Become a Corporate Partner

Deutsche Bank’s Positive Impact
(2018 & 2019)

Deutsche Bank is the business that has had the biggest impact on Cure Leukaemia. In late 2017, Cure Leukaemia was chosen by the bank’s UK employees to be its Charity of the Year in 2018 and 2019.

Over the two years staff raised in excess of £2,000,000 enabling Cure Leukaemia to begin funding the national Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP). The bank’s legacy continued after the partnership ended with 5 employees taking part in The Tour 21 and Global Head of Brand and CSR Lareena Hilton being appointed as a Trustee of the charity.

Amongst the hundreds of fundraising events the bank took part in, the biggest impact came from the ‘One Day’ salary giving days when over £1,000,000 was raised for Cure Leukaemia over these two days in 2018 and 2019.

Thousands of the bank’s staff raised funds but also volunteered their time as well. In 2018, 800 Deutsche Bank technical staff from across the world took part in a 24 hour ‘Hackathon’ when teams from Hong Kong to New York spent one day designing a prototype app for Cure Leukaemia. (See video opposite for more information)

The partnership was celebrated in November 2019 with a special dinner at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. Attended by Professor Sir John Bell, Gareth Southgate, Martin Johnson, Jonathan Trott and Deutsche Bank’s CEO for the UK and Ireland Tiina Lee, the event highlighted to the bank’s clients and staff how impactful the two-year partnership has been.

The Binding Site
(2013 – )

The Specialist Protein Company based in Edgbaston, Birmingham became a charity partner of Cure Leukaemia back in November 2013 making them one of Cure Leukaemia’s longest-running partners.

The Binding Site staff have found a variety of ways to support over the years ranging from taking part in London 2 Paris, Copa Del CL and the Great Birmingham Run to holding samosa sales and Christmas raffles within the office.

Over the 8 years, The Binding Site have raised close to £130,000 for Cure Leukaemia.

KPMG Birmingham
(2015 – )

KPMG Birmingham have supported Cure Leukaemia since 2015 as one of their local charities and have held dinners, run half marathons and taken part in dress down days to raise vital funds for us. They raised £8,000 at their annual charity ball in 2017, entered teams for the Copa Del CL and hosted Cure Leukaemia’s Put Us Out Of Business launch in 2019.

A number of their employees have been touched by blood cancer including Jenna Ostrowski whose story can be found on this website. One of Cure Leukaemia’s Trustees, Richard Turnbull recently joined the company.

Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
(2015)

Cure Leukaemia benfitted from a host of fundraising initiatives organised by the Chamber throughout 2015 including quizzes, a summer barbeque and prize draw at its annual business dinner and awards evening on 23rd April 2015 at Birmingham’s ICC.

Former CEO Paul Faulkner is a Trustee of Cure Leukaemia and encouraged ongoing support from the Chamber who regularly took part in the charity’s Dragonboat Race event in Birmingham.

Pinsent Masons Birmingham
(2012 & 2016)

The Birmingham office of legal firm Pinsent Masons first supported Cure Leukaemia in 2012 and then again in 2016 when they raised over £40,000 during the year.

Their aim was to raise enough to fund a specialist research nurse in Birmingham for one year and they achieved it by through skydives, participation in running and cycling events and in-office fundraising.

Head of the Birmingham office is Greg Lowson, a Trustee of Cure Leukaemia.

Caboodle Technology
(2018 – )

Caboodle decided to make Cure Leukaemia their charity for 2018 because the disease has impacted on the lives of some of their employees and they wanted to show their support by raising funds for the charity.

Through innovative in-office fundraising, participation in major events such as London 2 Paris and Velo Birmingham and by providing sponsorship, Caboodle are a hugely valued and integral part of the #CLFamily. A special mention must be given to Emilia Bennett, the daughter of MD Catherine, who raises funds every year and created a cookbook in 2020 raising over £2,000.

Hogan’s Cider
(2012 – )

Hogan’s Cider have a long-standing relationship with Cure Leukaemia, regularly supporting the charity at events with their award-winning Ciders and Perries.

Hogan’s Cider now donate 1p to Cure Leukaemia for every pint of their cider sold in the UK following their daughter Alice, sadly dying in August 2012, aged just 21, following her battle with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

Over the years, Hogan’s have raised over £87,000 for Cure Leukaemia firmly establishing them as integral members of the #CLFamily.

