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AOM/PL001
BRIT WRITERS' AWARDS
Brit Writers' Awards is looking for forward-thinking organisations and individuals to help them make the inaugural event a runaway success. The Brit Writers' Awards promises to become the biggest annual event on the UK's literary calendar. It provides the first ever 'springboard' for unpublished and emerging writers of every age group, community and writing style, and is offering £10,000 to the overall winner - the largest prize fund ever offered to unpublished writers. The gala awards ceremony will inspire and engage every community in the UK - and be the first ever high-profile stage for unpublished writers of all ages. The gala awards will be a glittering, star studded event at the O2, London, featuring key figures from the publishing, media and corporate world. However, the real stars at the event will be the schoolchildren, local literacy leaders and community members from diverse backgrounds who seized the challenge, picked up a pen and wrote something extraordinary. The evening will celebrate their success and how this project has inspired ordinary people into creative writing. Tailored sponsorship packages are being offered, ranging from £5,000 to £20,000. Contact: Zareen Roohi Ahmed, Head of Operations. Tel.: 0871 237 4440. Fax: 0871 237 4505. Address: 67 Lombard Street, Birmingham B12 0QU. E-mail: zareen@britwriters.co.uk.
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Opportunities and benefits for sponsors include:

1. Becoming an official corporate sponsor of the Brit Writers' Awards (BWA). The sponsor's branding will be included on the awards' website with a link to the sponsor's website.

2. The sponsor's logo and features will be promoted in the awards' monthly e-updates, giving exposure to individuals and organisations across the UK, as well as on all printed promotional materials for the 2010 awards ceremony and the sponsor's support will also be mentioned in all audio promotion.

3. An invitation for a senior member of the sponsor's organisation to present one of the awards at the ceremony on 26th June at the O2 in London.

4. A table for ten made available at the gala awards ceremony for the sponsor's organisation

5. Ongoing publicity throughout the build-up to the event in June 2010, with the sponsor's branding and profile being featured on the BWA website.

6. The sponsor will receive a full page colour feature in the forthcoming Write Now! magazine, due to be published prior to the awards night, which will be distributed to all the guests at the event and throughout the awards' networks.

7. The sponsor's brand logo will be prominently displayed on the stage backdrop at the gala awards ceremony which will receive global media coverage; and the sponsor's logo will also be printed on the awards certificate presented to the award winner.

8. The sponsor's support will be acknowledged in all project activities and delivery efforts.

 

1st June, 2010
AOM/PL002
GO FIGURATIVE
This is an opportunity to sponsor Real, the first in a series of exhibitions by the UK's only dedicated figurative art online community and gallery, Go Figurative (www.gofigurative.com). Taking place at the independent fine art school, Heatherley's in Chelsea, London, Real will run from 19th to 21st March, 2010. There will be a private view on 18th March, 2010 at 6.30pm. Over 120 artworks will be on display from more than thirty artists. The work on display, which will include paintings, sculpture, litho prints and photography, will be of a technically high standard and based on recognisable subjects. All work will be for sale. As the first exhibition by this innovative online art group, in a highly sought after location, Go Figurative will be promoting the event heavily online and in the press in the weeks leading up to March 18th. There will be intense local marketing, including a mail drop in the Chelsea area. As such, the footfall from art buyers and the local community alike is expected to be significant. As this is the first in a series of planned exhibitions, Go Figurative welcomes the chance to discuss support for the Real exhibition individually, as well as a more strategically focused, longer term, agreement covering multiple events. Go Figurative would suit a sponsor looking for an association with quality, aesthetic beauty, substance and evidence of skill. Contacts: Sally Perry (tel. +44 (0)20 8905 5872) or Peter Clements, Director (tel. +44 (0)7525 458180). Address: 68 Scotts Sufferance Wharf, 5 Mill Street, London SE1 2DF. E-mails: sallyperry@gofigurative.com and peterclements@gofigurative.com
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Ongoing
AOM/PL003
THE PIERIAN CENTRE
The Pierian Centre is housed in a gracious, Grade 1 listed Georgian Square, lovingly restored to provide a learning environment that supports the learning process and where the organisation takes care of everyone who walks through the door. As well as being a conference/meetings facility, the Centre hosts a wide variety of courses and activities. It regularly participates in Doors Open Day, Refugee Week, art exhibitions, musicians' forums and other public events and has had a footfall of 45,000 in 4.5 years. This is contributing to the regeneration of St Pauls in many ways. People who would otherwise not come to the area visit the Centre for courses. They pass the word round about some of the public activities. They change their own perceptions of St Pauls and then encourage others to do so. St Pauls has a high refugee population, and a cultural mix of artists and musicians with whom the Centre works collaboratively. The Centre also works with local organisations, some of whom are community focused and others of whom are businesses generating economic growth in the area. The Centre offers sponsors a range of benefits, which can include     listing in its programme (2,500 are distributed every quarter)      invitations to a fantastic selection of activities including private views and book launches    the knowledge that they are supporting a business with increasing importance in St Pauls and its regeneration    and "something that they would like which we have not thought of?!" Contact: June Burrough, Founder and Director. Address: The Pierian Centre, 27 Portland Square, St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8SA. Tel.: 0117 9244512. Fax: 0117 9421178. E-mail: june@pierian.co.uk
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Events/current opportunities

