Since joining forces in 2020, Collinson has worked with Save the Children to help children across the world, contributing almost £1million and impacting hundreds of thousands of lives globally. When we first joined forces in 2020, it was to empower young people in China to thrive in employment and education. Over the years, our partnership has evolved, and Collinson now supports the Children's Emergency Fund, which enables Save the Children to respond within hours of a disaster hitting. Donating to this flexible fund means Save the Children can respond immediately when a crisis hits, helping children and families take the first steps on the long road to recovery.
Together, we have achieved incredible things:
- Alongside Collinson's annual company contribution to the Fund, their amazing employees go to incredible lengths to power this partnership and raise vital funds for crises including Ukraine, India COVID-19, the Global Hunger Crisis, Turkey and Syria Earthquakes, Afghanistan and other emergencies caused by climate change and conflict.
- Collinson employees have hiked Ben Nevis, competed in Rat Race challenges, and run the London Marathon to raise over £70,000 for the fund, as well as donating laptops and COVID-19 rapid tests where needed most.
Adolescent Skills and Successful Transitions in China stakeholder sharing meeting
Collinson employees participating in sport challenges
Founding Partner Humanitarian Network:
We are proud to have Collinson as a founding member of the Save the Children Humanitarian Network. The Network is a collective of partners dedicated to helping children and families through crisis. Through collaboration, innovation and lifesaving humanitarian support, together we stand with children and communities before, during and after disaster strikes. Through this, we have collectively raised £2.5 million to respond to disasters.
Inception Partner of Save the Children’s Women’s Network
Driven by Collinson's passion for standing with and for children, as well as gender equality, in 2023 they joined Save the Children's Women’s Network as an inception corporate partner in a new phase of our partnership.
Save the Children UK’s Women’s Network brings together women who connect, learn, advocate, and commit funds specifically to see more women and girls empowered around the world. We are behind Save the Children’s ambitions on gender equality and programmes that effectuate real change for and with girls through the Girls Impact Fund.
The Girls’ Impact Fund paves the way for a new approach to how we support girls, channeling specific funding for programmes and activities designed for, and with, girls. It allows them to support innovations and activities that empower girls to take action and lead community-based solutions to violence against women and girls.
Three recognition awards:
- In 2021 Collinson were lucky enough to receive the "Eglantyne Jebb Award" for Extraordinary Team contribution in Support of a Partnership at the Save the Children Partnership Awards.
- In 2023 they were highly commended in the "The Myron Award for Outstanding Support for Children in Emergencies" award.
- In 2025 they were awarded the "Dorothy Buxton unsung hero" award. A huge part of this was the work some of their dedicated colleagues did in response to the Gaza appeal where they organised a charity dinner with other local businesses raising over £10,000.
Corporate Partner Visit to Kenya
In November 2024, we hosted our first Emergency Fund Engagement Visit to Kenya, offering senior stakeholders from our dedicated corporate partners a transformative experience. The visit provided unparalleled insights into Save the Children’s life-saving emergency work and its enduring impact on vulnerable communities in Turkana County, Kenya.
Collinson's Chief Strategy Officer, David Evans, joined the trip to to witness firsthand the impact of our work in Kenya. The trip started with a visit to Save the Children’s head office in Nairobi before visiting different parts of the city to see how the charity is supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged youths to start small enterprises and become self-reliant.
Two days were then spent in the Turkan region discovering how Save the Children is supporting local communities in the face of climate change, increasing regularity of droughts and lack of access to clean water.
The final day of the trip was spent in back in Nairobi meeting members of the Kenyan government, representatives of USAID, Members of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British High commission. The main topic of discussion was how collaboration between the organisations can help make significant steps forward over the coming years.
Families affected by flooding in Umerkot, Sindh Province, Pakistan
“Collinson’s vital support and commitment for our Emergency Fund will enable us to continue to respond as soon as an emergency strikes, providing children with access to education, safe, clean water and the care they and their families need. Together, we will be helping children caught up in crisis, no matter where.”
Sayyeda Salam, Partnerships and Philanthropy Director at Save the Children.
Thank you for standing with children when they need it most.
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