WaterAid corporate partners

Community memebers making a latrine slab in Malawi
Credit: WaterAid / Layton Thompson

WaterAid's UK partners play a vital role in supporting our work.

Supporting WaterAid is an excellent way to help achieve corporate affairs, publicity and marketing objectives, as well as raise staff morale.

All of our partners have one objective in common - to help WaterAid work towards our vision of a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation.

Read some of our past success stories 

Here are some of the partners who currently support us:

ADSM supports WaterAid by donating one percent 1% of its revenue the money it raises from AquaFund® its water-saving business contracts towards our water and sanitation projects.

Ecover and WaterAid are entering the fourth year of their partnership, based on a shared commitment to water resource management and sustainability that will enable people in rural Ethiopia gain access to safe water and sanitation. 

Decanter has been turning wine into water since 2005 through a series of wine auctions and to date have raised over £235,000.

Diageo The world’s leading premium drinks company recently chose WaterAid as their official charity partner for the 2011 Water of Life Half marathon and 10k raising  funds for our first project in Angola.

Festival of Media The Festival of Media is a conference that brings the media and communications industry together to examine issues at the forefront of the sector.  2008 saw the Festival officially partner WaterAid as the event's first charity beneficiary.

Glastonbury We are delighted to receive fantastic support through our partnership with Glastonbury Festival each year. WaterAid’s involvement with the festival provides a unique opportunity to promote global water and sanitation issues in an innovative way to hundreds of thousands of people, raising both awareness and vital funds for our work.

A young smiling girl from Malawi running her hands through the water from a pump
Credit: WaterAid / Layton Thompson

H&M Our high profile partnership with H&M has raised over £1.7million for WaterAid’s work through sales of an exclusive swimwear range sold in their stores globally.

Herbert Smith LLP WaterAid are delighted to announce that we have been voted by employees from the leading international law firm Herbert Smith LLP as their Charity of the Year partner for 2011. 

Hunter WaterAid is thrilled to be working in partnership with Hunter Boot, the nation's favourite wellington boot maker. Hunter produced an exciting limited-edition WaterAid welly which was launched at the Glastonbury Festival 2008.

Mace Group supports WaterAid through their annual Celebrity Cricket Challenge held at the Kia Oval, which has now raised over £60,000 towards our vital work.

Miller Brands, part of SABMiller plc, brewer of Peroni and Pilsner Urquell, chose WaterAid as its charity of the year in 2010 and has raised over £10,000 for WaterAid’s projects in Mozambique through a range of employee fundraising, including entering a team of 9 people to run the Brighton Half Marathon! Keen to support in other ways, Miller Brands also held a business skills training session for WaterAid staff.

MWH is one of the world's largest providers of water and supports WaterAid in variety of ways, from corporate sponsorship to employee fundraising.

One Queen Anne's Gate, through their meeting and conference rooms in the heart of Westminster, is supporting Tap into WaterAid, by encouraging clients to make a nominal donation for the chilled tap water that is provided during their event.

Paperchase support WaterAid through the sale of an exclusive range of Christmas cards, with a percentage from the sale of each pack given to support our work.

The Publican, former trade newspaper for the pub sector, supported WaterAid in 2010-11 as the official media partner for Tap into WaterAid, raising over £25,000 as well as huge awareness for the initiative, which asks customers to donate 15p when they order a glass of tap water in pubs and restaurants across the UK.

Rotork Plc, manufacturer of valves and actuators, with over 150 offices worldwide, supported WaterAid in 2010 with employee fundraising and a corporate donation, contributing almost £90,000 to our work in India. We’re delighted that Rotork Plc has decided to support us for a second year with funds going towards a WaterAid project in Ethiopia.

Rubbermaid Commercial Products the world's leading manufacturer of injection-moulded products, recently launched the HYGEN Clean Water System and WaterAid is delighted that they will be contributing a percentage from the sale of each system to our work.

The Cooperative Bank support WaterAid through an affinity credit card. For each new credit card opened WaterAid receives £15. Apply for yours today!

 

Thames Water employees, customers and business partners are encouraged to raised funds and awareness for WaterAid including organising a variety of fundraising events.

UK Coffee Week 2011 (The Allegra Foundation)
The first ever UK Coffee Week took place during 4-10 April 2011 and is on track to raise more than £60,000 for a clean water project in the rural Mbulu district of north-east Tanzania, helping WaterAid to deliver clean water to over 7,000 people in the next year.


A woman from Malawi in front of a wall painted with a latrine slab that says 'keep me clean please'
Credit: WaterAid / Layton Thompson

Waterstone's support WaterAid through a range of Christmas cards, with a percentage from the sale of each pack given to support our safe water and sanitation work.

Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants comprises the UK's largest and fastest-growing hotel brand, Premier Inn and nationwide restaurant brands including Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Taybarns.

Woodmansterne Publications has kindly supported WaterAid's work for over 18 years through the sale of their Christmas cards, by contributing a proportion from each pack sold to our work.