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\u00a0Last week, we announced the OCS Foundation relaunch. <\/a>\u00a0Today, we\u2019re pleased to introduce the four inspiring organisations we\u2019ll be supporting through fundraising and grant-giving in 2025. Here are our OCS Foundation partners:<\/p>\n

Brighten the Corners
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Based in Ipswich,\u00a0Brighten the Corners <\/a>empowers young people from marginalised communities through music, arts, media and live event production. Their hands-on programmes build confidence, skills and brighter futures. They help amplify underrepresented voices whilst creating pathways into employment, volunteering, and the creative industries.<\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Irish Youth Foundation
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One in five children in Ireland lives in poverty. The\u00a0Irish Youth Foundation <\/a>supports grassroots projects working to change that. From after-school clubs to wellbeing programmes, they help young people reach their full potential and build a fairer future.<\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Teenage Cancer Trust<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>The Teenage Cancer Trust<\/a> is the only UK charity dedicated to young people with cancer. They fund specialist nurses, youth workers and hospital units that offer age-appropriate care and support. Their work helps young people navigate treatment, recovery and everything that comes with a cancer diagnosis, so they never have to face it alone. The OCS Catering team has a relationship with the Teenage Cancer Trust, raising funds for them over the past years. As such, it completely made sense to continue the relationship through the relaunched OCS Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted the OCS Foundation has selected the \u00a0Teenage Cancer Trust as a charity organisation to support this year. Their work is incredibly important to young people and their families who find themselves fighting this most cruel and difficult disease. We cannot wait to work with the charity again this year.\u201d Henry Watts, Catering UK Managing Director<\/span><\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers<\/a> supports children and young people who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the Armed Forces. Through tailored bereavement support and opportunities to connect with others in similar situations, they help bereaved military children rebuild and thrive. OCS has had a decade-long partnership with Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers through our Private Sector FM team. We\u2019re thrilled to embed them into the wider OCS Foundation system and continue this thriving partnership.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was delighted to hear that the OCS foundation has decided to support Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers. This incredible charity is very dear to my heart. And we, as a business, have supported them for over 10 years now. The work that they do supporting young people truly is inspiring. I\u2019m pleased to continue on that journey, supporting them.\u201d Bruce McDonnell, Private Sector UK Managing Director.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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Last week, we announced the relaunch of the OCS Foundation, and today we\u2019re pleased to be sharing more information about the four inspiring organisations we\u2019ll be supporting through fundraising and grant-giving in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":10000022045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,303,404,19],"tags":[321,341],"country":[],"class_list":["post-31190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-esg","category-ocs-foundation","category-news-type","tag-ocs-foundation","tag-social-value"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOCS Foundation:\u00a0Meet The Partners We\u2019re Proudly Supporting - OCS - UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following the relaunch of the OCS Foundation, we\u2019re pleased introduce the four inspiring organisations we\u2019ll be supporting through 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ocs.com\/uk\/news\/ocs-foundation-meet-the-partners-were-proudly-supporting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OCS Foundation:\u00a0Meet The Partners We\u2019re Proudly Supporting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the relaunch of the OCS Foundation, we\u2019re pleased introduce the four inspiring organisations we\u2019ll be supporting through 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ocs.com\/uk\/news\/ocs-foundation-meet-the-partners-were-proudly-supporting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OCS - 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