Corporate Sponsors
Microfinance is an enterprise solution to poverty and as such lends itself to corporate engagement. Listed below are some of the companies that are supporting Five Talents financially. There are many others that have donated time and skills - click here to see the complete list and click here to download a paper outlining the benefits of corporate engagement with Five Talents. We would be delighted discuss with you about becoming a corporate sponsor of Five Talents. Please contact Tom Sanderson, UK Director.
- Total Affinity - facilitates partnerships between marketing led organisations enabling them to leverage these affinities and maximise the influence they can exercise. With over 6 years dedicated to creating affinity partnerships, Total Affinity is one of the leading consultancies in Affinity Marketing. We are proud to give an ongoing share of our profits to support the work of Five Talents.
- Strutt & Parker - As one of the leading agents in the selling, buying, and letting of property, we have expert local knowledge backed up by national expertise to ensure you receive a quality service. We were proud sponsors of the Enton tennis tournament in September 2006 which raised over £7000 for Five Talents micro-loan projects in developing countries.
- DMS UK Ltd - Digital Media Services provide new and existing technologies to re-engineer business practices. We also provide consultancy services in multi-media sales and marketing. We are proud to sponsor the Five Talents movies illustrating their work in Uganda and Tanzania.
- MediaEdge:CIA - As the first global communications planning & implementation agency we get consumers actively engaged in our clients' brands. We are proud to sponsor the design and print of Five Talents Annual Review 2006.
- Colourburn Media - Colourburn bring a fresh approach to video production by offering clients alternative, more imaginative ways of delivering their message. Their portfolio of work includes short films, TV documentaries, product promos, and music videos. Colourburn generously produced a promotional video for Five Talents that had its debut at our House of Lords Fundraiser for East Africa in October 2008.
- Fair Investment Company - is a leading UK financial comparison website, providing objective news, reviews and information on a wide range of financial products and services. The company feels strongly about using its financial position to help fund worthwhile causes and has recently chosen to support Five Talents as one of its charity partners. For Christmas 2007, Fair Investment Company kindly sponsored the Five Talents Christmas Card. Read a press release about their support for our work here.
- Parragon Publishing - is the world's leading printer of illustrated non-fiction books. Their objective is to provide customers with an unrivalled combination of quality and price resulting in the best value book available. Parragon was proud to design and print the Five Talents 2009 Annual review. Also a team of 10 staff were thrilled to visit the Five Talents programme in Tanzania in May 2010.
- Goldman Sachs - is a global investment banking and securities firm which engages in investment banking, securities, investment management and other financial services. Five Talents is a Community Partner with Goldman Sachs. Five Talents has hosted several volunteer days under the scheme "Community Team Works".
- Hannah Genders Ltd - Hannah Genders is an award-winning gardener and landscape designer who is passionate about creating beautiful gardens that are sustainable and fit in their local environment. The firm is delighted to support Five Talents, particularly in the programmes in Bolivia and Peru.
- Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) - The Group forms part of the Co-operative Group and provides a wide range of financial products ranging from unit trusts, investment bonds and pensions. Five Talents banks with the Co-operative Bank and in 2010 the Group hosted a fundraising reception on behalf of Five Talents which raised £10,000 for our programme in Tanzania. In 2011 the CFS partnered with Five Talents to produce a short film illustrating the merits of microfinance (click here)

