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Ref. no.	Description/contact info.	Expires
AOT/PL001	THE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION The Design and Technology Association inspires, develops and supports excellence in design and technology education for all. The organisation is a registered charity and professional association. It provides free advice and resources for teachers to use with primary, secondary and special needs pupils, cost return training and conferences, plus an awards ceremony for top D&T teachers. A range of sponsorship opportunities are available including associate membership, sponsorship of research and curriculum development groups, national and regional conferences and resources given to schools. Sponsors' names are entered on the charity's website, programmes, publications and posters, accessed by thousands of teachers. Contact: Richard Green, Chief Executive. Address: 16 Wellesbourne House, Walton Road, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire CV35 9JB. Tel.: 01789 470007. Fax: 01789 841955. E-mail: richard@data.org.uk. link to website	Ongoing
AOT/PL002	THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL The London Design Festival is an international event held every September to celebrate and promote the best of London and the UK's design and creative talent. The festival acts as an umbrella for over 155 partners including national and regional government, national museums, membership organisations, galleries and trade shows that stage a diverse range of events and activities during the festival period. The next festival will be held between 19th and 27th September, 2009. It has already established itself on the international creative calendar. As an integral partner with the event, the sponsor is promised the full benefit of massive media coverage plus an on-street presence at high profile venues across London. This is a highly targeted sponsorship property ideal for a brand trying to reach a high end audience with a clear association with design excellence. Contact: Helen Horten Smith, Festival Co-ordinator. Address: 56 Kingsway Place, Sans Walk, London EC1R 0LU. Tel.: 020 7014 5313. Fax: 020 7014 5313. E-mail: info@londondesignfestival.com; or Max Ashton at MPA Sponsorship. Tel.: +33 479 63 53 88. E-mail: mpa.sponsorship@wanadoo.fr link to website	Ongoing
AOT/PL003	MUSIC DESIGN AWARDS The Music Design Awards recognise designers, worldwide, for the outstanding work they do for the music industry, at every level. To those in the know, designing for the music industry takes hard, hard work and real innovation - strokes of brilliance underscored with inspiration - leading to spectacular end results. Design for the music industry is unrelentingly challenging and occupies the minds of the world's most inspired, leading-edge designers and design houses. The Music Design Awards represent an opportunity for designers around the world to enter their projects for clients. The awards are truly global in context and open to designers from all regions. There are sixty-two awards to win - eleven project categories across five music genre groupings and seven continental region categories. Leading companies seeking to encourage and reward great design for the music industry support the Music Design Awards, such as Eye magazine and Art Vinyl, who supported the launch Awards in 2009. The organisers of the Music Design Awards are keen to foster longer term relationships with partners/supporters and build enduring two-way relationships, ensuring supporters benefit from positive exposure and the Awards benefit from the credible support of companies for whom the link between design and music is important. Supporting organisations will benefit from electronic media exposure (in the form of website and editorial content), email activity, e-bulletins and e-ads on search engines. They will also gain exposure in more traditional media such as direct mail, editorial in trade titles, carefully selected display advertising and support from media partners. Contact: Marie Thomas, Operations Director. Address: Music Design Awards (jla), 80 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7NW. Tel.: +44 (0) 20 8675 8405. E-mail: marie.thomas@musicdesignawards.com. link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Art Schools/Training
AOA/0001	ETA ETA (Empowering The Artist) offers sponsors the opportunity to support a small development organisation in the south east of England which is dedicated to providing visual artists and craftspeople with opportunities to develop their art practice and their organisational skills. They run an annual training programme as well as two mentoring schemes. The organisation first piloted a mentoring scheme in 1996, and this became the forerunner of many other initiatives which have since emerged nationally. Education Through Art believe that they offer a new paradigm to supporting artists' careers which is both meaningful and realistic. Artists do not have to access an institution and there is no qualifying curriculum. They are interested in supporting serious artists who are self-supporting and committed to furthering their careers. Contact: Deborah Rawson, Director. Address: 11 Markwick Terrace, St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN38 0RE. Tel.: 01424 461232. Fax: 01424 461232. E-mail: info@eta-art.co.uk. link to website	Ongoing