Drive System Design
(2018 – )

Leamington Spa engineering firm Drive System Design has supported Cure Leukaemia since 2018. Employee Lizzie Dean, an AML survivor who has helped raise thousands for the charity, encouraged her employers to become more involved.

A member of staff cycled across the USA, a team of walkers took on the 3 peaks and they are regularly involved in the charity’s annual Dragonboat Race.

OWB Creative
(2018 – )

OWB became our creative partner in 2018 and have been instrumental in the re-branding of Cure Leukaemia. OWB built our new website and created the three pillars of Cure Leukaemia’s communications: The ‘We Will’ campaign for clinical messaging, the ‘Lifesavers’ for community fundraising and ‘Put Us Out Of Business’ for corporate messaging.

OWB also created the new look for The Tour 21, Copa Del CL, Big Summer BBQ, CL Cycling Club and our 18th Birthday Party to name just a few other major projects.

Not only have OWB played a major part in recent years as creative partner but staff have also regularly fundraised and introduced the charity to new opportunities.

Rudell the Jewellers
(2005 – )

Rudell the Jewellers has been providing excellent customer care and the most prestigious array of jewellery, timepieces and luxury giftware for the Midlands since 1938. The family business has been a steadfast supporter of Cure Leukaemia, regularly attending events, fundraising and donating beautiful items for auctions and raffles.

Staff at Rudell frequently take part in London 2 Paris and play an active role in many major events at Cure Leukaemia.

Nant Ltd
(2019 – )

Black Country-based water safety company Nant began supporting Cure Leukaemia in Spring 2019 to mark the company’s 25th Anniversary.

Managing Director Chris Green has been at the centre of the fundraising throughout the partnership leading a Land’s End to John O’Groats 5-day static bike challenge.

Matalan, West Midlands
(2015 – )

West Midlands branches of retail giant Matalan have supported Cure Leukaemia since 2015 by taking part in the charity’s Dragonboat Races.

With stores working together across the Midlands, Matalan have raised over £40,000 for Cure Leukaemia since 2015.

Succeed
(2014 – )

Succeed are dedicated to providing opportunities for all, and the varied range of training, qualifications and development programmes we deliver means that everyone can gain from working with Succeed. Whether you’re looking for your first job, seeking to progress within your career or interested in offering development opportunities for staff, Succeed can help.

Chief Executive of Succeed is Ian Allen who was Chairman of Cure Leukaemia from 2012 – 2019.

Warwickshire County Cricket Club
(2006 – 2016)

The relationship between Cure Leukaemia and Warwickshire County Cricket Club (WCCC) started back in 2006 when Ashley Giles MBE chose to support the charity in his Benefit year. The former Ashes winner and current Director of England men’s cricket is a Cure Leukaemia Patron along with his former Warwickshire and England teammate Dougie Brown.

In 2011, the Eric Hollies Stand turned red on the third day of the Test match versus India as Warwickshire donated a percentage of ticket sales that day to Cure Leukaemia raising £25,000.

This continued up to 2016 and in total WCCC donated over £175,000 during that period.

The charity has been chosen by a number of Warwickshire players for their Benefit years – Jim Troughton, Jonathan Trott and Ian Westwood have chosen to support Cure Leukaemia. In 2020, WCCC backed ‘Tour of the TAP’ by sponsoring of the legs and will host Cure Leukaemia’s 18th Birthday Party in November 2021.

Wolverhampton Wanderers
(2017 – )

When Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme was diagnosed with blood cancer in July 2017, the club and its supporters rallied to raise funds for Cure Leukaemia.

Countless fans organised fundraising events and the club dedicated their home game against Middlesbrough to the charity to raise funds in support of Carl. A special shirt was created for fans to ‘Donate Their Name’ to have their name included in the design and Steve Plant held a series of raffles and auctions raising close to £25,000. Artist Louise Cobbold donated a percentage sales of her fantastic Wolves-inspired artwork and in total the Wolves family raised £150,000.

The funds went towards Cure Leukaemia’s £1m appeal in 2017 to expand the Centre for Clinical Haematology.

