Sponsors & Partners

We appreciate the support of businesses who share and relate to our aims and objectives. Partnering with the Derek Moore Foundation is a effective way to support local grass-roots community projects. Our projects are carefully vetted and regularly monitored to make certain that our funds go to where they are needed most. Corporate sponsors benefit from: - Regular updates and news on projects - Access to images of projects - Priority invitation to our events - A dedicated Derek Moore Foundation contact - Use of the Derek Moore Foundation logo - Your logo displayed on our website with a link to your company site.

Corporate Sponsor

Founded in 1981 Explore was one of the first small group adventure travel companies. In the several decades since its inception the company has grown until today it operates some 500 tours to over 120 countries. The company offers walking, trekking and cycling holidays as well as family holidays, with tours both in the UK and abroad. As well as sponsoring the Derek Moore Foundation, Explore has also worked jointly with us on several projects. Please go to www.explore.co.uk for more details of Explore.

Corporate Sponsor

Since its inception over 20 years ago, Lightline has become one of the market leaders in Pilgrimage tourism, operating group pilgrimage tours to Israel as well as to Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Malta, Spain, France and Portugal. The company works closely with several senior figures in the Catholic church, many of whom lead tours to the Holy Land. Please go to www.lightline.org.uk for more details of Lightline.

Corporate Sponsor

Since commencing the operation of small group adventure tours under the name of Karakorum Experience in the 1980s, the company is now known as KE Adventures, with a programme to much more than just the Karakorum region. It has grown steadily until it currently operates walking, trekking and cycling tours to over 43 countries. As well as sponsoring the Derek Moore Foundation, KE has kindly introduced the Foundation to several worthy Projects over the years. Please go to www.keadventures.com for more details of KEAdventures.

Corporate Sponsor

Founded in 1996, Wild Dog is an award-winning digital design company. one of the country’s most prestigious such companies. A much sought-after Brand Design business, their creative impetus has created many sophisticated web sites, and over the years they have won several top awards for their work. They are also a founder-members of AITO’s Climate-Crisis Think-Tank. Their connection with the Derek Moore Foundation began when the company was engaged to design and maintain the Foundation website. Please go to www.wilddogdesign.co.uk for more details of Wild Dog.

Corporate Sponsor

Two brands who are part of the same Group. James Hallam are one of the UK’s leading independent insurance brokers working with businesses as large as AIM-listed organisations as well as smaller boutique businesses and private clients. Sister company Touchstone is a specialist commercial insurance underwriting agency. James Hallam and Touchstone have supported the Foundation since the very beginning. Please go to www.jameshallam.co.uk or www.t-u-l.co.uk for more details of these two companies.

Corporate Sponsor

One of the best-known accountancy businesses in the UK, WHA was founded some 30 years ago, and is a firm of Chartered accountants and statutory auditors. They specialise in travel, working with over 250 companies. Every year they organise a travel industry version of It’s a Knockout, for charity, when ten travel company teams battle it out for the winning prize. In 2019 The Derek Moore Foundation were lucky enough to win the prize of a donation to our charity in addition to the company being a Corporate Sponsor Please go to www.whitehartassociates.com for more details of WHA.

Partner

Founded in 1999, Travel Matters is a multi-award-winning luxury travel agent, with a clear focus on personal service as they craft bespoke travel experiences for their clients. Their Founder set up Make Travel Matter, a campaign which sets out to show how travel can have a positive impact on the people and places that we visit. The Derek Moore Foundation is delighted to partner with Travel Matters and the Make travel Matter campaign. Please go to www.travelmatters.co.uk for more details of Travel Matters and the Make Travel Matter campaign.

Partner

Animondial is a responsible tourism consultancy, focusing on the protection of animals. The organisation is a key advisor to the travel industry focusing on matters concerning animal welfare in tourism. What that means in practise is that they work with travel companies to audit any animal content of their programmes. They will help the operator to source and sell programmes with animal content, and they also provide training for tour operator staff in how to sell such product. They are also founder-members of the Animal Protection Network (APN), an international group of conservation organisations and community projects, engaging with the travel and tourism sector to bring compassion to tourism. The Derek Moore Foundation is a partner with Animondial in the Animal Protection Network. Please go to www.animondial.com for more details of Animondial.