Our corporate partners
Together we are stronger. Thanks to our long-standing cooperation with our corporate partners, we can improve how we work while more effectively helping people in need.
© Hans Hofmann
Our appeals for donations in crisis and disaster situations are always generously supported by both the general public and our corporate partners. Some of these partnerships were forged decades ago and are still achieving great things today. Swiss Solidarity would like to thank the following companies for their many years of loyalty:
Swisscom has been our partner since the very beginning. In 1951, Swiss Solidarity, with the support of Swisscom –called PTT at the time – held the first fundraiser involving a call centre to aid victims of the floods in the Po Valley. And we have maintained a long-standing partnership ever since.
On SwS’s National Days of Solidarity, Swisscom provides the telephone lines and the freephone number 0800 87 07 07 to enable us and our volunteers to take pledges over the phone.
With this and other forms of support such as donations in kind and direct contributions, Swisscom helps cover a significant portion of our operating costs. What’s more, the company also regularly organises fundraising campaigns with its employees, during which it matches the amount they raise.
A picture is often worth a thousand words.
From the moment disaster strikes, Keystone-SDA
provides us with its images free of charge so that we can communicate about the extent of the needs and damages.
Keystone-SDA provides a Swiss perspective on our country and the world. With a team of 15 permanent photographers working throughout Switzerland and a network of international partner agencies, Keystone-SDA makes a point of documenting all current events.
With a photo archive containing some 11 million images, the news agency is an almost inexhaustible source of information on Switzerland’s social history.
The Swiss Post has been supporting Swiss Solidarity for many years. People wishing to make a donation can visit their nearest post office throughout the year.
As part of their in-house corporate volunteering programme, volunteers Credit Suisse’s Client Services department provide support on SwS’s National Days of Solidarity, helping SwS’s volunteers at the donation call centres. Volunteering is an important part of Credit Suisse’s commitment to the community.
“To me, Swiss Solidarity is altruism in action.”Michael In Albon, Corporate Responsibility, Swisscom
By joining forces, we can achieve more than if we operate alone.
This is no less true when it comes to fundraising for the victims of humanitarian disasters; joint appeals and partnerships with the media and private sector really pay off.
In 2008 we therefore teamed up with organizations that are similar to ours in structure and the way they function.
The result was the Emergency Appeals Alliance (EAA). The aim of this alliance is to share experiences and findings from national and jointly launched appeals, and in joining forces, to have more negotiating power.
Based in Zurich Oerlikon, Cornèr Bank AG’s BonusCard division (Zurich) is the issuer of the Visa Bonus Card, the Visa LibertyCard and the SIMPLY Visa Card. This leading provider of credit and prepaid cards integrating loyalty programmes has been supporting Swiss Solidarity since 2016. It offers customers the option of turning the rewards points they earn into donations and then transfers the corresponding donation amount directly to Swiss Solidarity.
Swiss Solidarity is a partner of the Cumulus rewards programme. SwS uses the Cumulus points donated by Migros customers to support Swiss organisations that help people in need in Switzerland.
Market research organisation WEMF AG has been supporting Swiss Solidarity for years. The organisation offers survey participants the opportunity to donate their survey earnings to Swiss Solidarity’s Child Relief programme.
Market research organisation intervista has also been supporting Swiss Solidarity for years. The organisation offers survey participants the opportunity to donate their survey earnings to Swiss Solidarity’s Child Relief programme.
“We have been working with Swiss Solidarity for many years. We trust that the foundation uses the funds effectively and are convinced of the value of the many projects supported with the donations. Thank you very much, dear Swiss Solidarity, for your commitment in Switzerland and abroad!”Dr Julia Urbahn, Delegate of the Board of Directors, Intervista
Swiss Solidarity, 1211 Geneva 8
Your donation is tax deductible in Switzerland.
