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| CR/PL001 |  CALEDONIAN CHALLENGE: SCOTTISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION The Caledonian Challenge is Scotland's premier outdoor team ultra-challenge event. The challenge is for teams of four people to complete fifty-four miles within 24 hours, whilst raising funds for the Scottish Community Foundation to help strengthen local communities. The epic journey will take participants through some of the UK's most remote, rugged and stunningly beautiful landscapes. In just one day, participants will experience majestic views of Ben Nevis - the UK's highest mountain, the splendour of Glen Coe, the wilds of Rannoch Moor and the scenic Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park. The Caledonian Challenge was founded in 1996. Since then, more than 12,000 people have successfully taken part and raised over £8 million to support the work of the Scottish Community Foundation. The organisers will work closely with sponsors to leverage their sponsorship of the Caledonian Challenge. They can also offer a range of benefits for the sponsor's association with the event, including • 1,000,000-3,000,000 OTS for the sponsor alone - for title sponsors, the event generated 16,000,000 OTS alone in 2008 • sponsorship worth up to £60,000 in AVE from PR campaign • access to a customer base worth up to £450,000 in potential sales • brand exposure to over 1,000,000 website visitors per year • brand exposure to over 200 high ranking companies who are entering participants into the Caledonian Challenge • brand exposure to over 25,000 sponsors who donate funds to the participants in the Caledonian Challenge • branded acknowledgement in The Scotsman supplement going out to 55,000 people • demonstration of the sponsoring company's corporate social responsibility by supporting local community life • opportunities to product sample with over 2,000 people on the Caledonian Challenge • promotion to over 2,000 people with a demonstrable interest in outdoor sports and activities. This list is by no means exhaustive and the organisers can tailor a sponsorship package to suit the sponsor's needs and requirements, resulting in benefits that will postitively impact on the sponsoring company's brand image and equity. "This is your chance to support Scotland's premier outdoor team ultra-challenge in aid of charity". Contact: Stuart Moffat, Events Marketing Executive. Address: Calton House, 1st Floor, 22 Calton Road, Edinburgh EH8 8DP. Tel.: 0131 524 0350. E-mail: stuart@scottishcf.org. link to website Current opportunities Title Sponsorship The current title sponsorship agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland is coming to an end in 2009 and a new title sponsor is being sought to take over from July 2009 onwards. Second Tier Sponsors A number of second tier sponsors are being sought. Opportunities include Official Kit & Equipment Partner; Offical Drinks Partner; Checkpoint Sponsors; Trailblazer Competition Sponsors; and Champions Awards Nights Sponsors. Product Sampling There are also smaller opportunities for companies to product sample to participants throughout the event.
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| CR/PL002 |  CROSSROADS COVENTRY & WARWICKSHIRE Crossroads is the leading provider of services to support carers and the people they care for in Coventry and Warwickshire. The charity is committed to providing high quality personalised services meeting both the needs of carers and the people they care for. The organisation aims to offer services that exceed the service users' expectations, are flexible, reliable, personalised and give peace of mind. As it is a charity, all of Crossroads' resources are used directly to provide services and to train staff to ensure it meets the needs of its users in the way they decide. Crossroads' aim is to provide that essential support to give the carer time out from their caring responsibilities, an opportunity to have a break and enable them to continue in their caring role. By supporting the carer, the charity can help the person they care for to remain living in their own home for as long as possible, something most of us would want to be able to do. Crossroads' aim is to prevent the breakdown of the carers' health, provide them with the support they need and enable them to do some of those things the caring role may prevent. Whether it is time to go shopping without having to rush, meet a friend for coffee or a glass of wine, play a round of golf or go for a swim: that's where Crossroads can step in and give 'time out' when and how it's needed. Overall the charity is managed by a board of trustees, all volunteers who give their time and energy to ensure the organisation is well managed and meets its statutory obligations. Many of the trustees are, or have been, carers and users of its services and bring with them a breadth of knowledge on carer's issues and many other skills from their working lives. The organisation is managed by a chief executive who has been with the charity for seventeen years. Each office is overseen by an experienced registered manager whose responsibility it is to ensure the delivery of quality care services to its carers and those they care for and to people with care needs who live alone. They are supported at each office by a team of co-ordinators and admin. staff to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the services. "Our front line staff, our care support workers, is what Crossroads is all about. Well trained, dedicated, and recruited with great care the support workers are our biggest asset and provide efficient, caring and supportive services to all service users whether they have care needs or are carers". Contact: Guy Bennett. Address: 6 Queen Victoria Road, Coventry CV1 3JH. Tel.: 02476 220752. E-mail: guy@crossroadscw.org.uk. link to website
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| CR/PL003 | DODWORTH MINERS MEMORIAL FUND The Dodworth & District Miners Memorial Fund was proposed to "procure, provide and maintain a memorial which could act as a focal point in the village of Dodworth, Barnsley to coal miners killed or injured in the surrounding areas from 1850 to the present day". Various continuing 'awareness events' are being proposed to highlight the construction of the memorial including canoeing, paragliding, sporting and other expeditionary events. This is a unique opportunity to record our rich social mining history and heritage for others to learn from. The surrounding mines supplied coal to the great industries on which our country was built - coal that heated our homes and powered our railways and our navy's ships which were used to discover the British Empire. All donations will be gratefully received and should be paid direct to the 'Dodworth & District Miners Memorial Fund' holding account by electronic transfer. • Account details: Dodworth & District Miners Memorial Fund. • Sort code: 11-00-23. • Account number: 01834551. Donations can be made at any Halifax Bank over the counter, using the sort code, account number and recipient details supplied. Contact: Richard G. Jessop. E-mail: Jessjessop2003@yahoo.co.uk.
