Can your company help us provide a better future for LGBTQ+ young people? We’d love to chat to you!
akt receives a large proportion of its funding from corporate and LGBTQ+ network fundraising, through direct partnerships, employee fundraising, selling goods, and more.
Thanks to previous corporate and LGBTQ+ network sponsorship, we have been able to:
We can work closely with your company and/or LGBTQ+ network to develop ideas around making the workplace safer and more inviting for LGBTQ+ people, and to educate employees about the problems that our services users face.
Through our shared values and genuine commitment to social change, we can help raise awareness of your company and of akt’s services for everyone who needs them, as well as improve employee engagement, connect your company with our incredibly active and enthusiastic supporter base, and boost your brand awareness and trust.
This type of partnership is best for companies who have designated funds to give to a charity. This funding can be restricted to a certain project, or unrestricted and used wherever the need is greatest.
Our supporters are 78% more likely to purchase from a brand that actively supports an LGBTQ+ organisation. If your business sells products and you would like to run a promotion where a percentage of these sales go to akt, please get in touch.
Whether you or a group of your colleagues want to complete a challenge event, run a bake sale, hold a charity raffle, or engage people within your company or LGBTQ+ network, we can be on hand to help.
We have worked with many LGBTQ+ networks to deliver engagement events to networks and wider company staff, helped network members fundraise for akt, helped to raise the profile of the network within the company, and can help with any other ideas you may have.
akt has been my guiding light through the darkest of times. from securing shelter to providing sustenance, they stood by me every step, offering not just accommodation and food, but unwavering support and compassion.sam, akt service user (identity has been changed)
At NRF, we have had the pleasure to work with akt for almost a year now. Our partnership began as a fundraising drive for akt as part of our LGBTQ+ Pride Month campaign in 2023. During our Pride celebrations, we were joined by the from the akt team to raise funds and show our colleagues the vital work that the charity undertake in regards to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness or hostile living environments. Following this, akt have used our London Office spaces for meetings and event. Our work with akt has also included pro bono support on a some legal matters. We are looking forward to continuing our work with akt in the future.National Retail Federation
We are a Sheffield-based company that creates custom and personalised minifigs, printing our designs onto genuine LEGO parts. Having recreated some important people from LGBTQ+ history in minifig form (e.g. Alan Turing, Marsha P Johnson, Anne Lister and Audre Lorde), we wanted to donate a portion of these minifig sales to a good cause linked to LGBTQ+ issues. We also sell minifig parts and accessories with an LGBTQ+ theme (like mini pride flags, minifig heads with rainbows on their cheeks etc) and wanted to donate a portion of those sales too. Akt seemed like the perfect choice for this, so we got in touch back in 2021. Since then, we have been giving them 20% of the sales of these minifigs and parts. We strongly believe that everyone has the right to live their lives authentically, and it is heartbreaking that young people can and do face homelessness as a result of their LGBTQ+ identity. We believe that akt has an incredibly important mission in supporting these young people, and we are delighted to be able to donate some money towards their goals.Mini Figs
Do you broadcast when you game through Twitch, YouTube, or Mixer? Then you can fundraise for akt through gaming!
Support akt with your time and passion by becoming one of our volunteers.
We run our own fundraising events which you can attend or volunteer at.
