100 Club
When you become a 100 Club member you are helping us achieve our 100 Club vision for the future, and working with us as a corporate partner to do so! If you are a 100 Club member, at any level, you will:
Be invited to networking events with other 100 Club members. We will have these events 3 or 4 times a year, which will allow us to show you how you are contributing to the success of Transitions UK and will enable you to meet other like-minded businesses
Be invited (you and your team) to meet the young people we support, and the volunteers that help support them. These are the different levels of our 100 Club, and the benefits of each.
Silver level is for businesses who can commit £45 per month or more, £500 per year, to the work of the charity.
You will get our core 100 Club benefits, including:
2 x 100 Club lapel pins
Social media announcement
Logo on our 100 Club page on our website
Partner logo to use as you wish
2 x tickets to our Annual Gala Dinner
Gold members commit at least £200 per month or £2,000 per year to change young lives.
You get all the core 100 Club benefits, plus:
4 x 100 Club lapel pins
Social Media Announcement
Logo on our 100 Club page on our website
Partner Logo to use as you wish
Opportunity to bring Banner or leaflets to networking events
1 Spotlight Feature in our e-newsletter
Sponsorship of one of our core events – access to our 2020 events diary
3 x tickets to our Annual Gala Dinner
Platinum members make a minimum donation of £500 per month or an annual donation of £5,000 or more.
You get all the core 100 Club benefits, plus:
8 x 100 Club lapel pins
Social Media Announcement
Logo on our 100 Club page on our website
Partner Logo to use as you wish
Opportunity to bring Banner or leaflets to networking events
1 x Spotlight Feature in our e-newsletter
Headline Sponsorship of one of our core events – access to our 2020 events diary
Opportunity to speak at the chosen event you are headline sponsor for
Blog post on our website
A personal presentation, at your premises, of your certificate, by the CEO of Transitions UK
Table of 8 at our Annual Gala Dinner
If you would like to join the 100 club, or if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
WHY WE’RE HERE
Transitions UK was formed in October 2014 and born of a real frustration that the needs of our young people are not being properly addressed, let alone met.
Our founder and CEO, Ron Overton, shared his vision to change that and was encouraged by others to get the charity off the ground and tackle those issues.
We are hugely concerned to address the needs of what has been called a lost generation of young people and we are also anxious about the next generation of young people if we don’t do so. We identified four groups who are least well provided for and most need support. Young people with Learning Disabilities; those at risk of offending or criminal exploitation; those leaving care and those with mental health and emotional needs.
We believe in the value and effectiveness of people and relationships. We create opportunities for young people, with help, to work together to produce positive outcomes in ways that don’t happen otherwise. We want to achieve lifelong changes and benefits for the young people we support and we do that primarily though bringing people together within a mentoring and befriending framework that supports personal development and skills acquisition - and fulfils potential.
WHY WE’RE NEEDED
Put simply, because too many of our young people are in desperate need and nowhere near enough is being done.
Disadvantage among young people in the UK is rife; be that through disabilities and special needs, economic and social circumstance, emotional and mental health issues, those in care or leaving care, those excluded from school or at risk of offending .
What is inclusion really all about?
It’s more than we often think. It’s about including young people in the future and giving them the hopes and dreams that should be their right, but are all too often dashed.
Young people in the UK are all too often ‘dissed’ - disadvantaged, disengaged and disillusioned.
CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DISADVANTAGE INCLUDE:
Almost 1 in 5 young people in the UK are unemployed (nearly four times the general rate)
The single largest killer of young men in this age group is suicide
We have among the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Europe
Housing prices and low wages (or no wages) mean many see little prospect of their own place l depression, anxiety, self-harm and disengagement (dropping out) are all too common
Young people are losing hope for the future and giving up on a career or hope of a good job
Young people having left care make up 60% of the female population and 40% of the male population of those in youth offending institutions
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are among the most multiply disadvantaged groups in our community in terms of employment and educational opportunities, social inclusion, discrimination, bullying, physical and mental health.
The reality for too many is a loss of hope and a huge loss of potential for our young people and for our society as a whole. If we don’t do something quickly it may be too late for many in this generation of young people.