Our Partnerships
We are proud to work in partnership with over 100 charities across the UK every year and have awarded over £100 million in funding since we began in 1973.
Each and every one of our charity partners benefits from a full package of support including time, money and skills. Both of which are only made possible by our amazing colleagues in Zurich UK who fundraise and donate to ZCT. Their contribution goes even further thanks to matching through the annual donation made to ZCT by the Zurich UK business. Community involvement is an integral part of working for Zurich so the vast majority of our grant funding decisions are made by Zurich employees.
Our national partners
We're proud to work in partnership with three fantastic national charities – Dementia UK, Barnardos and Magic Breakfast.
Chosen by Zurich employees, each national partner receives £300,000 in funding over three years as well as full access to free resources available through our #MoreThanMoney offering.
Our local partners
We also support 55 local charities chosen by locally based employees. Many of which are based around our Zurich office locations across the UK. Our local partners are awarded an agreed funding amount to support a specific project or programme. They also benefit from the many free resources offered through our #MoreThanMoney partnership package.
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I was now in the depths of despair. I had begun to plan how we could die. Someone suggested I ring the Admiral Nurse Helpline. I did, and I swear that nurse saved my life.
From the words of the people getting in touch, it is clear the Dementia Helpline provides an invaluable service for so many people. Many of the calls received last for an hour or so and and are from carers who may be at their wits' end.
Dementia UK knows that dementia can be a frightening and lonely place. It doesn’t just affect the person with the diagnosis – spouses or partners, and surrounding family and friends are all impacted too. The above animation - 'Together Again' - explores those feelings of being lost in dementia and how the support and guidance of an Admiral Nurse can help bring people back together again.
This is why our funding is going to fund an Admiral Nurse for their Helpline so that more people can access the support and guidance they so desperately need.
Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support for families through their Admiral Nurse service. When things get challenging or difficult, Admiral Nurses work alongside people with dementia and their families. They give the one-to-one support, guidance and practical solutions people need to face dementia with more confidence and less fear.
Their 260 Admiral Nurses help families in communities across the country not only face to face but through the free Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline. For so many, Admiral Nurses are a lifeline, helping them to understand the changes dementia brings and giving them practical strategies to cope.
How we help
With the number of people living with dementia rising every year - one person is diagnosed with dementia every three minutes - Dementia UK needs to increase the number of nurses available and the specialist support they can provide.
Calls and emails to their Dementia Helpline have trebled in three years and, sadly, many people getting in touch, so often in distress, cannot get through straight away. Dementia UK needs to change this and significantly increase the number of people the charity helps.
Which is why our £75,000 annual grant for three years is going where it’s most needed - to fund a new nurse for the Dementia Helpline together with funding running costs for the Helpline.
This will enable further support for 1,800 families a year, which means 5,400 families over the span of our three year partnership. Plus, of course, the potential to benefit even more people where there is a wider family network.
Please email Sarah Covington, ZCT's National Partnerships & Partnership Development Manager, if you would like to know more about our partnership with Dementia UK.
Please email Sarah Covington, ZCT's National Partnerships & Partnership Development Manager, if you would like to know more.