1. Doors Open Day: £500 to put on - the day is completely staffed by thirty-five voluntary stewards.
2. Refugee Week: nine days of art exhibition and special events, by and about asylum seekers and refugees - £12,000.00.
3. Art exhibitions: £5,000 - £7,000 per exhibition, depending on time and activities.
4. Musicians Forum: twelve a year. Developmental ideas/Flyers, etc. £2,000 per year. The musicians play at events such as art exhibitions "and it would be nice to pay them". There are workshops they would like to develop and performances that need marketing via publicity budgets.
5. Plans for working closely with school leavers from St Pauls and local businesses to develop a more collaborative process around work and give young people opportunities to start jobs that give them skills for their futures.
6. Music/arts/theatre evenings - sponsorship support needed to subsidise refreshments and staff the building.
7. Other local organizations and events that have been sponsored include: Shelter's Pamper Day, Circomedia fundraising launch, BEST Directory launch, Architecture Week walk and tea party (!), Exultate choir for rehearsal space, World Peace Day, diploma courses.
8. The Centre has also sponsored the Natural Living Show, Carly McDonough (artist), Helen Wilson (artist), Forward Maisokwadzo PhD in "The Contribution of media to policy making on poverty reduction in Zimbabwe".
9. Teas, coffees and biscuits in kind or in the region of £7,500 per year - "our reputation hangs on the quality of this!"
10. New project to rescue the semi-derelict building next door and develop it into a Café, art gallery, health centre and shop, with some flats and an extension of the Pierian Centre's meeting rooms - £2m to buy and renovate: the Centre is already developing partnerships.

 

Ongoing
AOM/0001 BADAPPLE THEATRE COMPANY
BadApple Theatre Company is a small arts company based in Yorkshire, providing community service, education workshops focussed on the Hull region and touring productions nationally. The company was founded in 1998 to tour Artistic Director Kate Bramley's new play ‘Amy Johnson’ to the Edinburgh Festival. The first tour was a great success and the show toured for a further three months in 1999, supported by Yorkshire Arts and Hull City Council. In October 1999, BadApple were on the road again with Kate’s second full length play ‘Marlowe, meet Raymond Chandler’ which took for its subject the life and work of the great American detective novelist. This tour was made possible by further assistance from Yorkshire Arts and Hull City Council, along with support from Hull Truck Theatre and a bursary from the Peggy Ramsey Foundation to complete the script. The company has plans for new tours in the near future. Sponsorship is sought to develop new audiences at grass roots level. Contact: Kate Bramley, Director. Tel.: 01423-340415. E-mail: kate_bramley@hotmail.com.
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Ongoing
AOM/0002 B.SUPREME - INDEPENDANCE LTD.
B.Supreme is the only UK hip hop festival dedicated to Women in Hip Hop. The festival launched in September 2006 at the South Bank Centre, London and platformed the work of 121 of the best international hip hop artists, to an audience of 3,400. The festival - designed to showcase the talent of women in all aspects of hip hop as well as the younger generation of female hip hoppers - also ran six month education initiatives with young women throughout the country, giving opportunities to young and emerging artists. As well as being covered by publications such as The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out. B.Supreme also featured on BBC1Xtra, which broadcast live from the festival to an estimated 1.5 million listeners. TV companies such as MTV Base and Just Fabulous TV also filmed the event to be screened later in 2007. Hip hop is becoming increasingly popular due to its exciting, accessible and inspiring format. It is the voice of young people and refuses to go away. B.Supreme aims to continue to inspire young women and showcase hip hop dance theatre, DJs, films, music, battles and education work in an annual celebration of Women in Hip Hop. B.Supreme offers a multitude of potential opportunities and, with ideas for future tours and branding, is set to grow rapidly in momentum, taking the festival to levels of success reached by no other hip hop event in the UK. Contact: Holly Shanks, Festival Manager. Address: Independance, Brixton Hill Methodist Church, Elm Park, London SW2 2TX. Tel.: 0208 671 8811. Fax: 0208 671 0066. E-mail: holly@independance.co.uk.
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Ongoing
AOM/0003 CITY ARTS, NOTTINGHAM
City Arts currently runs 23 different participatory arts projects across the city of Nottingham. The work targets a diverse cross-section of the community - from multimedia work with young people in care to supporting artists in residence schemes in community settings. The organisation has four core areas of work which it is developing: (i) Refugees and Asylum Seekers; (ii) Health (specifically mental health projects); (iii) Education (including bullying, literature projects and arts in early years provision); and (iv) Youth Exclusion (developing a new music provision in its local area as well as working with Social Services). City Arts works across art forms and fundraises for all of the projects that it is involved with. Sponsorship could be in the form of direct financial support for a particular project or event. The organisation would also consider longer term relationships with sponsors to develop a mutually beneficial partnership linked to a specific strand of its work. Contact: Beth Noble, Projects Officer. Address: City Arts, Ortzen Street, Radford, Nottingham NG7 4BN. Tel.: 0115 978 2463. Fax: 0115 942 4644. E-mail: info@city-arts.org.uk.
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Ongoing
AOM/0004 DORSET FILIPINO ASSOCIATION
Dorset Filipino Association is organising and producing a Philippine Bario Fiesta in the south of England. Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available via stalls and entertainment. Last year's attendance was over 5,000, say the organisers, in an event which again promises to be 'a cultural delight from the far east'. Contact: Nigel Robson. Address: 1 Lea Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9HT. Tel.: 01305 789960. Fax: 0870 7348547. E-mail: ndrobson@worldmailer.com.