AOA/0002	UNISERVITY.NET Sponsorship support is sought by The Uniservity Gallery, a free online forum where developing art and design students can gain free exposure, receive free critique from industry professionals (including the National Portrait Gallery, The Gallery Channel, Axis, Stuckism and many national and international college lecturers) and have access to excellent networking opportunities. The current slide show can be seen by visiting the gallery's website, where it is also possible to meet the Judges' panel. Contact: Michael Pollard, Project Manager. Address: Uniservity.net, Sir John Lyon House, High Timber Street, London EC4V 3NX. Tel.: 0207-0557-4775. Fax: 0207-557-4771. E-mail: gallery@uniservity.net/cougar@uniservity.net. link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Artefacts
AOZ/0001	VICTORY LIMITED Victory Limited was established to sell all of the original oak and copper removed from HMS Victory during the process of her refurbishment, having won a tender from the Ministry of Defence giving it ownership of all such existing materials and first option on any future material. Leading craftspeople are working with this heritage material to produce a lasting tribute to those who fought at Trafalgar. The company tell us they have contracted with the ministry to contribute in excess of 10% of all sales of Victory material to the ongoing restoration of HMS Victory. Sponsorship is sought for various editions of The 1805 Collection, a series of limited editions of artefacts made from the original oak and copper removed from the ship to celebrate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005. Provenance of the material is certified by the MOD, say the company, and The 1805 Collection's patron is The Second Sea Lord. The collection will help raise money for the Save the Victory Fund. Contact: Jonathan Bowman, Managing Director. Tel.: 01603 757633. link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Arts Development
AOV/PL001	KALA PHOOL Kala Phool is an arts development agency that strives to make diverse artforms accessible, fun and low cost. Currently not core funded, Kala Phool needs financial support from like-minded organisations that want to work with it. Projects Kala Phool develops and delivers include the Brighton Hip Hop Festival, which boasts a position as the UK's largest celebration of Hip Hop culture. Kala Phool currently works globally with existing and emerging partners, as well as those from across the UK, pushing the boundaries in making all the artforms under the Hip Hop 'banner' visible. The festival was five years old in 2008 and Kala Phool are keen to have sponsors come and support their vision - they are open to more than one supporter. • Mother India 21st Century Remix - this project is currently under development and involves the rescoring of the iconic and Oscar award winning Indian epic, Mother India. It will be produced using the talent of the world's top Turntablist, bringing the film to a fresh new audience with India and Pakistan's independence as its inspiration. • Frieze Box - imagine, a box covered in canvas in the middle of your town, school or on a roundabout, with artists working on it in rotation. This is the concept and currently Frieze Box is being developed to work with younger people, in schools and with national festivals. It's a way of taking the art to the people and allowing them to have a go. Quality is foremost in Kala Phool's visioning and the agency works with the best of the best, the most respected and credible artists ... but also in their own right they value Kala Phool's work. Kala Phool works to support under-developed artform sectors that may not necessarily have a voice. It advocates on strategic, national and international levels with a variety of agencies. "We want to hear from you". Contact: Ms Indy Hunjan. Address: PO Box 106, Brighton, East Sussex BN50 9BU. Tel.: +44 (0) 7977 449052. E-mail: indy@kalaphool.com link to Kalaphool website link to Brighton Hip Hop Festival website	Ongoing
