Zurich See How Their Support Transforms Young Lives

  • 8 March 2024

The support of our corporate and community partners is essential in keeping our services running. We couldn’t support so many young people each year without them. So it was with great delight that we welcomed a team from the Zurich Community Trust to our Aldershot Foyer last Wednesday.

The group – including new Head of ZCT, Laurie Deans, and Managing Director of Zurich Municipal, Amy Brettell – came for a tour of our facilities and to find out more about what we do. As a long-term partner of Step by Step, the Trust have played a vital role in supporting our life-changing work.

Over the last nine years, the Zurich Community Trust have donated over £200,000 to Step by Step. As well as helping us fund essential accommodation services in Aldershot, Havant and Totton, the Trust has paid for numerous activities for young people, including go karting, laser tag, barbeques and Go Ape.

The Zurich Community Trust is the charitable arm of Zurich Insurance. Employees choose to support local charities that make a difference in the community and we’re proud that Step by Step has been one of those chosen causes year-on-year.

Their visit was part of Zurich’s Seeing is Believing initiative, inviting employees to see for themselves the impact the Trust is making with its charity partners.

Katy Day-Jones, Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser at Step by Step, commented: "It was our absolute pleasure to welcome the team from the Zurich Community Trust to Step by Step. Our partnership with Zurich has spanned over nine years and the support they have given has been instrumental in the refurbishment of our Totton Foyer, as well as enabling Step by Step to support hundreds of young people who have found themselves in unimaginable circumstances.”

Katy added: “We absolutely love working with all the team at Zurich. They are passionate and committed to making a difference in other people’s lives, and we simply cannot thank them enough for everything they have done for Step by Step".

Laurie Deans, Head of Zurich Community Trust, commented: "I'm amazed at how much the team does across the community in six counties and the impact of that was clear from our tour. Supporting people during times of vulnerability in our local communities is something that's at the heart of ZCT, and partnering with charities like Step by Step makes achieving that together all the better."

We are excited about where our partnership with the Zurich Community Trust will take us next. A huge thank you to all Zurich employees who continue to choose Step by Step as a beneficiary of these life-changing funds.

To find out more about becoming a corporate partner with Step by Step, please click here.