Our thanks to the following organisations for past project funding

ANONYMOUS DONATIONS

Every year we receive anonymous donations from a range of individuals. These are both big and small and we acknowledge with thanks for their support.

Tesco – Bags of Help

Thank you to everyone who voted for us in store. Extra thank you for their kind donation to help us continue our work during the pandemic.

Unite the Union

For their kind donations.

Co-op Community Fund

For their kind donation.

The Mayor’s Small Grants Fund

Thank you for the generous donation and continued support during the Covid -19 Emergency.

W3RT

Thank you for your support and kind donation enabling us to continue to provide emergency food boxes during the Covid-19 Emergency.

Neighbourly

For their kind donation to help during the Covid-19 emergency.

Councillors Amanda Grimston and Jennifer Pattinson

Thank you for the kind donation and for believing in our vision and continued support.

Councillor Steve Cavinder

Thank you for your kind donation to help us continue our work during the pandemic.

FOOD DONATORS – We collect food from many outlets, large and small.

Tesco Express, Whippendell Road

Lidl, Watford

Aldi, Watford

Marks and Spencers, Watford

Also the following partners:

C B Graphics

https://www.cbgraphics.co.uk/

For designing all our flyers, posters, banners and van decals. Local based graphic designer and volunteer at our cafés.

Watford Community Housing Trust

https://www.wcht.org.uk/

For giving us the use Leavesden Green Community Hub during lockdown and for supporting us in giving us our new home.

Waterways Experiences

https://wexp.org.uk/

For helping us with storage and event venue.

Watford Museum

https://www.watfordmuseum.org.uk/

For welcoming us and letting us hold events in their beautiful surrounds.

Meriden Residents Association

http://meridenra.org/

For advertising our events and supporting us in the community.

Watford Council

https://www.watford.gov.uk/

For our nomination for the Audentior Awards. Thank you for the continued support from The Mayor and local Councillors.

W3rt

For their support and food donations during the Covid-19 Emergency

West Herts College

Thank you to the college who have held fundraising dinners for Random Café.

Random Café Volunteer Run events including Afternoon Teas, Outside Catering and attendance at shows and events.

Support Us – Corporate Social Responsibility

We are an award-winning, all-volunteer not for profit organisation. We rely upon pay as you feel donations and membership to cover our basic running costs. For everything else – running a full time premises, equipment, capital projects, etc – we need donations and grants from company partners.

Our objectives are to reduce Watford’s carbon footprint whilst proving a welcoming environment  for all.

We welcome approaches from any organisation looking to strengthen their core business values while contributing to the local community. Your donation can make a real difference, whether it’s a one-off contribution or a longer-term corporate partnership. Choosing to work with Random Café can have a lasting impact for both of us: we get the funds we need, and your organisation benefits from partnering with an award-winning social enterprise.

Partnering with or donating to Random Café is a great way to enhance your reputation as a socially responsible enterprise. It can help you build a positive reputation, which can, in turn, lead to competitive advantage.

Partnering with Random Café to Match Your Corporate Social Responsibility Goals

We currently have two major capital projects that require funding via corporate partnerships or donations from Corporate Social Responsibility budgets:

• A major capital project to build and outfit a full time premises to enable us to run full time cafés, events and education opportunities.
• Further funding would allow us to complete the payments on our all electric van. Having an all electric van reduces the carbon footprint of our organisation and in turn the carbon footprint of Watford.

We believe that both these areas offer worthwhile advantages in terms of corporate partnership and support opportunities for organisations that share our values.  We would be delighted to discuss how we might help you to achieve your CSR objectives, whether they relate to socially responsible investment, developing relationships with employees and customers or environmental protection and sustainability.