Corporate partnerships with Crisis

Crisis has partnered with Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation to provide access to free devices and data for people supporting people experiencing, and at risk of, homelessness. With access to smartphones and data, people experiencing homelessness can access essential services – such as finding a place to stay, locating food banks, accessing online medical help and contacting loved ones.

Zoopla have selected Crisis as their charity partner for 2022. Together we will work to raise vital funds and awareness in support of our mission to end homelessness, working side by side with Zoopla to leverage their unique positioning in the property sector in order to ensure everyone has a safe and stable place to call home.

Strategic partners of Crisis since 2014, the Berkeley Foundation supports our coaching services across London, Croydon and Brent, enabling us to meet our strategic goals to end the homelessness of more people through our direct services.

The foundation is also supporting and collaborating with Crisis Skylight Brent to deliver a place-based approach to ending homelessness through our Built For Zero approach.

The Wimbledon Foundation have supported our rapid rehousing services in London since 2020. The Foundation funds members of our pan-London Housing First and Housing Procurement teams, who work closely together throughout the year to develop strong relationships with landlords and support some of the most vulnerable people to access safe and stable accommodation.

Haircare brand John Frieda has partnered with Crisis since 2022 to deliver salon services and products to our members and Christmas guests, giving the gift of confidence and the opportunity for our members to be seen for their full potential.

Watches of Switzerland began their partnership with us in December 2021, supporting our Crisis at Christmas programme. Since March 2022, they have also generously supported our mental health and wellbeing programme, with their donations going towards Crisis' Clinical Psychologists. Our specialist Clinical Psychologists intensively support a small cohort of members, are helping us transform our services to be Psychologically Informed Environments. They sit within Crisis wider wellbeing offer which supports people on their journey out of homelessness.

GSK have supported Crisis for over 25 years, generously providing funding in support of our clinical psychologists in Crisis Skylight London, our yearly Christmas Financial Times campaign and fundraising and volunteering throughout the year at Crisis at Christmas and our Canning Town warehouse.

In 2020, Vida selected Crisis as their charity partner for a three-year period. Their employees across the UK throw themselves into daring fundraising activities in support of our work to end homelessness, including a sponsored sky dive for their 2021 World Homeless Day challenge, the Vida Alternative Marathon.

Specsavers was the first corporate sponsor of the Crisis at Christmas 2022 campaign since its inception in 1967. Their sponsorship provides vital funds for our Christmas services as well as supporting our year-round work in our Skylight centres across Great Britain.
Over the next year, Crisis and Specsavers will be working together to expand the access to vital health services, such eye care for people experiencing homelessness.

Read more about the partnership here.

Crisis and Bensons for Beds started working together during Christmas 2022 when Bensons made Crisis the beneficiary of their "Simply by Bensons" donation campaign. For every Simply by Bensons mattress sold from December 2022 to April 2023 they are donating £5 to Crisis' work to end homelessness.

Bensons for Beds sponsored Crisis' flagship event Icebreaker over Christmas 2023. 

Crisis’ three-year partnership with the TDS Charitable Foundation aims to make the private rented sector work better for people facing homelessness. The TDS Charitable Foundation is supported by TDS Group, the provider of England and Wales’ leading Tenancy Deposit Scheme. They share our belief that safe and affordable homes are the foundation for a decent life.