 
Ongoing
AOM/0005 EXETER HEALTH CARE ARTS
A range of 'live events' can be sponsored at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, including exhibitions (art, photography, textiles), concerts, poetry readings, story-telling and patient-centred workshops. Contact: Katharine Chant, Consultant Fundraiser. Address: Exeter Health Care Arts, Bowmore House, RD&E, Barrack Road, Exeter EX4 4DT. Tel.: 01392-496653. E-mail: chants2001@netscapeonline.co.uk.

 
Ongoing
AOM/0006 ILKESTON SCHOOL AND SPECIALIST ARTS COLLEGE
Ilkeston School and Specialist Arts College is an oversubscribed, highly successful secondary school in a socially deprived area. Part of the school - a Georgian grade 2 listed building - is being developed into a community multimedia art gallery. The school needs a further £100,000 to complete the project. So far a 'planning for real' survey has been completed and 95% of the local and wider community can see the benefit of the gallery. Lots of local businesses have pledged small donations - but the college is still in need of extra funding. When completed, the new facility will be able to host touring exhibitions from major galleries and will be open both to the public and to anyone at the school. It will be the only gallery of its type in the East Midlands area. Sponsorship support is now being sought. Contact: Mrs K. Le Provost, Community Art Officer. Address: Ilkeston School, King George Avenue, Ilkeston DE7 5HS. Tel.: 0115 9303724. Fax: 0115 9441315. E-mail: kate.leprevost@ilkeston.derbyshire.sch.uk.
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Ongoing
AOM/0007 LIVERPOOL LIGHTHOUSE
Liverpool Lighthouse is a versatile venue in Anfield, Liverpool. It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. It is seeking sponsors for various elements of its venue, for core funding, for donated items for its furniture outlets and for its community projects. Liverpool Lighthouse is part of the Love and Joy Ministries Group and is Europe's first designated Urban Gospel Arts Centre. Its aim is to transform communities through working together. It is based in the former Gaumont cinema in Anfield, Liverpool, just 100 metres from the famous football ground. The building was in a very poor state of repair when purchased in 1998 and since then, through private and public fundraising plus a huge number of volunteers, the organisers have renovated it. However, there is still more work to be done. Liverpool Lighthouse has a 430 seater auditorium; back auditorium space that can also seat an extra one hundred; dance space; workshop space; conference and board rooms; meeting rooms; a Learndirect centre; café small business office space; recording studio; and a furniture outlet. Amongst the charity's community projects are Harmonize - an alternative education programme underpinned by arts and music for children aged 14 to 16 who are excluded from school or in care, in conjunction with Liverpool LEA; Kaleidoscope - an over 55s community project, including card making, local history and a community choir in conjunction with the Capital of Culture Company; Skills for Work courses for the local community; and Integrate - helping asylum seekers and refugees learn English and other skills. Liverpool Lighthouse has the remit to deliver for Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008 the 'City Sings Gospel' international project. It is the home venue for a number of gospel choirs, including the award-winning Love and Joy gospel choir. It is able to host meetings, exhibitions, conferences, performances, rehearsals, etc., etc. Liverpool Lighthouse seeks sponsorship, benefits in kind, use of people's skills and expertise, donations and good quality items for their furniture outlets. Be assured that anything that they receive will be put to good use. In return, obviously depending on what is provided, they may offer coverage in their marketing material, use of their facilities, recognition within the venue itself, capacity to host team building exercises, tickets to their events and the ability to provide a 'Be a Gospel Choir in a day' package. "Help us to help others. We look forward to hearing from you". Contact: Sarah Rea, Marketing Officer. Address: Liverpool Lighthouse, Oakfield Road, Liverpool L4 0UF. Tel.: 0151 475 4062. Mobile: 07789 714698. Fax: 0151 260 4192. E-mail: Sarah.Rea@LJMGroup.org.uk
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Ongoing
AOM/0008 MADCAP, MILTON KEYNES
Music And Drama Community Arts Project is happy to receive extra funding from commercial sponsors. Address: Creed Street, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5LY. Tel./fax: 01908-320173. E-mail (finance): jeremy@olio.demon.co.uk
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Ongoing
AOM/0009 MILL MUSIC
