Corporate Giving
Partner with Wheelchairs For Kids Australia (WFKA)
Deliver practical, life changing mobility for children who need it most and support one of WA’s most well-loved charities.
Why Partner With WFKA?
- Tangible impact: Track how your support converts to wheelchairs and to children reached.
- Local success story: formed in WA by Scarborough Rotary Club and powered by a volunteer workforce, WFKA allows you to partner with a home-grown charity with a 25+ year track record and 65,000+ chairs delivered worldwide.
- Great team experience: Hands on volunteering opportunities to unite teams around a practical and meaningful experience.
- Brand alignment: Demonstrate your commitment to disability inclusion, children’s rights, seniors, volunteering and being a good global citizen.
Partnership Options
Create a package that fits your social responsibility strategy, philanthropic budget and employee engagement goals. We’ll work with you to create outcomes and reporting requirements to match your needs.
1) Strategic Partnerships
Multi year or annual support that sustains our wheelchair production and distribution.
- Focus areas: wheelchair production (5,500 wheelchairs per year); tooling, logistics including funding a shipping container to a country where you operate; volunteer amenities, factory maintenance, travel fund for occupational therapists and trainers.
- Sample Benefits: Named partnerships, PR opportunities, impact reporting, factory tours, social media and other content opportunities, staff volunteering, company name and/or logo on wheelchairs.
- Ideal for: CSR, ESG, Trusts and Foundations and major corporate donors.
2) Campaign & Event Sponsorships
Sponsor a specific appeal or event.
- Examples: EOFY or Christmas Appeals – Matched Giving, quiz night, bespoke events
- Benefits: Co branding, speaking opportunities, social media and website content, employee engagement, PR opportunities.
3) Cause Related Marketing
Link a product, service or seasonal promotion to wheelchairs funded.
- Examples: “$X from every sale helps fund a wheelchair”. Read about York Property Group who have raised over xxxx wheelchairs since xxxx
4) Gifts In Kind & Pro Bono
Provide materials, services or specialist skills that reduce our costs and lift quality.
- Examples: manufacturing expertise, raw materials, freight or logistics support, engineering, safety audits, IT, creative, legal or media.
Corporate Volunteering
Bring your team to our Wangara factory for a fun, hands on volunteering and team building day.
What Teams Do
- Assemble components.
- Learn about disability inclusion and how an appropriate wheelchair changes a child’s life.
Group Size & Timing
- Typical groups: up to 10 people per session (larger groups by arrangement).
- Morning sessions from 8am to around 12.30pm weekdays.
Safety & Accessibility
- Supervision provided; tasks matched to ability and comfort levels. PPE supplied where required.
Outcomes For Teams
- Sense of accomplishment and purpose – see wheelchairs built and packed during the session.
- Team building with photos and a short debrief you can share internally.
- Fun morning away from the office, getting to know team members.
- Adds to employee satisfaction.
Workplace Giving
There are a number of opportunities for all businesses to engage and support WFKA.
Payroll Giving
- Employees donate pre tax;
- Employers can pledge to match gifts to double impact.
- We provide simple onboarding copy and agreed impact updates for you to share.
Matched Fundraising
- Match team events (morning teas, activity challenges, events nights, dress down days etc) and convert the total into wheelchairs funded.
Containers For Change
- Host a recycled bottle/ can event at work and nominate WFKA as your recipient. Turn the refund into mobility for kids. Convert the total into wheelchairs funded.
Like to know more?
Contact our Fundraising team on 08 9409 3633 or use the Contact Form to book a quick discovery call or set up a meeting. We’ll tailor an option that fits your people and purpose.