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| CP/PL001 |  CHRISTIAN AID Christian Aid is one of the UK's most respected overseas aid and development agencies. The charity works wherever the need is greatest, irrespective of faith, race or gender, supporting 600 partner organisations in nearly fifty countries, which have been developed in and for local communities. Christian Aid is a campaigning organisation that has played a key part in the important campaigns of recent years, from its Drop the Debt campaign to the Cut the Carbon March. In 2006/7 income totalled £93 million, including public donations of £72 million and in 2006 its flagship fundraising week - Christian Aid Week - reached twelve million people through door-to-door collections and raised in excess of £14.5 million. • Opportunities Sponsorship opportunities exist throughout the year to support Chrstian Aid's high profile events, such as 2007's Cut the Carbon March and Christian Aid Week. For sponsors wishing to support one of the charity's partners or projects around the world instead, they can put together a sponsorship programme tailored to specific CSR goals, with project visits, marketing support and regular reporting. The organisation's partners are involved in a huge variety of projects, from providing counselling for HIV positive women in Burkina Faso to helping communities in Bangladesh rebuild their houses after flood disasters. • Benefits Branding Co-branded publicity materials for all events and projects can be displayed throughout the event and for all media interviews. Access to Supporters Christian Aid has a supporter database of over 1.5 million supporters, and can promote the sponsoring organisations through a variety of channels. Its quarterly magazine, Christian Aid News, has a circulation of 400,000, with a number of other publications that target particular audience interests, eg campaign work. The charity's corporate partners have the opportunity to develop flyers and other promotional materials to be sent out in these publications, and to receive positive editorial endorsements within the magazines. The organisation's corporate website (100,000 visitors per month) and its monthly e-zine (sent to 100,000 of its most active supporters) can also display the sponsor's company logo with a positive endorsement of its organisation. • Regional and local support Christian Aid has a strong network of twenty-seven area offices throughout the country which are able to distribute flyers and publicity materials throughout their communities to those who might otherwise not be exposed to marketing activity. • Ongoing Partnership Christian Aid offers a variety of ways to support its work - all tailored to the sponsoring organisation's needs. The charity manages a number of successful corporate relationships with companies such as the Co-Operative Bank and AquAid water cooler suppliers. "We view sponsorship as the first stage in a long term, mutually beneficial relationship, and would be happy to discuss in detail how best to engage with your organisation". Contact: Liora Wulf. Tel.: 0207 523 2463. E-mail: corporatepartnerships@christian-aid.org. link to website
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| CO/PL002 |  CONCERN WORLDWIDE Following on from the success of Nature's Fury, an exhibition of photographs from the Pakistan earthquake that was shown at the 2006 Mela, Concern Worldwide and the London Mela are furthering their collaborative partnership for 2007. Concern are seeking a chief sponsor for a new project: myAsiaSpace (www.myAsiaSpace.net). myAsiaSpace is a project devised to promote international links and greater understanding between young people in the UK and overseas. Initially, in this pilot phase, the participants will be based in London and Bangladesh. Out of Focus, a project undertaken by the Drik picture agency in Bangladesh, explores images taken by children that address issues such as inequality and exploitation. Images remain a powerful tool of communication and entertainment and this is the medium with which myAsiaSpace will be most concerned. Using camera phones, digital cameras or traditional cameras, myAsiaSpace asks young people aged 14 -16 to capture an image which most encapsulates a part of their life here in London - and upload it to the site. Eight finalists will be chosen by a panel, and those winners will receive digital camera training with an award-winning photojournalist. During the training workshops, photos from the Out of Focus project will be used to stimulate learning and debate about global issues. The finalists then have two days with a camera to snap their final photos. The best of those pictures will be enlarged and shown at the 2007 London Mela, along with a selection of photos from Out of Focus, where an overall London winner will be chosen. Following the premiering of the work at the London Mela there will be opportunities to tour the exhibition to other venues and Melas during 2008. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation working in twenty-nine of the world's least-developed countries on both emergency relief and long term development programmes. The organisation works with the poorest people - often women and children - on a range of projects including health, water and sanitation, agriculture and HIV. The London Mela, first established in 2003 with an initiative from the Mayor of London, is a free, outdoor festival showcasing world class music, dance, and visual arts. It was described by The Independent as one of the most colourful and entertaining events on the country's cultural calendar and has subsequently grown to become one of the most important melas in Europe. Contact: Ash Akhtar. Address: Concern Worldwide, 100 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB. Tel.: 020 7863 3075. Fax: 020 7863 3082. E-mail: ash.akhtar@concern.net. link to website
