Success Stories / Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch benefited from a steady flow of high-quality leads – securing valuable partnerships within weeks, enabling expanded outreach, and driving significant impact for their community-focused initiatives.

Success metrics

Lead generation

Strategic partnerships

Secured collaborations with key organizations, strengthening long-term funding

Lead generation

Targeted outreach

Shifted from broad outreach to precisely targeted campaigns, improving lead quality

Lead generation

Optimised lead management

Implemented a lead scoring system to prioritize the most valuable responses

Lead generation

Sustainable pipeline

Maintained a steady stream of opportunities, ensuring ongoing engagement with potential partners

The results exceeded our expectations. The response was overwhelming in the best way possible. We secured key partnerships, expanding our corporate relationships in ways we hadn’t been able to before. It’s been incredibly successful.

John Hayward-Cripps | CEO

Company

Neighbourhood Watch enhances community safety by fostering partnerships and empowering local volunteers to promote crime prevention and public awareness.

Website

https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/

Industry

Civic and Social Organization

Founded

1982

Size

1,001-5,000 employees

Partnering with sopro since

2024

Challenge

Neighbourhood Watch had previously relied on manual outreach and existing relationships to secure corporate partnerships. However, cold outreach efforts were resource-intensive and largely ineffective, making it difficult to reach decision-makers.

We tried sending emails to every organisation we could think of but got nowhere. It was exhausting, and we knew we needed a different approach.

John Hayward-Cripps | CEO

Their small team lacked the internal capacity to manage outreach at scale, and previous efforts to connect with potential sponsors – such as home improvement companies and insurance providers – failed to gain traction, despite their clear alignment with Neighbourhood Watch’s mission.

We knew we needed to do some form of outreach, but cold calling was so resource-heavy that it just wasn’t feasible. We didn’t have the internal capacity to manage it effectively and needed an external service that would truly understand our needs and find the right partners for us.

Sandra Bauer | Head of Policy, Partnerships and Projects

To secure new sponsorships, Neighbourhood Watch needed a scalable, efficient approach that could cut through the noise, engage the right companies, and create lasting partnerships, all without overwhelming their internal team.

Solution

Sopro launched a broad outreach campaign to identify potential sponsors across multiple industries. Neighbourhood Watch worked closely with the team to refine targeting, initially focusing on general corporate partnerships before narrowing in on key sectors.

We initially cast the net wide, but working with Sopro helped us narrow in on the right industries and companies. As we refined our targeting, we started seeing even stronger resultsWe initially cast the net wide, but working with Sopro helped us narrow in on the right industries and companies. As we refined our targeting, we started seeing even stronger results.

John Hayward-Cripps | CEO

The campaign generated more responses than expected, requiring a structured approach to managing the leads. Sopro developed a lead scoring system, allowing Neighbourhood Watch to prioritise high-value prospects while maintaining engagement with other interested organizations.

Even when we were getting loads of responses, Sopro helped us create a lead scoring system to prioritise the highest-quality leads and those with the most opportunity. That’s still helping us today.

Sandra Bauer | Head of Policy, Partnerships and Projects

By combining data-driven targeting with personalized, non-intrusive outreach, Sopro allowed Neighbourhood Watch to connect with the right partners while saving valuable time and resources.

Impact

Sopro’s campaign brought in a steady stream of quality leads, helping Neighbourhood Watch secure key partnerships across different industries that aligned with their mission.

Major organisations came on board to support their outreach and advocacy efforts, strengthening community engagement.

New collaborations with insurance providers allowed Neighbourhood Watch to offer tailored resources, while unexpected partnerships with local authorities expanded their reach.

The results exceeded our expectations. The response was overwhelming in the best way possible. We secured a key partnership with a large energy company and multiple insurers, expanding our corporate relationships in ways we hadn’t been able to before. It’s been incredibly successful.

John Hayward-Cripps | CEO

Beyond securing sponsors, the campaign helped refine their long-term approach to partnerships. Testing different industries, fine-tuning messaging, and building a strong pipeline have set them up for ongoing success.

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