We are partner with The Community of Purpose supporting one of their six worthwhile initiatives called Bristol Achieve – a transformative mentoring programme that supports and inspires disadvantaged, high achieving students in South Bristol .
In 2025 six members of the Fanatic team mentored 20 students over six weekly sessions, culminating in a presentation of their projects which were based around design, marketing and development. We were proud to see them grow in confidence as they researched, learnt and collaborated.
Pictured: Members of the Fanatic team with Hetty Brown, who leads the Bristol Achieve initiative, working closely with Bridge Learning Campus to provide this opportunity for young people.
“Fanatic are an absolute pleasure to work with. The team of purpose-driven leaders at the company, they provided us with a team of brilliant mentors from across all areas of expertise. Without an exception, they gave 100% to support the development of our young people, treated the students with such attention and respect and invested more than their time: they also invested by caring about the outcome with the utmost professionalism.”
Hetty Brown, Bristol Achieve Programme
For the last few years we’ve been supporting the City of Bristol College with their Graphic Design courses. Working alongside the tutors we set briefs for the students which help them both flex their creative skills, as well as getting a small glimpse into what the creative industry is really like. The process typically involves Ian, our Managing Director and Sam, our Lead Designer, visiting the college and setting the commercial brief for the students. We then review their progress and give feedback so they have an opportunity to improve their work. This is then capped off with the students presenting their final work to a Fanatic panel in the Tobacco Factory.
We really enjoy being involved with helping to shape the next generation of creatives and supporting the lectures and tutors where we can.
Breakfree is another project that is part of Community of Purpose that Fanatic has chosen to support this year. Our donations will help children aged between 6-14 years in South Bristol that experience food insecurity, family stress, isolation, and poor health during the school holidays. This contribution will enable the young people to enjoy day trips, taking part in sporting, cultural and learning activities whilst at the same being fed properly, which can be a problem for disadvantaged families during school holidays.
We’ll really pleased we can support such a good cause and we can make a difference to children who are in need of this support.
Fanatic has been supporting Bristol Foodbank for the last 4 years. As a company, we donate money to stock the Food Club for a couple of months and as a team we have also topped this up with nonperishable foods and toiletries that we collect to support families that struggle. We know this contribution goes along way and is very much appreciated.
In 2024, Fanatic proudly sponsored Under 12s North Somerset Football Team. They had a great season and even went on to win the JPL National title at Warwick University. It was great to see our logo on the winning t-shirts.