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| CO/PL003 |  LASHINGS WORLD XI Lashings World XI has developed an unrivalled reputation as the world's leading provider of truly legendary, crowd drawing and entertaining cricket, since the celebrated signing of West Indian captain Richie Richardson in 1994. Sir Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar, Shoaib Akhtar and Brian Lara have all represented the club, which continues to attract the true legends and current superstars of the game to its colours. During the domestic season, Lashings takes its World XI to venues throughout the UK and now, through its programme of overseas tours, around the globe, delivering the ultimate corporate entertainment and sponsored cricket experience. Lashings' key attraction continues to be their unique blend of crickets legends with current superstars of the game. A multi-cultural and multi-national squad, their illustrious names are drawn from talent from across the cricketing world. In 2006/7 new signings included England's Phil DeFreitas and Chris Lewis, 23 year old former Zimbabwean captain Tatenda Taibu, Sri Lanka's Aravinda de Silva and Russel Arnold, India's Agit Agarkar, South Africa's Nantie Hayward, West Indian Phil Simmons plus former Ashes winning England captain, Clare Connor, making her the first female international cricket star to play alongside the men in what was previous an all male line up. Lashings' worldwide fame was confirmed in the summer of 2006, thanks to the signing of Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the world's greatest living batsman. Huge crowds travelled from all over the UK to watch India's national hero perform in five very special guest appearances for the club. Major companies now see the value of the Lashings brand, not just in terms of profile, but also in helping to achieve the objective of bringing cricket to many people in society that would otherwise not have the opportunity to see world class cricketers in action and talk to them about the game. The list of sponsors now includes Lombard, Cockspur, Quicksilver, Williams De Broe, Half Moon, NatWest and Surridge. The Lashings players are true ambassadors of cricket, whilst also promoting good manners, politeness, decency and respect. The team has a variety of players from different ethnic backgrounds and off the pitch, Lashings attend many community events and festivals supporting poor and disadvantaged communities, ethnic minorities, disadvantaged and disabled children, business communities, small rural cricket clubs and a whole host of charities at home and abroad. Wherever Lashings go, the players always hold free (but priceless) coaching sessions with young people, either at the ground before the game or in local schools, colleges or universities. It is Lashings' desire to become recognised sports ambassadors, supporting the work of the UK government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a range of activities that will help deliver their objectives to promote both cricket and social values. With the team's twenty-fifth anniversary coming up in 2009, arrangements are being made to plan a tour of Jamaica, India, Australia, South Africa and possibly America and a follow up tour in Abu Dhabi (2008-2009). "We are seeking additional sponsorship partners who see the potential in promoting their brand and in the development of cricket and charity work. Lashings is a potential Harlem Globetrotters of cricket and has developed a range of flexible sponsorship packages to suit potential sponsors' needs". Contact: David Folb and Simon Teague. Address: The Cricket House, 10/12 Hayle Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6PF. Tel.: 07909 681627. Fax: 08704 606562. E-mail: simon@lashings.co.uk. link to website
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| CO/PL004 |  WATERAID WaterAid is a leading independent organisation which enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. The charity works in Africa, Asia and the Pacific region and campaigns globally with its partners to realise our vision of a world where everyone has access to these basic human rights. Information about sponsorship and cause related marketing opportunites is available on request. Contact: Duncan Wilbur, Corporate & Events Manager. Address: 47-49 Durham Street, London SE11 5JD. Tel.: 020 7793 4517. E-mail: duncanwilbur@wateraid.org. link to website
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| CO/0001 | ACTIONAID Relieving child poverty around the world. Contact David Wing. Tel.: 0207 561 7561. Address: ActionAid, Hamlyn House, Macdonald Road, London, N19 5PG. E-mail: davidw@actionaid.org.uk. link to web site
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| CO/0002 | CHILDREN WALKING TALL Children Walking Tall is a UK-based charity working in Goa, India, to improve the deprived lives of street children. The organisation hopes to provide a shelter to which all children, no matter what their background, religion or circumstance can come for healthy food, a safe, dry place to rest and to join in with creative and fun education and also time to do what children the world over should do, PLAY! The charity aims to offer street children nourishing food, medical care, education, clothes and showers and toilets. Doing these basic tasks, Children Walking Tall will ensure that they provide some love and care for children that otherwise have nothing and no-one to turn to. The charity is looking for any kind of sponsorship or donations whether it be money, materials, services or volunteers. Contact: Robert Lyon, Co-Founder. Address: 10 Byron Close, Darlton, Newark, Notts. NG22 0TG. E-mail: please contact via the organisation's website. link to website
