Our Approach to Fundraising

Over $2million was raised and distributed to New Zealand community service groups and national charities durin 2007-2008. We are passionate about supporting as many people as we can through our store network with our philosophy of giving a hand-up rather than a hand-out.

Individual stores support a variety of organisations within their local communities through point of sale coin collection boxes and other local fundraising activities.

At a national level we support selected charities with wide appeal and reach, with the potential to significantly benefit a large number of people. Recipients in the past have included the Starship Foundation, Cancer Society, Surf Life Saving, National Foundation for the Deaf, Variety – The Children’s Charity and the stepUP Foundation.

• Facilitate fund-raising for New Zealanders
• Involve our customers and team members in fundraising
• Ensure The Warehouse maintains long-term relationships with charitable organisations
• Nationally support charitable organisations which are in line with the brand values of The Warehouse and benefit a large number of New Zealanders.

Requests for Donations (including supplying goods) / Sponsorship

The Warehouse, as you can imagine, gets approached on a regular basis to provide support.

We have therefore made the decision to concentrate our energies on supporting and working with as many small local initiatives as possible through our store network, in order to continue to generate goodwill and build brand loyalty in the communities we serve. It is The Warehouse policy therefore to facilitate fundraising rather than to provide sponsorship, funding or product donations.

We have established fundraising facilities in our local stores to support local organisations. These facilities are BBQs and coin collection boxes. Please contact the manager of your local store to apply for the use of these facilities, if this is something that you/your organisation feel is appropriate and would like to pursue.

National Fundraising Calendar

The National Fundraising Calendar runs in conjunction with the company’s financial year; that is 1 August – 31 July. Each year we run five national fundraising campaigns through our store network at the point of sale i.e. by selling scratch ‘n win tickets or ballpoint pens.

Criteria

• Your organisation needs to be a national body (i.e. not a regional, district or group belonging to a national body).
• Your organisation needs to benefit a wide range of New Zealanders nationwide.

The application process is as follows:

1 -14 February – Applications invited/received
17 February – 20 March – Applications reviewed, assessed and short-listed
Early April – Applicants advised of outcome of process

If you would like to be considered for one of our five National Fundraising campaign spots, please forward through your full contact details to kim.russell@thewarehouse.co.nz. Please note you will not receive any application forms or information prior to the commencement of the process on 1 February 2009.

Our selection process for 2009-2010 financial year has now concluded. We are pleased to announce our national fundraising partners are as follows:

August 2009 - Variety - The Children's Charity
October 2009 - The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation
February 2010 - Surf Life Saving New Zealand
April 2010 - Starship Foundation
June 2010 - Mental Health Foundation