AOV/0001	GALLERY GO Gallery GO is an audience development programme for contemporary visual art in Hampshire. It comprises 6 galleries; ArtSway - The New Forest; Aspex - Southsea; The John Hansard Gallery - Southampton; The Millais Gallery - Southampton; The City Art Gallery - Southampton; and The Winchester Gallery - Southampton. Using direct mail and other marketing techniques to promote contemporary visual art, Gallery GO has succeeded in attracting new and committed audiences to these galleries. Gallery GO offers regular exhibition talks, workshops and publications including a quarterly newsletter. Gallery GO has mailed over 72,000 households in the vicinity of the Southampton, Winchester and Portsmouth. This extensive mailing has generated a positive profile for the project and those funding it. In its next phase, Gallery GO will concentrate on developing South Asian, Chinese, youth and rural audiences for contemporary visual art in the vicinity of each gallery. Benefits to the sponsor: enhanced corporate image through the sponsor's support for the development of art education in Hampshire; an association with a nationally recognised arts programme that has been commended for its quality of events, strength of organisation and commitment to developoing new audiences for contemporary visual art; and an opportunity to build brand values through an association with the positive perception of contemporary visual art, i.e. challenging, youthful, and fun. Prices for sponsoring elements of Gallery GO's new programme begin at £4,000. Contact: Sandra Adams, Project Co-ordinator. Address: c/o The John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Highfield SO17 1BJ. Tel.: 023 8059 2477. Fax: 023 8059 4192. E-mail: S.Adams@soton.ac.uk link to website	Ongoing
AOV/0002	(RSA) ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES & COMMERCE Opportunity to be involved as sponsors; partners get priority notice of sponsorship opportunities and are encouraged to be involved in the development of new projects. Address: 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ. Tel.: 0207-930-5115. Fax: 0207-839-5805. Contact John Pennant, Director of Development (direct line 0207-451-6891). E-mail: pennantj@rsa-uk.demon.co.uk link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Arts Publications
AOP/001	OPEN Open is a recently launched online magazine - www.openmagazine.co.uk - offering a cutting edge combination of the high arts and popular culture. The ethos of the mag. is to present the arts as stylish, relevant, accessible and exciting. Its readership is bright, savvy and curious: interested in discovering new experiences; widening their knowledge. They may already be involved with the arts either as practitioners or enthusiasts. But, equally, the magazine appeals to those who may know nothing about art, or theatre or modern dance but simply be curious. Open is never preachy or judgemental: it's fun, glossy and looks at the emerging zeitgeist with humour and irreverence. It looks at the classics with fresh eyes and champions emerging talent. Features are written by journalists and experts in their field ... often by arts practitioners themselves. Editor-in-Chief Loma-Ann Bonner is a former staff journalist on various nationals and has recently been elected as a Fellow of the RSA for her work on Open. Details of sponsorship opportunities are available on request. Contact: Loma-Ann Bonner, Editor-in-Chief. Address: London-based. Tel.: 07946 476183. E-mail: editor@openmagazine.co.uk link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Collaborative/cause-related
AOC/0001	TAG (The Artists Group) TAG is a non profit-making partnership of three professional artists, based in the North West, whose aim is to provide anyone (especially disadvantaged groups) with the opportunity to collaborate with artists and take part in high quality contemporary art projects. Support in the form of sponsorship will assist in the funding of current work, which includes a visual arts project with a group of brain-injured patients at the Rathbone Hospital in Liverpool; a relief sculpture project with a youth association in a deprived area of the city (incorporating local history and researching amongst older members of the community); and a project with elderly people who are at present recovering from strokes in a local Liverpool hospital (involving the creation by the patients of hand-made books). TAG are happy to provide more detailed information about any of the above projects, the group itself and future projects. Address: TAG (please indicate 'TAG' clearly on the envelope), c/o Marybone YACA, Fontenoy Street, Liverpool L3 2AP. Tel.: 0151-236-3865. Fax: 0151-236-7740. Mobile: 07957-335-567. E-mail: tag@cableinet.co.uk.	Ongoing
Sub-section	Design
