Corporate Partnerships

Corporate Partnerships

We know that engaged employees care about their work and about the performance of the company. Furthermore, community engagement is one of the best ways for businesses to demonstrate their values, engage staff and contribute towards a better society.

Corporate Partnership Opportunities

Volunteer
Funding & Sponsorship
Corporate Membership

Opportunities

Corporate Volunteers
Volunteer

Why not have some fun volunteering AND learn new skills through either our book wrapping and/or storytelling volunteer opportunities? They are both great team-building activities which many of our corporate partners request annually. Online storytelling sessions are available if face-to-face restrictions are in place at our beneficiary schools or centers.  

Corporate Sponsorship
Funding & Sponsorship

We have a waiting list of beneficiaries who would love to receive our books, trainings and/or have authors visit their school or center. Through sponsoring our programmes for underserved communities in Hong Kong, your company is eligible to receive “Caring Company” status. We encourage corporates to consider operational funding as well as project funding for long-term sustainability of the NGO.

Corporate Membership

Join as a corporate member to enjoy the following benefits:

  • Access for up to 3 staff to borrow Chinese and English books for 0-14 years old from our member’s library, many of which are not available in local bookstores
  • 1 x complimentary “Mastering Read Aloud Skills” 2-hour training for parents and volunteers for up to 50 staff eg. Lunch and Learn session.
  • 1 x volunteer reading session for underprivileged children OR 2 x book-wrapping sessions for up to 6 staff per session.

Note: Each staff can borrow up to three books each time

Membership Fee

HKD$15,000 annually

Case Studies (Long-Term Corporate Partnerships)

Bank of America, from 2013-2021 (8 years)

Thanks to the trust and long-term financial and volunteer support provided by Bank of America (BoA) for 8 years, we were able to deepen and widen our impact to improve reading habits in the local community:

  • 37 libraries donated in the community
  • Sponsored 150 “Bring Me an Author” visits to schools and centers serving low-income children
  • Served over 50,000 children, teachers, parents and social workers
  • 165 trainings for over 3000+ parents on a range of reading skills, from our award-winning First Teachers™ Training to advanced workshops
  • From the surveys collected, 98% of parents said the advanced workshops have encouraged them to make the reading experience with their children more effective and fun
  • 800+ BoA volunteers have participated in 72 volunteer reading sessions
Target

Since 2009, U.S. retailer, Target has championed literacy globally and their production team in Hong Kong has been no exception! Each year, they have donated books, trainings and their time to help further our mission:

  • 34 libraries donated in the community
  • 25 Train-the-Trainer Workshops
  • 36 volunteer reading sessions
  • Served over 40,000 children, teachers, parents and social workers

Case Studies (One-off Corporate Projects)

HSBC Hong Kong Community Partnership Program 2020-2021: Happy Reading Happy Families Program

A one-year project, aimed to relieve parents and children’s anxiety through empowering them to use books to enhance their child’s socio-emotional development. BMABHK partnered with 3 local schools and 2 community centres in Kwun Tong, served 100 low-income families and arranged a series of activities provided for children and parents:

  • “How to be a Hero” interactive video
  • Parent trainings and Children workshops
  • Library enhancement
  • Community Book Cubby Program
  • Volunteer Reading Program
  • Find Me a Book Search Engine
Charity Campaign Partnership: Operation Santa Claus (2014-5 & 2021-2)

Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an annual charity campaign organized by SCMP and RTHK, has provided critical grants for BMABHK to scale our programmes.
In 2014-2016, we were able to serve 8000 children from disadvantaged local families through 28 reading corners, and empower 1200 parents of children 0-8 years old through 56 award-winning “First Teachers™ Training”.

In 2021-2022, we received another grant to partner with three local beneficiary schools to replenish libraries, set up regular reading clubs for storytelling parents and book-making workshops for more than 2500 children and families.

Bring Me A Book Hong Kong Testimonial

Before I was involved with BMABHK, I was uninformed and unaware of the importance of reading with children. Now I am a true convert!

Yeeling Wan
Corporate sponsor and long-term volunteer

Special thanks to our corporate partners who have entrusted us with multi-year funding and / or employee engagement support.
  • Agus Tandiono
  • Alwin Poon
  • Banjo Boys’ Society
  • Bank of America
  • Bernard Cheong
  • BlackRock
  • Bookazine Limited
  • C & A Sourcing Limited
  • Capgemini Hong Kong Limited
  • Carter’s Global Sourcing Limited
  • Charitable Choice Limited
  • Chiu Tao
  • CHOU’S FOUNDATION
  • Citi Private Bank
  • Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited
  • Deutsche Bank Hong Kong
  • Electronic Theatre Controls Asia Limited
  • Elephant Community Press Limited
  • Everbright Sun Hung Kai Company Limited
  • Farzana Sheikh
  • Gerson Lehrman Group (Asia) Limited
  • Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
  • Goldman Sachs Gives (UK)
  • Guy Fulton
  • Helen Arn Don Du
  • HK Ladies Tennis League
  • Honey Berrie Limited
  • HSBC Private Bank
  • Hyatt International – Asia Pacific, Limited
  • Kids4Kids
  • Kyu Ho
  • Li & Fung Foundation Limited
  • M620 Foundation
  • Macquarie Services (Hong Kong) Limited
  • MADIA
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (HK) Holdings, Limited (MUFG)
  • Native English Speaking Teachers’ Association
  • Ovolo Group Limited
  • Pacific Alliance Investment Management (HK) Limited
  • PAG Consulting Limited
  • Pandora Jewelry Asia-Pacific Limited
  • Peegaboo Corporation Limited
  • Qianqian Fu
  • Roman Leifer
  • SCMP Charities Limited
  • Simply Giving Pte. Limited
  • Stephenson Harwood
  • Target
  • The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation Limited
  • The Euro Suisse Foundation
  • The Society of Publishers in Asia Limited
  • Turner International Asia Pacific Limited
  • Twopresents Limited
  • UK Online Giving Foundation
  • United Asia Finance Limited
  • Van Cleef & Arpels – Richemont Asia Pacific Limited
  • Yeeling Wan