Become a Patron

We warmly invite you to become a Paperweight Patron and help ensure that no one in our community faces crisis alone.

Your generosity will help us to provide vital, free support to those most vulnerable in our community— only made possible by patrons like you who believe in delivering hope, dignity, and lasting change.

Together, we will ensure that no one in our community has to face their challenges alone.

Why become a Paperweight Patron?

Life’s most difficult moments can affect any of us, often suddenly and with serious consequences.

From bereavement and family breakdown to redundancy and financial hardship, having someone knowledgeable and compassionate by your side can make all the difference. As a Paperweight Patron, your support will be more than a donation.

It is a powerful and lasting commitment to those who need it most.

What your gift funds

As a Guardian of Hope, your gift funds core frontline support— help for those facing debt, bereavement, family breakdown, redundancy, homelessness, or other personal crisis. This level supports around 30 cases, giving people the guidance and practical help they need to stabilise their lives.

In each year of support:

  • Acknowledgment in our annual impact report, on our notepaper
    and website
  • Named acknowledgment on our recognition wall at head office
  • Regular updates
  • Invitations to exclusive events including our Patron’s evening.

What your gift funds

As a Champion of Change, you help fund complex, long-term cases that need more time, expertise, and co-ordinated support across a range of different disciplines and expert caseworkers — helping families facing multiple challenges and achieving lasting, meaningful outcomes, beyond shorter-term relief.

In each year of support:

In Addition to the Guardian of Hope benefits, you will…

  • Have the opportunity to visit our offices to see the Charity in action
  • Meet Paperweight’s specialist staff and hear some anonymous case studies of the journeys your giving has made possible.

What your gift funds

As a Pillar of Strength, your gift invests in Paperweight’s future—sustaining services in the long-term, expanding our reach to new communities, and enabling exciting new projects and programmes. Your leadership support gives us the flexibility to meet emerging needs, innovate, and remain strong to serve the community for generations
to come.

In each year of support:

In Addition to the Guardian of Hope and Champion of Change benefits, you will…

  • Have naming rights on a Paperweight project or programme (with a two-year commitment)
  • Have meetings with our CEO, senior leadership team and trustees.

To find out more or to discuss becoming a patron, please contact Barry Shaw: barryshaw@paperweight.org.uk

"The altruistic help provided by Paperweight cannot be overestimated. It literally gave me back my dignity and my life!" Read Paul’s Story