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| CO/0003 | FACING THE WORLD Facing the World is a UK-based charity that offers facial reconstructive surgery to children who are unable to access treatment in their own countries as a result of lack of finance, infrastructure or skills. Without treatment, these children suffer extreme prejudice as well as medical complications. Reconstructive surgery for those with severe disfigurements requires multidisciplinary teams and high tech. medical equipment - something that is only available in very few countries. Facing the World's medical team are all volunteers. Patients and their guardians stay in the UK for an average of three months. Sponsorship support is requested. Contact: Sarah Driver-Jowitt, Executive Co-ordinator. Address: Facing The World, London House, 266 Fulham Road, London SW10 9EL. Tel.: 0207 352 6702. Fax: 0207 352 0052. E-mail: info@facingtheworld.net. link to website
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| CO/0004 | FUNDATIA (FOUNDATION) NEW LIFE Fundatia New Life owns a house in Amara, a small Romanian village just outside the town of Slobozia. The charity's house is home to seven young men who face an uncertain future. Without the house they would have ended up on the streets. Thanks to Fundatia New Life and its hard working staff, they have been saved from their bleak future. The charity has been able to provide a wonderful house with excellent grounds, which have in turn provided space for many crops and farm animals. These young men have benefited from their wonderful surroundings and much healthier atmosphere. However as a small charity Fundatia New Life is in need of constant funding and support - something that is becoming scarce in today's world. The home costs over £2,000 a month to run so the organisation is constantly in need of sponsorship. Whether it be a large amount or small, any sponsorship is warmly received. Further information is of course available on request. "Please help us to help", they say. Contact: Hugh Baddeley. Address: Farn Brakes, Rudgwick, Horsham RH12 3EJ. Tel.: 01403 822234. E-mail: Hughbad@aol.com. | Ongoing |
| CO/0005 | GOOD PRACTICE - WORLDWIDE (ISBOURNE FOUNDATION) The aim of Good Practice - Worldwide is to enable those African schools which in need of resources to benefit from information which is already available on the internet. The organisation will do this by helping to provide internet connections and computers to both secondary and primary schools in Africa. Good Practice - Worldwide are looking therefore for companies wishing to help with this project, either through direct sponsorship or through the donating of secondhand computers. They would also appreciate contributions from shipping companies who may be able to ship computers to African countries. Contact: Miriam Roberts. Address: 352 Bath Road, Worcester WR5 3EZ. Tel.: 01905 359342. E-mail: info@gpww.org. link to website
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| CO/0006 | GOODWILL VOYAGE A Buddhist monk is to sail around the world leaving England this July 2008, blessing the world. The monk, Sensea, plans to sail around the three Capes (Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn) in nine legs making eight week long stops: the first in Cape Town, South Africa. Aside from the blessing, his wish is to draw attention to the need for giving back as well as taking from the world and for unity within and between nations. He plans to meet with people in each port and regularly report back to the UK via satellite link. Public participation could be in the form of the sponsoring of a selected charity - so much per mile or leg (the voyage is about 27,000 miles). Sensea is looking for a sponsor for the trip or use of a suitable sailboat. Contact: Sensea. Address: Russet House, Colliers Lane, Peppard, Henley-on-Thames RG9 5LT. Tel.: 0799 959 4005. E-mail: oceansensea@gmail.com.
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| CO/0007 | HARVEST HELP (TRAX AFRICA) TRAX Africa works in Ghana and Togo with rural families to help them improve their livelihoods through sustainable farming. TRAX Africa now works in partnership with UK international development charity Harvest Help in ten rural districts in northern Ghana and Togo. TRAX trains people in sustainable farming methods and helps them find new ways to earn a living, so that they can overcome extreme poverty. It also improves the ability of communities to organise themselves so they can become self-reliant. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Address: 3-4 Old Bakery Row, Wellington, Shropshire TF1 1PS Tel.: 01952 260699. E-mail: info@harvesthelp.org. link to website
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| CO/0008 | HELP US TO HELP THEM This team will be travelling to Mozambique to support orphans and a local clinic and are open to negotiation. Contact: Debi, Beth and Natalie. Address: 3 Coleford Bridge Road, Mytchett, Surrey GU16 6DH. Tel.: 01252 671965. E-mail: one_real_funky_chicken@yahoo.co.uk.
