Registrations are NOW OPEN for 2026!
Join businesses across Greater Manchester and Lancashire in a friendly 10-week CSR challenge to engage your team and make an impact.
What is The North West’s Business Battle?
The Business Battle is a 10-week fundraising competition where businesses from across the region compete to raise money for the animals at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary.
How you fundraise is entirely up to you. Whether you’re planning a bake sale, a charity football match, a sponsored challenge or something wonderfully ridiculous, every pound raised helps provide care, shelter and second chances to animals who have no one.
2025 Highlights
Over the 2025 challenge, we watched brilliant businesses get creative, step out of their comfort zones, and rally their communities all for the animals who need us most.
£5,830 was raised in total!
In 2025, we saw teams:
- Climb Mount Snowdon and Winter Hill
- Sleep rough to raise awareness for strays
- Hike 38 miles from Blackpool to Bleakholt
- Host dog shows and washes
- Host cakes and coffee mornings
- Run raffles and tombolas
Whether it was one raffle ticket or 38 miles of blisters… it mattered.
Corporate Volunteering (CSR)
The Business Battle gives your CSR days a new purpose, with a twist!
Instead of traditional volunteering at the sanctuary (which fills up fast every year), you can channel that time into fundraising challenges and team activities that directly support our work.
Key Dates
- Registrations close: 26th August 2026
- Business Battle begins: 16th September 2026
- Business Battle ends: 25th November 2026