Your organisation can help us end homelessness and create safe places where all people can flourish.
Homelessness is rising. According to the latest research by Crisis, 300,000 households across Great Britain could be forced into homelessness this year. In Rochdale, we have the 7th highest rate of homelessness in the North-West. The effects of the pandemic and cost of living crisis continue to have a negative effect on people.
Petrus has been providing essential support for those who have experienced, or who are at risk of being homeless in Rochdale, for more than 50 years.
By partnering with us, you and your colleagues can join us on our journey to end homelessness for good. Through strategic collaboration you can generate social value and help us deliver vital services that help people take back control of their lives.
With your support, Petrus can be there for everyone who needs us.
Find out more below.
Become a Strategic Partner
Homelessness is rising and our ability to provide the vital support people need is under threat.
We want to provide the best support we can for vulnerable people, and that is where strategic partnerships can make a huge difference. This is an opportunity for your organisation to work alongside us to achieve our vision of ending homelessness and creating safe spaces where all people can flourish.
By focusing on a specific issue, your company could help us to meet our strategic objectives by funding projects or service areas. This can have a huge impact on our capacity and service delivery, leading to improved outcomes for individuals using our services.
We are currently looking to secure a partner that will help us reopen our Hub on Saturdays, giving people in need that extra day of support that they so vitally need.
Partnerships are also a great opportunity for you to share your skills and knowledge to support our cause and develop our services. For example, Banks could provide regular budgeting and financial advisory sessions at our Hub, Artists could share art therapy sessions at our health and wellbeing groups, Manufacturers could donate their products and so on. All these things empower the people that use our services and take some of the weight off our bills.
We’d love to chat, so please email us petrus@petrus.org.uk to arrange a visit to our Hub and find out more about partnership opportunities.
Make Petrus your Charity of the Year
By choosing Petrus as your company’s Charity of the Year, you are enabling your workforce, customers, and partners to become actively involved in our work and vision to end homelessness.
It is an opportunity to engage with your employees, forming new and exciting ways to give back to your community. Through sharing fundraising ideas and volunteering together while developing your teamwork abilities and bringing them closer to our cause. This will help them to understand the complexity of homelessness and the role they can play.
Fundraising is a great way to meet your social responsibility objectives, while raising morale and motivating your staff at the same time.
If you’d like to discuss this with us, please email petrus@petrus.org.uk
Sponsor a fundraising event
Charitable events are not only an opportunity for us to raise vital funds for our work but are fantastic ways to connect with our communities to raise awareness
about the support we can provide, and the issues faced by vulnerable people.
We have sponsorship packages available for all our events which will help you position your business as one that gives back. From RHS Flower Shows to high profile comedy gigs, we’ve got lots of exciting ways to get your brand out there.
Email petrus@petrus.org.uk for more information about upcoming events.
Twin your Kitchen with ours!
When you become a Kitchen Twin, you know that the meal you’re enjoying is helping us serve up good, nutritious food for those in need! As a Kitchen Twin, you’ll make an annual donation of £100 to support our hub kitchen. You will receive a certificate which you can display to show your support. Whether it’s a restaurant, café or even your office break room, anywhere you dine, is absolutely fine.
Email petrus@petrus.org.uk to get involved!
Donate goods or funds
Thank you so much for your interest in wanting to support Petrus. Just £5 can help us to provide hot meals for a week for a vulnerable person.
There are a number of ways to donate to our charity:
Send a cheque
If your company would like to send us a donation via cheque, please make it payable to Petrus Community and post it to our Head Office.
Our address is 73 Great George Street, Rochdale, OL16 1QG
Make a bank transfer
If you organisation wants to donate via bank transfer, please contact our Fundraising Manager by emailing Petrus@petrus.org.uk and we will provide the details as soon as possible.
Online donations
Setup a regular Direct Debit or make a one-off donation via our Enthuse donation page
Donating goods
Petrus is always in need of donations to support people who use the Hub services or live in our schemes. Whether it is food, or toiletries, any donation is greatly appreciated. Here are some examples of what you could donate:
- Tea and coffee
- Tinned veg, meat and fruit
- Rice and pasta
- Biscuits
- Hygiene Items (deodorant, shower gel, soap)
- Underwear and sanitary items
Please contact Petrus@petrus.org.uk to arrange drop off of your donation.
Our Supporters!
We'd like to thank everyone who has supported Petrus. Without your support, we wouldn't be able to do what we do.
Whether you’re an individual, community group or an organisation, your support for our charity is invaluable and greatly appreciated.
We’re thankful for all the companies, (and their staff and customers) who supported us throughout 2024:
- Highfield Hospital / Circle Health Group
- J Parkers
- Willmott Dixon
- Rochdale Rotary Club
- Catenians
- Unison
- Pionero Lounge
- NatWest
- S Wellen & Sons funeral directors
- Volkerstevin
- Vicolo del Vino
- The Empire Rochdale
- The RHS
- M&Y Maintenance and Construction
- Ecogee
Would you like to see your name here next year? Get in touch! Please email petrus@petrus.org.uk
“As a hospital we believe passionately in the importance of supporting charities like Petrus that work tirelessly across our community. We've been honoured to play our part in the fight against homelessness in Rochdale and the wider area and are delighted to have raised over £2,000. It's been a pleasure for us to get to know the organisation, its work and the service users it supports."
Jo Edwards, Highfield Hospital