a voice and raising awareness of online harms to educate the public.

Together, we provide parents and carers with support and guidance to help them, and their children navigate the online world, aiming for a positive family experience.

We have collaborated with Vodafone on their Digital Parenting Hub, a comprehensive information centre for parents and carers. The resource featuring tips from NSPCC experts, received 65,000 views in the first two months.

Pro Bono

Support us meaningfully in our work with children and young people by donating your time, skills and expertise. This partnership style is a great way for you to make a real impact on our life-changing work with children and young people.

OC&C Strategy Consultants LLP have been supporting the NSPCC since 2020, providing pro bono consultancy on key strategic challenges.

Just one example of the fantastic consultancy provided involved advising on the NSPCC’s secondary school offer to support young people. Through interviews with key NSPCC stakeholders, education professionals and other charities, OC&C suggested how the NSPCC could provide an offer focusing on healthy sexual behavior and relationships. Following this, the NSPCC developed Talk Relationships, our secondary education service to help young people understand healthy and harmful relationships, recognising their right to be safe, heard and respected, and knowing how to get help from a trusted adult if they need it.

Commercial

We'll work together to raise funds through product sales, while boosting each other’s profiles and changing children’s lives.

Lindt & Sprüngli UK have been supporting the NSPCC’s Childline service since 2017, through the promotion of their Lindt Teddy, available to purchase in Lindt retail outlets, major retailers such as Tesco, and on Lindt's website during the Christmas period.

This heart-warming campaign has to date raised approximately £1m, which helps to support children and young people to access Childline – so that no child goes unheard.

As well as this fantastic campaign, Lindt & Sprüngli UK staff have donated beautiful hampers to our Childline volunteers working at Christmas and have taken part in fantastic fundraising activities.

Partners in Business

Our flexible option for small and medium enterprises.

Playdale Playgrounds Ltd have chosen the NSPCC as their Charity of Choice.

By hosting regular DIY fundraising events throughout the year, such as bake sales and quiz nights, employees of Playdale Playgrounds Ltd have, so far, raised almost £1,500.

We are immensely proud of our longstanding partnership with the NSPCC and the incredible impact we have achieved together.

Since 2017, with the support of our customers and colleagues we have raised over £12.5 million, directly funding first the NSPCC's Speak Out Stay Safe programme, and now Childline's Twilight service, helping the NSPCC reach millions of young people overnight.

Our Pennies campaign has also begun to deliver strong results, raising approximately £1m a year via customer checkout donations over just 7 weeks.

As we enter the next phase of our partnership, we look forward to continuing our work alongside the NSPCC to support its vital programmes as part of our ongoing commitments to support children and young people.”

Georgie Hall - Head of Corporate Affairs, Lidl GB

Our partnership with Lidl GB continues to make a profound difference to children who turn to Childline in their darkest moments. The funding raised by Lidl customers and colleagues powers our overnight service, which receives a call from a worried child every 45 seconds.

In 2025/26 alone, Childline delivered more than 170,000 counselling sessions, and a third of the contacts made at night came from children identified as being at high risk for their safety.

Lidl’s extraordinary commitment ensures we can be there for these young people when they need us most, and we are deeply grateful for the impact we are achieving together.”

Chris Sherwood - CEO, NSPCC

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We’d love to hear from you and discuss how we can work together to help keep children safe. Your partnership could make all the difference.

Email our dedicated partnerships team today and join the fight to help keep children safe.

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Partnerships help us...

Deliver around 170,000 Childline counselling sessions with children and young people.
Respond to almost 78,000 contacts to our NSPCC Helpline from people with concerns about a child's welfare.
Reach 1.5 million children in over 6,600 schools with our Speak out, Stay safe assemblies.
Support parents to have Talk PANTS conversations with their children to help keep them safe from sexual abuse.
Help young people to find their way through loneliness.

Our work, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children, wouldn’t be possible without the support of our partners.

Our partners

We're partnered with some incredible companies in the fight for every childhood

Calpol

Since 2019, Calpol has supported the NSPCC Helpline, raising awareness for this essential service for adults concerned about a child.

After extensive research into parents' concerns, the 'Don’t Bottle It Up' campaign was launched. This campaign encourages parents to share their worries, no matter how big or small, by reaching out to our Helpline. After 7 years of running the campaign, awareness and understanding of the support available to families have significantly increased.

Calpol also generously donates money per pack sold during the campaign period in selected retailers and has so far has raised over £650,000 for the NSPCC Helpline.

Nex Playground

Nex Playground has partnered with the NSPCC to support meaningful screen time habits for families. Combining Nex Playground's active, family-focused gaming experiences with the NSPCC's expertise, the partnership encourages families to spend quality time together through active, shared play.

Together, we have launched 10 Tips for Meaningful Family Screen Time, providing practical advice to help parents and carers feel more confident managing screen use. The partnership also provides vital financial support for the NSPCC's work helping children stay safe online and offline.

Matalan

Since 2004, Matalan has raised over £11 million for the NSPCC through a partnership spanning over 20 years, with colleagues and customers at the heart of fundraising efforts to keep children safe.

Their support has enabled the opening of a purpose-built centre in Liverpool for children who have experienced neglect and abuse, trained practitioners to help vulnerable children across Merseyside, and answered over a million calls to Childline. Additionally, Matalan collaborates with the NSPCC to create unique product ranges, such as the exclusive Bing range in 2024, and will launch a new children’s clothing range for Childhood Day in June.

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Partner Shout Out

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Clarion

On Childhood Day, we will celebrate the end of the first year of our partnership with Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest housing association. 

Throughout 2024/2025, Clarion colleagues have demonstrated great dedication in raising funds and volunteering to support our Building Connections programme, which helps young people cope with feelings of loneliness.

Highlights from the year include: taking part in our Dragon Boat Race for Childhood Day, tackling the Chiltern 50 Hike, taking part in our Listen Up Speak Up training and completing our first ever Saigon to Ankor Wat Cycle Challenge and much more. In the first year Clarion and their amazing colleagues exceeded their fundraising target of £100k. We can’t wait to see what year 2 has in store for our partnership.

Shout out magazine

Dive into the latest edition of our bi-annual Shout Out Magazine to see how we work with partners to make a difference to the lives of children, while also having fun. "Dragon boat race anyone?"

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