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Equitix Foundation
Equitix Foundation
The Equitix foundation was established with the vision of creating a lasting entity that can positively impact charities connected to the assets and communities that Equitix serves.
The foundation primarily acquires its funding through an annual charity drinks event, hosted and funded by Equitix and through charitable donations given by employees’ fundraising matched by the firm. Its model permits us to maximise our giving capabilities and allows every employee to take a leading role in how the money should be allocated.
Witnessing first-hand the benefits our donations have on small, local charities is an enormous and fulfilling reward. Our vision is to incrementally grow the Foundation and surpass each previous year’s donations with the aim of substantially supporting the real people our assets impact.
The Foundation Annual Christmas Fundraising Event
Our annual event in December 2025 raised an incredible £97,000 for our three headline charities; Mustard Tree, Cambridge Children’s Hospital and The Brain Tumour Charity.
To date we have raised c. £1 million for our charities!
These annual events are fantastic evenings, spent with our peers from the infrastructure community, helping to raise money for incredible, worthwhile charities whose communities co-exist with Equitix infrastructure assets.
Our Headline Charities for 2025/26
All proceeds raised this year will be supporting:
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Mustard Tree
A Greater Manchester-based charity combating poverty and helping to prevent homelessness. Mustard Tree provides food, furniture and clothing; education, vocational training and work placements with consistent, 1-2-1 support to help people in their community.
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Cambridge Children’s Hospital
CCH’s vision is to build the first specialist children’s hospital for the East of England, combining physical and mental health care under one roof. This will become a world first hospital caring for children holistically in a way on-one ever has before.
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The Brain Tumour Research
Driving forward research, support, and awareness for those affected by brain tumours, Brain Tumour Research is the leading voice of the brain tumour community. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 than any other cancer and continuous research is vital to win this fight.
“Thank you for the generous donation of £32,186.84 on behalf of the Equitix Foundation, we wouldn’t be able to continue our mission to lift children out of bed poverty without the support of people like you. We recently delivered our 12,000th bed to a family in some of the most vulnerable situations.
Below is a story from Jamie, one of the many children that your money contributed towards helping:
For Jamie*, his mum, and his 3 siblings, the trauma of living with domestic violence was having a huge impact on their safety and mental health. They moved to Leeds to flee their grave situation with nothing to their names – no contacts, and no belongings. Zarach delivered beds for all four children giving them something to call their own again. The trust that the Zarach team was able to build with the mum enabled her to open up about the struggles Jamie was having with his emotional well-being. This resulted in the Zarach team being able to bring support around him, through school, NHS, and local services. He is now in school, happy, thriving, and at night he can sleep well at last.”
Zarach, The Children’s Bed Charity
*Name has been altered for protection.
Reach out to us to be considered as a sponsor this year. Our generous sponsors in 2025 are:
Every penny procured through our event will go to them and be split equally between the three charities.
We are delighted to be raising funds for these worthy causes this year and look forward to seeing what material contribution all our efforts can make to the lives of many.
To find out more about how you can help us to support this year’s causes, contact us via charitydrinks@equitix.com to become a co-sponsor, donate a prize or take part in further funding opportunities.
“Equitix’s funding for Community Hot-Spots helped transform lives last winter by creating warm, welcoming spaces where people could take a break from the cold, build confidence, and form meaningful connections on their doorstep. These spaces became lifelines, fostering community spirit and inspiring action that united communities”.
Claire Cullens MBE, CEO, Norfolk Community Foundation
Take part
Sponsoring our annual fundraising event allows you to take an active part in supporting our headline charities each year and making a material impact to the lives of many.
We specifically select small size charities which will feel the impact of our donations. We monitor those donations throughout the year to understand just how the funds have been spent and how we can help them going forward.
In addition, as a corporation, your contribution and its promotion, helps us to increase the charity’s visibility and spread the net of giving even further. If you are an individual and would like to help, you can also do so by donating a prize and contributing any amount.