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| CO/0009 | THE MALAWI EDUCATION TRUST (MATEMA COLLEGE) The objectives of the Matema Educational Trust are 1. To improve the quality of human resources in Malawi by • identifying 'beacon projects' where facilities can be established for vocational education by financing colleges, classrooms and equipment • providing vocational courses so that people can gain the necessary skills, either to enhance their employment prospects or, and preferably, so that they can start their own enterprises • providing the opportunity for school-leavers to improve their communication skills (literacy, numeracy, computing) so that they can upgrade their leaving certificate and thereby gain employment; and 2. To indirectly contribute to the development process in Malawi by • supporting the nation's struggle in poverty alleviation by breaking the poverty cycle and initiating a grass roots model • promoting sustainability in the economy by introducing concepts and practices of energy and appropriate technology. The first project is to establish Matema College near Karonga in the northern region of Malawi. Sponsorship funds would help build the first classroom block. Much of Malawi's population is in distress through periodic crop failure during drought, HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB - and one of the world's highest population growth rates. After universal free primary education was introduced, enrolment leapt and primary schools have a pupil:staff ratio of 62:1, resulting in a considerable decline in quality. Entry to secondary education is highly selective, just 140,000 pupils gaining places in essentially fee paying schools, where theoretically the pupil/staff ratio is 36:1, but in reality is much higher. More vocational education is essential to empower people with the skills to start their own small business ventures. As the country is burdened with considerable national debt - unlikely to be relieved in the immediate future - and heavily dependent upon outside aid, it's extremely important to support the Malawi Government's intervention into vocational education. Contact: John Weeks. Address: 21 Oakhurst Avenue, Barnet, Hertfordshire EN4 8DL.
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| CO/0010 | MEDIA ACTION INTERNATIONAL Media Action International is a UK registered charity and not-for-profit foundation based in Switzerland. MAI runs community radio and emergency radio advice and guidance programmes for youths caught up in natural or man-made disasters and emergencies. Currently MAI operates weekly youth-based educational radio programmes throughout the Balkans and in particular for Kosovo and outlying regions. MAI wishes to continue to provide educational, health and community advice and guidance via radio across the Balkans, helping youths to reintegrate into society and to provide information and advice that is lacking in general public and commercial radio and television in the region. The annual cost of these programmes can be as little as £100,000 for the entire year and all activities. Various other elements such as the Radio Roadshow and the UN open day exhibition in Geneva involve smaller, separate costs. Contact: Robert Winter, Managing Director. Tel.: 00 33 450 99 03 18. E-mail: wntrrobert@aol.com.
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| CO/0011 | MERLIN - MEDICAL EMERGENCY RELIEF INTERNATIONAL Merlin provides medical care to people in crisis situations around the world. Merlin will work with sponsors to help develop the right sponsorship opportunity. Contact: Lena Young, Head of Marketing. Tel.: 020-7378-4821. E-mail: lyoung@merlin.org.uk. link to website
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| CO/0012 | MINISTRY OF LOVE Sponsorship is sought for a new hospital in Quito, Ecuador, that will provide healthcare to poor and uneducated people that cannot afford to pay for their hospital care. Quito currently does not make provision for people that don't have money to receive treatment. The project will develop in the future and some of the money will be used to teach people a trade and to educate them. The aim of the project is to tackle the issue of health and unemployment. Some of the money sought will be given to the Bible Text Publicity Mission who are a registered charity that displays biblical text posters which include a telephone helpline. Contact: Mr. Chris Turner. Address: 50 Forest Road, Romford RM7 8DT. Tel.: 01708 733293. E-mail: crismturner200221@yahoo.es. link to website (for BTPM)
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| CO/0013 | OCKENDON INTERNATIONAL Promoting self-reliance for refugees and displaced persons - corporate sponsorship opportunities available. Contact: Helen Osborne-Lewis. Address: Ockenden International, Constitution Hill, Woking, Surrey GU22 7UU. Tel.: 01483-772012. Fax: 01483-750774. E-mail: oi@ockenden.org.uk. link to web site
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| CO/0014 | OXFAM GB Oxfam works with others to reduce poverty and suffering. For information on opportunities for sponsorship, please contact the Corporate Partnerships Team. Tel.: 01865 472431. Address: John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2JY. E-mail: companies@oxfam.org.uk. link to website