Since then, the fundraising has not stopped. Danny Fishwick and the Wolves sports medicine team fundraise at Christmas each year and have raised £18,000 and fans again rallied during Tour of the TAP raising over £3,500.

Birmingham City FC
(2018)

Birmingham City supported Cure Leukaemia in 2018 after being inspired by the story of one of their supporters Lizzie Dean. The Club raised over £25,000 to part-fund the role of a specialist research nurse in Birmingham.

Brindleyplace
(2014 – 2018)

Brindleyplace has played a huge role in the recent growth of Cure Leukaemia. When the charity won the vote to be its charity partner for the prestigious Dragonboat Race in December 2014 the knock on impact of this partnership was not known.

The Dragonboat Races raised over £200,000 and were sponsored by Deutsche Bank Birmingham. This relationship with Deutsche Bank then led to Cure Leukaemia having the opportunity to become the bank’s national partner which became a reality in late 2017.

Not only has Brindleyplace raised a huge amount for Cure Leukaemia but it has also played a key role in the charity’s national growth.

Deloitte, Birmingham
(2013 & 2014)

The Birmingham office of Deloitte became our Corporate partner in the autumn of 2013 when the staff voted for Cure Leukaemia.

We worked with them on a number of events over the year including the Great Birmingham Run when 50 staff ran for Cure Leukaemia and many other fundraising initiatives throughout the year including ladies lunches, annual dinners and even cake sales!

The relationship was so successful the staff voted for Cure Leukaemia for an unprecedented second consecutive year. In all the company raised over £100,000 and helped fund the position of one of our specialist research nurses for two years.

PD Financial Management
(2017 – )

PD Financial Management have been involved with Cure Leukaemia since 2017 when they sponsored the charity’s cycling jerseys for Velo Birmingham. They have entered teams for London 2 Paris, Copa Del CL and have continued sponsoring cycling jerseys ever since.

Safestore, Birmingham
(2017 – )

Safestore Birmingham, based on Miller Street, Newtown Middleway, provide Cure Leukaemia with storage space free of charge. With the charity growing year on year, storage space has become vital for delivering major events.

Whether you need self storage for household, business or student purposes, and short term storage, long term storage or seasonal self storage, you’ll find exactly what you need with Safestore. With over 100 centres across the country, there’s bound to be Safestore storage facilities at a location near you. Simply search your location to find your nearest centre.

Find out more by visiting their website – https://www.safestore.co.uk/

Elonex
(2013 – 2019)

Elonex Outdoor Media lit up the world of Digital advertising and the Birmingham-based Outdoor Media specialist donated premium advertising airtime to support Cure Leukaemia.

Elonex Outdoor Media broadcast many campaign messages for Cure Leukaemia on its network of outdoor digital screens across the West Midlands in a bid to help raise awareness including The Club Legends Cup in 2014, the Brindleyplace Dragonboat Races, GPFNK and helped Cure Leukaemia secure votes from Deutsche Bank staff in 2017.

The large format LED roadside screens combined deliver in excess of 31 million audience advert impacts every fortnight.

Malmaison, Birmingham
(2016)

Luxury Birmingham Hotel, Malmaison was announced as an official Corporate Partners of the charity in August 2016. The hotel took part in a number of fundraising events, bought tables at GPFNK, provided sponsorship and discounted hotel rooms and hosted a number of events for the charity including the Live Music Quiz.

South and City College Birmingham
(2018 – )

South and City College Birmingham is a vocational college which offers students part time, full time and Apprenticeship courses from level 1 to higher education in a range of subjects.

The college, which is the highest performing general FE college in Birmingham for 16-18 year olds, supported Cure Leukaemia throughout 2018.

Staff and students engaged with the charity through volunteering opportunities and challenges such as the Simplyhealth Great Birmingham Run and Velo Birmingham & Midlands when the team raised over £10,000.

College Principle Mike Hopkins then signed up to take part in The Tour 21 and rode the full Tour de France one week ahead of the professionals in 2021 raising over £40,000.

Purnell’s
(2012 – 2018)

The Michelin-starred restaurant of chef and Patron Glynn Purnell supported Cure Leukaemia for six years raising funds and awareness of the charity throughout that time.

Glynn was central to the charity’s annual fundraising dinners and helped create GPFNK, a unique live cooking experience which became one of the most popular events in the Birmingham calendar.