Making a difference together: Sellick Partnership’s CSR highlights from 2025

At Sellick Partnership, our commitment to giving back to the community has always been at the heart of what we do. We believe that, as a business, we have a responsibility to create a positive impact – whether that’s by supporting local charities, reducing our environmental footprint, or empowering our employees to make a difference.

In 2025, we focused on maintaining the strong momentum built in 2024 while continuing to increase the scale and reach of our CSR efforts. Building on the rebrand of our charity committee to the CSR Committee, we strengthened our approach across fundraising, volunteering and sustainability, with a continued emphasis on reducing our environmental impact and making a positive contribution beyond our core business activities.

Through collaboration and creativity, our team has been determined to deliver meaningful results that benefit us all. Here’s a closer look at everything we’ve achieved in 2025.

Fundraising highlights

In 2025, we raised over £30,000 (a £10,000 increase on 2024 fundraising) for a range of causes, demonstrating the generosity of our teams. From our offices across the UK, we saw employees dedicate time and effort to fundraising activities, including:  

• Sporting tournaments: We held two charity football tournaments, each supporting a different cause: Manchester Professionals' Football League, raising funds for Moya Cole Hospice and Midlands Charity Football Tournament, supporting me&dee.
• Yorkshire Three Peaks: The team embarked on the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge in support of Henshaws, raising an impressive £2,436. Over the course of the 24-mile hike, they showcased incredible teamwork and determination, despite the heatwave conditions. To make the experience even more memorable, the group stayed overnight and enjoyed some well-earned downtime together.

Other fundraising efforts ensured there was something for everyone, with activities including half marathons, 10 kilometre runs and netball tournaments, alongside End of Financial Year Awards table donations, coffee mornings, quizzes, and books and bakes, all of which helped raise significant funds for our chosen charities.

Volunteering hours

Our employees went above and beyond, collectively contributing over 140 volunteering hours in 2025. We are aiming to surpass this in 2026 by supporting all of our chosen charities throughout the year. From assisting with local charity events to supporting vital services, our team dedicated time to the causes that matter most. Some of the volunteer days included working with Leeds Children’s Charity, Wood Street Mission, Henshaws and me&dee.

For Wood Street Mission, we volunteered directly at their headquarters as part of their Christmas Appeal, where we helped families select gifts for their children, to brighten the festive season. At Henshaws, we lent a hand at their Carols by Candlelight evening at Manchester Cathedral, supporting their mission to empower individuals with visual impairments. For me&dee, Group Director Nikki Kinsey is a Board Trustee for this fantastic charity, and kindly volunteers outside of working hours to help support their vision and mission and further support their communities through a range of initiatives across the year.

Donation days

As part of our commitment to giving back, we took part in several donation days:

• Easter egg collections
• Book collection
• Clothes donations
• Stationery collection
• Christmas toy collections

These efforts ensured that those in need had access to essential items, and offered our teams a variety of opportunities to support those within their communities. Find out more here about how you can make charitable activities more accessible to employees.

Sustainability and carbon footprint improvements

Following our success in 2024 of beginning to prioritise sustainability as a core part of our CSR efforts, we shifted our focus in 2025 to maintain and improve on this – working in conjunction with Samsic. To reduce our environmental footprint, we continued to encourage car sharing and promoted the cycle-to-work scheme. We also encouraged employee participation in initiatives such as:

• Meat-free lunch
• Clothes swap
• 10k steps challenge

These initiatives not only raised awareness about sustainability but also encouraged positive lifestyle changes within our team. Similar to 2024, we saw a vast majority of our employees get involved in these initiatives – which also switched up from our usual fundraising, donation activities and allowed people to get involved in other ways to increase our CSR efforts.

Social value and partnerships

Our engagement in social value initiatives continued through various partnerships and workshops. Previously, we partnered with Northampton University and Adullam Housing, and most recently partnered with long-standing client, Spring Housing Association to host social value workshops and sales training sessions. 

We delivered employability workshops, in partnership with our clients, to individuals who are looking to improve their job searching skills and interview techniques, free of charge. Content topics for these workshops included CV writing tips, interview preparation, networking advice, and what to expect from a new role. Each workshop is tailored to their service users meaning our team are able to bespoke the content throughout each session to be focused on what was important to each individual client and the needs of attending delegates.

Looking ahead

2025 has been another highly successful year for Sellick Partnership’s CSR Committee; with a strong focus on sustainability alongside our charitable and volunteering efforts, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved and excited to continue building on this momentum in 2026 and beyond.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our initiatives, donated, volunteered, or taken part in our events. Your efforts make a real difference!