Business and Corporate Support

Together we are stronger. With the help of your business, collectively we can make a huge difference to our patients and families at what might be the most difficult time of their lives.

We work with a wide selection of businesses, large and small across the Sunderland and surrounding community, building relationships that will have a positive lasting impact on our patients and families whilst also helping boost your business profile, increase staff morale and help you to reach your Corporate Social Responsibility aims and more. Being part of Team Benedict will support us in continuing to deliver the highest standard of care to our patients and their loved ones.

The club is for businesses who want to make a difference in Sunderland by supporting local patients and their loved ones.

This year we are asking our local business community to pledge to raise funds to support the hospice in delivering free palliative care, advice, and support to patients dealing with a life limiting illness

Your support and the collective support of other local businesses will ensure we can continue to provide this free care to our patients and families across Sunderland and the surrounding area’s.

For example:

£20 could pay for resources for our Complementary Therapies team, for essential oils, to enable them to offer a range of treatments for patients. Complementary therapies can help patients feel calmer, more relaxed and in some cases relieve symptoms.

£50 could pay for resources for our Day Service team to run Memory Lane workshops, supporting patients to create memory boxes for their loved ones.

£100 could pay for a full day of our patient transport service, so that patients can get to and from their hospice appointments without charge or worry.

By joining the St Benedict’s Business Club you’ll be making a difference to people in your local community.

You’ll be helping our hospice to deliver care and services to over 4,000 people every year, living with a life-limiting illness across Sunderland and the surrounding area’s

And, you’ll be bringing your staff and other stakeholders together, united in a goal to help others.

How can you help and what can you expect from us?

By joining our business club and pledging to raise funds during 2026/27, your business will help St Benedict’s now and in the future.

To recognise your remarkable generosity, as a club member, you’ll benefit from a range of opportunities including:

• An opportunity to boost staff morale and engage your customers by showing your support to a fantastic local charity
• Regular updates of our work showing how your support is making a difference
• Access to exclusive downloads, including a St Benedict’s Business Club member logo to use on your website or within an email signature and promotional material – a great way to let your staff and customers know you are supporting us
• The chance to raise your profile and make connections through our networking opportunities
• A St Benedict’s membership certificate showing your logo to display in your workplace
• The opportunity to work with us on social media to promote how you are supporting us
• A dedicated St Benedict’s Hospice contact to help ensure your team has all the support you need to maximise this opportunity – we will support you with fundraising ideas, give talks, attend fundraising events and provide fundraising materials to enable you to raise as much as you can
• Discounted team entries to our fundraising events such as The Great North Run.
• Volunteering opportunities across the hospice and our retail stores.

All we ask is a minimum commitment of £50 a month – Over the year this would add up to a full week of providing our patient transport service.

To find out more email corporate@stbenedicts.co.uk