AOD/0001	UNTOLD DESIGN CIC Untold Design CIC is a not for profit Community Interest Company which provides affordable showcasing opportunities for new and emerging designers to introduce themselves to press, media and buyers within the fashion industry. It also creates opportunities for designers and creatives to subsist themselves in the early stages of their careers at consumer events where they are able to meet with potential customers, build an awareness of their brand and sell to clients. The ethos of Untold is to work as a collective through which a cyclical programme of support and assistance is made available, with the aim of building a long-lasting legacy for new designers and creatives. The organisation relies solely on the hard work and dedication of volunteers and visionaries to take the vision forward; however, there is so much more that they have planned to really broaden their reach and their usefulness to designers and creatives, and they now seek outside sponsorship and support that will enable them to take the organisation to the next level. Currently, Untold produces fashion shows and exhibitions during London Fashion Week, including the Fashion Diversity event produced in partnership with Mahogany Model Management and Museum of London. They have also produced shows at such venues as the Clink Prison Museum, The Foundling Museum and the Kensington Rooms and have an ongoing partnership with the London Design Festival. Untold also works with Clothes Show London and debuts at The Glam Show at Earls Court this October. "All of these opportunities have been created through the organisation since it began in 2007. Over the next year we are seeking to establish a base from which designers can have a retail presence which will also double up as a flexible workspace and training venue for new and aspiring designers. We are seeking to forge long term working relationships with our supporters and sponsors and this can be in varying forms, including services in kind and monetary donations". Contact: Maame Baryeh, Founding Director. Address: 1 Charmouth House, Dorset Road, London SW8 1EU. E-mail: info@un-told.co.uk link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Disability Arts
AOS/0001	THE ART HOUSE The Art House is dedicated to creating equality of opportunity for disabled people within the visual arts. It is as an inclusive organisation, working with both disabled and non-disabled artists. The range of sponsorship opportunities available includes ongoing support for specific projects and exhibitions. The Art House Workspace is situated in Wakefield, with accessible and supported studios, accommodation and workspace for visiting artists, printmaking studio, Foyer Gallery, offices and meeting rooms. Contact: Liz Whitehouse, Director. Address: The Art House, Drury Lane, Wakefield WF1 2TE. Tel: 01924 377740. E-mail: info@the-arthouse.org.uk.	Ongoing
AOS/0002	ARTSLINE Attitude is Everything was set up in response to young disabled people's complaints of unfair treatment at live music venues, clubs and festivals in the UK. Artsline, the disability access information service, realised that the music industry was not aware of their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act and the project was set up to work positively with the industry to raise awareness and launched in September 2000. The organisation has already made significant steps within the music industry. They are working in partnership with the Mean Fiddler Music Group plc to improve access at all their bars, clubs, music venues and festivals. They run a Charter of Best Practice that a number of venues have signed up to which includes both access and attitude elements and lists simple steps that can be undertaken to improve disabled people's experiences when attending. With help from a team of mystery shoppers they obtain feedback on how accessible venues are and how they are managed from a customer's perspective and feed this information back to the venues such that they can look to make improvements. They also offer disability equality training and undertake access audits to advise on adaptations that may be required. They are looking for sponsorship in particular to enable them to increase their core activities and also to cover the costs of Attitude, their bi-monthly club night (see www.clubattitude.co.uk for details of past and forthcoming events). This promotes quality disabled and non-disabled artists and DJs to an inclusive audience at an accessible venue. This is an exciting venture and Artsline are always trying to improve the accessibility features that they offer such that these events become open to a wider and more diverse audience. They are keen to use these events to further market the work of their project. Contact: Tom Head. Address: Artsline, 54 Chalton Street, London NW1 1HS. Tel.: 0207 388 2227 (voice and Minicom). Fax: 0207-383-2653. E-mail: business.aie@artsline.co.uk. link to web site	Ongoing
AOS/0003	MENCAP Mencap is the leading UK learning disability charity. Contact: Felicity Smith, Senior Corporate Account Manager. Address: 123 Golden Lane, London EC1Y 0RT. Tel.: 020 7696 6970. Fax: 020 7696 5540. E-mail: felicity.smith@mencap.org.uk. link to website	Ongoing
