World Awareness for Children in Trauma (WACIT)
WACIT Sponsorship
2016: The WACIT interprofessional practice-focused evaluation was sponsored by the Research Impact Development Fund
2016: The training workshops in Sao Paolo and Cammpinas, Brazil, were supported by Santander
2016: The 6 Continents x 6 Weeks launch were sponsored by NEXT (UK)
2017: The Interprofessional Training in Brazil was supported by the Development of Research Partnerships Fund
2018: The e-learn CPD module on Psychosocial Resilience-Building for Children who Experience Trauma was supported by the Impact Development Fund
2018: The 3-Continent piloting and evaluation of the WACIT servive transformation in Kenya, Turkey and Brazil was supported by a Globa Challenge Research Fund
2018-19: Dr Saima Ali from Karachi University in Pakistan received a Rutherford Commonwealth Fellowship
2019: The Lion Cubs Team to develop research on child-directed resilience strategies was funded by the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies
2019: The evaluation of "Stakeholders’ perspectives on impact of child mental health transformation programme in four LMIC" was supported by a Global Challenge Research Fund
2019: The project on "Interdisciplinary exploration of child mental health provision in Dhaka low-income communities" was supported by a Global Challenge Research Fund
2019: Professor Naved Iqbal from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, India, received a Fellowship by the Global Challenge Research Fund
Sponsorship and Fundraising Opportunities
Sponsorship
Objectives and Benefits
• Raise child mental health awareness within each country and internationally.
• Positive long-term effects and outcomes for children,
communities and economies.
• Reduction of financial costs of services involved across the health, education, judicial and social care sectors.
• To raise the sponsor’s Social Responsibility profile.
• Create future opportunities for both the Sponsor and the Charity/NGO for children’s benefit.
• Raise individual donations for the selected charities
through a parallel fundraising process and/or the donation of Sports Equipment or Educational Material, as both Sports and Education promote children’s resilience and mental health well-being.
Sponsorship Options for Commercial Organizations
• Support WACIT inter professional training, consultancy or research to a country and organization of your choice.
• Support the development of training materials to enhance and sustain staff competencies.
• Suport the delivery of tailored training for an organization and country of your choice.
• Donate Sports Equipment or Educational Material to a WACIT partner charity.
Collaborative Sponsorship Options for
Non-Commercial Children’s Organizations
• Develop joint training that fulfils criteria for academic accreditation.
• Support/organise a training and network-building event at a country of your choice.
Fundraising Opportunities for Schools and Individuals
• Organise fundraising events for a WACIT partner charity of your choice