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| CO/0015 | PROJETO PHOENIX BRASIL Projeto Phoenix Brasil is dedicated to the opening of a shelter school for street children in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To achieve this the organisation needs help to provide the services and equipment it will need to make the project a success. Projeto Phoenix Brasil is a newly-formed charity and at this time its fundraising has been limited to producing an audio cd to be sold in order to raise awareness of the levels of child poverty in this, the fifth largest country in the world and the fifth largest economy. The charity's efforts to date have been hanpered by lack of funds. The organisation needs to get its cd, which has been supported by many musicians including some renowned artists, onto shelves where it can be sold - and to do this quickly it will need help. Future sponsorships would also be useful as Projeto Phoenix Brasil has limited resources at this time. Contact: Gordon Leed, Director & Chairman. Address: 42 Hallaton Road, Peterborough PE1 4TN. Tel.: 01733 555309. E-mail: info@projetophoenix.org link to web site
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| CO/0016 | THE RAINFOREST FOUNDATION The Rainforest Foundation supports indigenous communities of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfil their rights. A range of opportunities is currently available for companies to sponsor various aspects of the Foundation's work. The Foundation points out that sponsoring one of its projects can bring significant benefits: its strong brand and logo can help reinforce the environmental ethos of a company's brand strategy, promoting a positive image and thereby helping to improve sales. The Foundation's initiatives often receive high profile media coverage: in September 1998, for instance, the BBC broadcast a TV appeal on its behalf in which Sting presented its work in Cameroon. Reg. charity no. 801436. Contact: Alison Payne. Address: The Rainforest Foundation, City Cloisters, 196 Old Street, London EC1V 9FR. Tel.: 020-7251-6345. E-mail: alison@rainforest.com. link to website
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| CO/0017 | RESPONSE EMERGENCY STRESS TEAM (REST UK) Response Emergency Stress Team UK (REST UK) is a registered charity that provides stress relief for emergency services both nationally and internationally, working at the scenes of major incidents, including working at Ground Zero following 9/11. It is a voluntary organisation for Britain. REST UK offers rescue workers on site chair massages, allowing them a 10-15 minute brief respite during the course of their shift. REST UK is composed entirely of volunteers who are all highly trained massage therapists. The organisation is also a volunteer agency for local authorities, and has been used for many evacuation exercises. REST UK's main work has been with the UK fire service search and rescue teams and the urban search and rescue teams who have recognised the benefits of the chair massage for firefighters. It has been shown that chair massage can help lower the stress levels rescue workers experience at critical incidents. The chair massage has been developed by leading complementary practitioners and has been approved by conventional medical authorities. It is non-invasive and non-intrusive. The results are instantaneous: people are relaxed and rejuvenated, ready to return to work. REST UK has trained over thirty volunteers across England and its aim is to have a team for every county in the UK, ready to respond at a moment's notice. Contact: Kim Wooldridge. Address: The Farmhouse, 14 Haconby Lane, Morton, Lincolnshire PE10 0NP. Tel.: 01778 570120. E-mail: rest_uk@onetel.com. link to website
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| CO/0018 | SIERRA LEONE WAR TRUST FOR CHILDREN (SLWT) SLWT (a registered charity) works to promote the education, health, rehabilitation and self-sufficiency of children and youth affected by war in Sierra Leone through advocacy and the provision of financial and technical support. Its vision is to become an authority on the welfare of the war-affected children of Sierra Leone, and secure a better future for them. The charity organises a wide variety of events in support of its activities. Contact: Folu Olajide, Project Co-ordinator. Address: 7 Thornton's Road, Potter's Bar, Little Heath, Herts. EN6 1JJ. Tel.: +44 208 874 2051. E-mail: info@slwt.org. link to website
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| CO/0019 | SIGHT SAVERS INTERNATIONAL Sight Savers International is the UK's leading charity combatting blindness in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. A number of sponsorship opportunities exist currently. Contact: Miss Awo Ablo, Marketing Officer. Address: Grosvenor Hall, Bolnore Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 4BX. Tel.: 01444-446600. Fax: 01444-446688.
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| CO/0020 | VOLUNTARY SERVICE OVERSEAS VSO is an international development charity which works through volunteers in some of the world's poorest countries. Target audiences may be addressed through high profile events sponsorship. Contact Melanie Gibson. Address: 317 Putney Bridge Road, London SW15 2PN. Tel.: 0208-780-7291. Fax: 0208-780-7300. E-mail: corporatepartnerships@vso.org.uk. link to website
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