AOS/0004	NATIONAL DISABILITY ARTS FORUM The National Disability Arts Forum aims to create equality of opportunity for disabled people in all aspects of the arts. Sponsorship opportunities are available currently. Contact: Geoff Armstrong, Director. Address: Mea House, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8XS. Tel.: 0191 261 1628. Fax: 0191 222 0573. E-mail: ndaf@ndaf.org. Website: http://ndaf.org	Ongoing
AOS/0005	WEST MIDLANDS DISABILITY ARTS FORUM West Midlands Disability Arts Forum offers opportunities for sponsorship of its magazine and videos. The organisation produces a magazine called d'art (disability art) tri-annual. The magazine reaches a wide audience of disabled artists, galleries and museums in the West Midlands, as well as local authority art officers and arts boards. The magazine is available by email from info@wmdaf.org for a free copy in the first instance. WMDAF suggest that the magazine, which is available in print, tape, disc, email and braille, is an excellent vehicle for reaching a disabled audience. Contact: Zoe Partington, Director. Address: 009, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, B9 4AA. Tel.: 01299-271-906. E-mail: rowena@cwcom.net. link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Fashion Books on Fashion
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Sub-section	Information Services
AOI/0001	ART(I) Art(i) aims to encourage attendance and participation in the arts by making information available. Contact: Clarissa Rossi, Project Development. Address: Flat 7, 233 North End Road, London W14 9UB. Tel.: 07866 279883. E-mail: clarissarossi@hotmail.com.	Ongoing
AOI/0002	ARTSLINE Established in 1981 to provide information and advice for disabled people regarding access to London's arts and entertainment venues. Mailing address: Artsline, 54 Chalton Street, London NW1 1HS. Tel.: 0207-388-2227 (voice and Minicom). Multicultural Project 0207-388-2474. Fax: 0207-383-2653. E-mail: artsline@dircon.co.uk. link to web site	Ongoing
AOI/0003	EUCLID EUCLID offers an extensive range of European and international information services for the arts and cultural sector in the UK, and in Europe and internationally. The organisation is seeking sponsorship for these services (website, e-mail bulletins, printed materials, conferences, etc.) for a UK and international audience. Contact: Geoffrey Brown, Director. Address: 46-48 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5SD. Tel.: 0151-709-2564. Fax: 0151-709-8647. E-mail: euclid@cwcom.net. link to website	Ongoing
Sub-section	Installations
AIN/0001	COMPLETELY NAKED Contact: Claire Ward-Thornton, Company Development. Address: 27a Belfast Road, London N16 6UN. Tel.: 020 8806 5596. E-mail: post@completelynaked.co.uk. Website: http://www.completelynaked.co.uk	Ongoing
Sub-section	Mixed Media Forms
AOE/0001	UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH S. U. (EXETER CAMPUS) The University of Plymouth Student Union's Exeter Campus is seeking sponsorship for the development of System Commmander, a project combining all art media: fine art - UV backdrops that decorate the venue; visual and media arts - video projections mixed on six channels (existing footage with live recording) and projected onto the backdrops and onto hanging screens; music - eight to ten DJs playing upbeat music varying from house to drum'n'bass; and performance - dancers wearing tribal masks and bodypainted with UV colours. The organisers have the opportunity for live internet broadcasting and moving the show abroad. In order to achieve System Commander's full potential the Union is seeking both general sponsorship and specific sponsorship for audio visual equipment and paint (UV and acrylic). Contact: Ms. Eva Szolga. Address: UPSU Exeter, Earl Richards Road North, Exeter EX2 6AS. Tel.: 01392 475 039. E-mail: pres_upsuex@hotmail.com.	Ongoing
Sub-section	Photography Books on Photography
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Sub-section	Sculpture Books on Sculpture
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Sub-section	Studios
AOU/0001	A@TOM STUDIOS (Artists at Top Of Mill) A@tom is an artist-run studio in inner city Bradford, offering opportunities to artists to make use of low-priced studio facilities, free gallery space, exhibitions and community arts activities which enrich the cultural life of the city. Sponsorship is needed to help fund and expand the community arts programme and art spaces. Contact: Morwenna Catt, Artist (voluntary secretary). Address: A@tom Studios, Woolston Space, 3 Tetley Street, Bradford BD1 2NP. Tel.: 01274-201676. morwennacatt@hotmail.com.	Ongoing
AOU/0002	KWERK DESIGN STUDIO Kwerk Design Studio offers the opportunity to demonstrate involvement in the pioneering field of digital sound art at Brick Lane. Contact: William Huckerby, Digital Sound Artist. Address: 9 Clarence Square, Cheltenham, Glos. GL50 4JN. Tel.: 07979 256189. E-mail: willjoh@hotmail.com	Ongoing

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