We are lucky to have the support of some of the UK’s leading employers and top businesses, who provide work experience for our WOHAA participants, as well as being Semi-Finals judges.
If you would like to be a corporate sponsor or learn more about ways to get involved, please contact our team.
By volunteering, you’ll be part of a mission that equips young people with leadership, entrepreneurial skills, and confidence through our Social Enterprise Programme. Whether you’re mentoring, supporting events, or contributing your skills, your involvement directly impacts students and communities, both locally and globally.
You’ll inspire the next generation of changemakers, develop new skills for yourself, and join a supportive network of like-minded people passionate about education and social impact. Plus, your efforts will help provide crucial educational opportunities to children in India and Sierra Leone.
John Lewis is one of the UK’s largest businesses, providing customers with everything from home furnishings, and groceries, to fashion, broadband services, and even opticians! Their visionary founder began a system of co-ownership, which means that each of their 85000 permanent staff owns part of the multitude of department stores and shops which come under the John Lewis Partnership umbrella, ensuring that worker satisfaction is at the heart of the successful business.
Tata Consultancy Services helps its clients become the most efficient possible through a unique combination of tech expertise and business acumen. They work across all continents to deliver the best results in a variety of sectors, including public services, communications, travel, energy, and retail. They work with big data, and artificial intelligence, making them global leaders in this field.
Edelman PR is a top communications company running marketing strategies for clients as diverse as Heineken, Persil, X-Box, HP, the British Menopause Society, Tough Mudder, Snickers, and the National Lottery. They have run numerous notable campaigns, winning an award in 2016 for the #loveatfirsttaste campaign for Knorr. Recently they tore up the rulebook to run an event for X-Box launching Halo Wars 2 which brought the action to life in transforming the event space into a real-life military command centre, with direct lines to soldiers on the battlefield.
Each WOHAA Award-winning team is given a work experience placement from within our corporate network. Read about previous students’ experiences’ of their work experiences placements here.
Many businesses like to select a charity to support for a month, at moments such as Christmas, or even for a full year – a great cause on which your staff and customers can focus to make a difference.
Choosing to support us gives everyone involved the chance to really understand how the Wings of Hope is making such a difference to so many young people, whom you can help us to support.
You can see your total grow and grow over a period of time, and watch the pennies turn into pounds. It’s a great way to boost morale, promote teamwork and raise your profile.
We know that you’ll be looking for a cause that supports your efforts, spends your money wisely and makes a real difference.
Your funds will go to empower young people across three countries through supporting and broadening their education.
In the UK, transferable skills are increasingly sought after, with employers more interested in candidates with evidence of teamwork, time management, creativity, and determination than simply perfect academic results. Our social enterprise programme WOHAA develops all of these skills and more, making it an impressive addition to any CV, UCAS statement or job interview, as well as providing students with real-life experience and mentoring from professionals. Read the impact on our student participants here.
In the developing world, an extra year of education can increase future earnings by 10%, reduce the potential of child marriage by 5% and raise average GDP growth by 0.37%. In addition, children whose mothers are literate are less likely to suffer from malnutrition and are more likely to finish school themselves.
By volunteering, you’ll be part of a mission that equips young people with leadership, entrepreneurial skills, and confidence through our Social Enterprise Programme. Whether you’re mentoring, supporting events, or contributing your skills, your involvement directly impacts students and communities, both locally and globally.
You’ll inspire the next generation of changemakers, develop new skills for yourself, and join a supportive network of like-minded people passionate about education and social impact. Plus, your efforts will help provide crucial educational opportunities to children in India and Sierra Leone.
The Wings of Hope are working in a meaningful way to support and empower young people around the world by breaking the cycle of poverty through education and developing their skills and ambitions for future life.
We can support you all the way.
We can give you practical things like promotional materials, but also inspire your staff by visiting your workplace and gathering the troops.
Expand your skills by fundraising creatively for a worthy cause, and develop relationships between mixed groups of colleagues.
Being part of our prestigious and dedicated corporate network working with our WOHAA participants (aged 13-18), including sitting on judging panels in the Houses of Parliament, presenting an Award at Awards Ceremonies, and seeing student talent in action.
The work Wings of Hope do is truly inspiring so we feel extremely privileged to provide our support wherever we can. I was personally fortunate enough to be part of the judging panel for the Wings of Hope Achievement Award 2009. Being part of the creative industry we’re continually on the lookout for fresh, emerging talent and I was completely inspired by the creativity and sheer entrepreneurial spirit shown by this year’s entries.
Wings of Hope is an imaginative and exciting charity. It involves several continents and many young students whom it inspires to think of needy people and do what they can to help them. It has no single template and leaves young pupils free to think up new ways of raising money. I have sat on the jury for some years now and consider it one of my finest educational experiences. I congratulate Dr R. Sri Ram and Rajni for conceiving and guiding it and wish the project well.