Partnerships

We work with companies in four ways. Sponsorship of The Playroom, volunteer days at our Archway hub, toy-themed events for teams in offices, and toy drives where companies collect toys and donate them to us.

Do you want to sponsor us?

A typical term-time month at The Playroom costs £3,750 in staffing. Every week we offer over 230 session spaces for children and families, all led by qualified teachers and all free to attend. Sponsorship keeps it that way, and there are three tiers, each funding a different part of the month.

Gold, £3,750. The full programme for a term-time month, over 1,000 session spaces. A year of volunteering days, a monthly impact report, tailored sessions for the children, social media thank-yous, a certificate and a trophy.
Silver, £2,250. All weekday sessions for a month. Two volunteering days, an impact report, tailored sessions, social media thank-yous and a certificate.
Bronze, £1,500. All weekend sessions for a month. One volunteering day, an impact report, a tailored session and a certificate.

Every sponsorship package includes volunteering days for your team. The full details are in the sponsorship tiers PDF. To sponsor a month, email donations@thetoyproject.co.uk.

To talk about sponsorship, email Poppy at p.kettle@thetoyproject.co.uk.

Do you want to volunteer with us?

Bring your team to Archway for a workplace volunteer day. The day runs from 11am to 4pm, with a lunch break whenever suits you. You start at our shop and referral centre on Junction Road, where one of the team introduces the charity, then move a few doors down to The Playroom to work alongside us for the day.

The tasks vary. Sorting, building and bagging Lego sets, and making up toy bags from Playmobil and Sylvanian Families. It is a day of play, tea and conversation, and everything you sort goes to local families and organisations, with the funds raised keeping the sessions at The Playroom free.

A one-off volunteer day is £500. Volunteering days are also included in all of our sponsorship packages.

Do you want to have a team event in your office?

We can also bring the volunteering to you. Our workplace sessions run at your office and we bring everything with us. Your team sorts and organises donated toys, builds Lego and Playmobil sets and creates themed toy packs that go straight to children through our referral network. We run the day to suit you, as a full day, in shifts or drop-in, with optional team games and challenges, and two members of our team deliver it, with more for larger groups.

We ask for a minimum donation of £2,000, or the session is included in our Silver and Gold sponsorship packages. That covers planning, materials and logistics, delivery, impact tracking, a social media thank-you and a follow-up impact summary.

Do you want to hold a toy drive for us?

Companies can also collect toys for us! In the run-up to Christmas we only accept new toys, which go to the children referred to us. For the rest of the year we take new and used toys. Everything else about what to collect and how to get the toys to us is on our Donate toys page.