Corporate partnerships

Invest in a young person's next opportunity.

From sponsoring a mobile skills hub to donating equipment, expertise, mentoring or apprenticeship opportunities, businesses can help us put practical opportunity directly into communities.

Talk to us about sponsorship
Ways to support

Every business has something it can contribute.

Partnerships can be financial, practical or skills-based. We can build packages around the programme, community and outcomes that best fit a sponsor's social-value priorities.

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Sponsor a Youth Bus

Help fund the purchase, conversion, operation or expansion of an esports, trades, salon, automotive or STEM mobile hub.

Ideal for major corporate and regional partners.
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Equip a Programme

Fund or provide gaming PCs, tools, salon equipment, cameras, robotics kits, kitchen equipment and other resources.

Turn products into direct social impact.
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Employee Mentoring

Give employees volunteering time to run workshops, mentor young people and share real-world career experience.

Meaningful employee engagement.
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Fund Skills & Qualifications

Sponsor training, certificates, competitions and Career Passport achievements young people can carry forward.

Create measurable progression.
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Create Career Pathways

Offer workplace visits, work experience, interviews, traineeships and apprenticeship opportunities.

Build tomorrow's talent pipeline.
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Adopt a Community

Support repeated activity in a town, estate or hotspot so engagement grows into trusted relationships.

Visible local social value.
Partnership levels

From one great day to a long-term partnership.

Flexible rather than fixed-price: the right partnership depends on the programme, contribution and outcomes.

Activity Partner

Support a workshop, competition or community event.

Programme Partner

Back an ongoing esports, trades, automotive, salon, food or STEM programme.

Community Partner

Fund sustained activity and progression in a defined community.

Founding Partner

Help establish or scale a flagship mobile hub or wider programme.

Who we'd approach

Potential partners whose priorities already fit the idea.

These are organisations worth approaching based on their publicly visible work in youth skills, community support, education, gaming or employability. They are prospects, not current Youth Futures sponsors.

BT Group / EE

Digital skills, connectivity and gaming make this a strong fit for an esports or digital-skills hub.

Potential ask: connectivity, devices, gaming technology, digital workshops, mentors or sponsorship.

British Esports

A natural strategic partner for educational esports, safeguarding and routes into the esports industry.

Potential ask: programme design, coaching, competitions, training and industry connections.

Ntesports

Already active in education and grassroots esports sponsorship, workshops, mentoring and community projects.

Potential ask: equipment, expertise, speakers, events and programme support.

Tesco

A major community employer with youth apprenticeship and employment routes.

Potential ask: local support, food/hospitality activity, employability and progression opportunities.

Asda Foundation

Has funded community projects supporting children and young people, including projects addressing isolation and anti-social behaviour.

Potential ask: community and programme funding.

Persimmon Homes

Its Community Champions activity has supported youth organisations in communities around its developments.

Potential ask: local sponsorship, construction skills, materials, mentors and apprenticeship links.

Construction & Trade Businesses

Housebuilders, contractors, merchants and manufacturers can connect social value directly with their future skills pipeline.

Potential ask: tools, materials, instructors, site visits, work experience and apprenticeships.

Gaming & Technology Brands

Hardware, peripherals and software companies can support programmes combining gaming, digital literacy and career discovery.

Potential ask: hardware, licences, ambassadors, competitions and sponsorship.
Important: organisations named here are prospective partnership targets only. Inclusion does not imply endorsement, funding or an existing relationship with Youth Futures Partnership.
Become a Youth Futures partner

Tell us what your organisation can bring. We'll turn it into opportunity.

Whether you can provide funding, a vehicle, equipment, expertise, volunteers, work experience or apprenticeships, we want partnerships built around genuine impact rather than a one-size-fits-all sponsorship package.

Discuss a partnership