Mill Music is seeking sponsors for a recording studio to be built at the Mill Arts Centre in Banbury. The studio would provide a facility for young people of all abilities and backgrounds to learn creative and technical skills to a high level. The organisers would be interested to hear from companies who would like to donate money or equipment. It is envisaged that the studio would be a focal point for music in the local area and thus offer great promotional potential for any company that gets involved. Contact: Charlotte James. Address: 8 Briggs Close, Banbury, Oxon. OX16 0BE. Tel.: 07906 831019. E-mail: jamescharlotte@hotmail.com
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Ongoing
AOM/0010 ORKNEY ISLANDS FILMS
Orkney Islands Films is a non-profit making organisation which makes micro-budget movies in the Orkney area, giving people the opportunity to learn about digital film making. They are collaborating with the Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service in a Community Partnership Initiative, making a short drama which highlights the importance of a fully maintained smoke alarm. Once the drama has been completed they intend to have it classified by the British Board of Film Classification for both theatrical release and DVD release. They will then 'gift' the film to the Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service so they can use the drama in one of their campaigns. Orkney Islands Films is looking for sponsors to cover the costs of travel, accommodation and food for actors and crew, buying props and classification from the BBFC. The reason they need to cover the cost of the actors' and crews' travel and accommodation, etc. is that they are based on a small island and the actors and crew will have to stay on the island for a two week shoot. "The amount we are looking for is £3,500. None of the actors, crew or any member of Orkney Islands Films will receive payment for their work on the drama. The funds are to cover the cost of expenses. We do not want to ask the HIFRS to fund the drama as it will take away much needed funds from other areas. In return for sponsorship, sponsors will have a credit and their company logo placed at the end of the completed movie, as well as a credit on our website and the knowledge that they are not only helping a new, non-profit organisation gain a reputation in the film making industry, but also their sponsorship may save someone's life". Contact: Elaine Parkin, Treasurer. Address: Burness, Balfour, Shapinsay, Orkney KW17 2DY. Tel.: 01856 711333. E-mail: info@orkneyislandsfilms.org.uk
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Ongoing
AOM/0011 RURAL ARTS EAST
It is the proud boast of Rural Arts East that it takes quality arts to the grassroots. The organisation works with communities all over Norfolk and north Suffolk to bring professional performances, exhibitions and artist-led activities to village halls and other rural venues, which normally miss out on exciting arts activity. Family audiences flock to see small-scale theatre shows, puppetry shows, storytelling evenings, music of all kinds, contemporary dance and superb visual arts exhibitions. Rural Arts East organises a year-round programme which is marketed in 'seasons'. A detailed audience profile can be supplied. Contact: Alistair Winch. Address: Prospect House, Great Melton Road, Hethersett, Norwich NR9 3AB. Tel.: 01603-813323. Fax: 01603-813343. E-mail: rae@netcom.co.uk.

 
Ongoing
AOM/0012 SOUTH EAST FOLK ARTS NETWORK
SEFAN (the South East Folk Arts Network) received full Charity status in November 2005. Its mission is to increase knowledge, participation and interest in the traditional arts throughout the ACE, SE region. Folk music and dance bring people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds together and represent accessible art forms which encourage participation. SEFAN is keen on improving youth participation in the Folk Arts (running its own youth programmes) and is set to become the first port of call for information and advice in the region. Contact: Penny Allen, Administrator. Address: 89 Hollingbury Park Avenue, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 7JQ. Tel.: 01273 541453. Fax: 01273 554189 E-mail: admin@sefan.org.uk.
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Ongoing
AOM/0013 WORD AND ACTION
Word And Action is a community theatre company based in Dorset, which boasts a record of over 22,000 performances, courses and workshops. Sponsorship support is sought. Contact: Fay Bowden, Director. Address: 15 King Street Street, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1DZ. Tel.: 01202 883197. E-mail: f.bowden@wordandaction.com.
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Ongoing
 
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