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| CR/PL004 |  SEASIDE RADIO LTD.
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| CR/PL005 |  VICTIM SUPPORT SCOTLAND Victim Support Scotland (VSS) is the national charity supporting people affected by crime in Scotland. VSS supports in excess of 180,000 people affected by crime in Scotland, from serious crimes such as murder and sexual assaults to housebreaking and mugging. It provides practical assistance and emotional support and information through the use of experienced staff and volunteers in every community in Scotland and the Sheriff and High Courts. VSS is celebrating its twenty-fifth year this year and as part of its celebrations the charity is hosting an international conference and best practice exchange for victim practitioners, victimologists and those with a general interest in its work. The organisation is looking for sponsors for its generic work supporting people affected by crime and for contributions to its conference this year. The conference seeks to address the issue of why the majority of people do not report the crime they experience to the authorities or, indeed, for most young people, to anyone. "If you wish to make a donation to our conference we have a range of options - Platinum at £5,000, where your logo and information is used in all materials; Gold at £2,501 to £4,999, where we publish your support on written conference material and provide an exhibition stand; Silver at £1,001 to £2,500, where we publish your support on written conference material; Bronze at £501 to £1,000, where we acknowledge your support in our reception area; and less than £500, where we say thankyou. Donations of any kind are warmly accepted to aid our generic work to support people affected by crime. It costs us £850 to develop and train a volunteer, £10 for helping someone on the phone and £25 to help one victim of crime. Will you help too?" Contact: S. Gallagher. Address: Victim Support Scotland, 15-23 Hardwell Close, Edinburgh EH8 9RX. Tel.: 0131 6684486. E-mail: info@victimsupportsco.org.uk. link to website
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| CR/0001 | AXMINSTER & DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY Axminster & District Choral Society is one of the West of England's largest choirs at about 80 strong. It has earned a highly respected reputation for its twice yearly concerts of major classical works. It is now in its twenty-first year, and will in 2007 perform Verdi's Requiem in April, followed by Beethoven's Mass in C and Haydn's St Nicholas Mass at Christmas. Sadly, this ambitious programme can only be sustained by continuous fund-raising efforts. The Choir's problem is that the cost of hiring the orchestra, the solo singers and the Director has escalated in the last few years to the extent that performances are loss-making. Bearing in mind that the choir serves a community with a very high percentage of OAPs, the option to raise ticket prices is limited. Membership fees have been raised every two years, but members, too, are largely restricted in what they can afford. This Choir, which is a valuable community asset to East Devon, urgently needs generous outside support if it is to continue. "Thank you in anticipation". Contact: Tim Frost. Address: Tamarisk, 10 Ryalls Court, EX12 2HJ. Tel.: 01297 625916. E-mail: tim@timfrost.co.uk. link to website
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| CR/0002 | THE BIG ISSUE IN SCOTLAND With its unique distribution, The Big Issue in Scotland's boast is that no other Scottish magazine can compete with it geographically. With a circulation of 33,755 and a weekly average issue readership of 177,000, its award-winning, hard-hitting journalism targets readers who are young, affluent, urban and socially aware. Why sponsorship? There is no better way of optimising brand awareness, they say, and bringing a company to the forefront of consumers’ minds. Permanent platforms in the magazine such as Big Week, Crossword, Your Issues, Txt Ur Views, International Global Update and Vendor of the Week can provide sponsors with flexible, cost-effective and highly-targeted access to the publication's readership. Package costs: 12 months £9,000; 6 months £5,000; 3 months £3,000. Bonus: banner on the publication's website; magazine subscription during sponsorship period; promotional activity on Big Screen in Glasgow – seen by 1.2 million every week. * Please note that the above rates do not include Big Week (prices available on request). Contact: Karyn Stewart, Advertising Manager. Address: 71 Oxford Street, Glasgow G5 9EP. Tel.: 0141 418 7000. Fax: 0141 418 7060. E-mail: k.stewart@bigissuescotland.com. link to website
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| CR/0003 | BLACK COUNTRY SPORTS Black Country Sports is a registered charity which provides sport and healthy recreation to the residents of Sandwell and the Black Country in the West Midlands. The organisation is looking for sponsors who can contribute in any way - by donation of cash, gifts or time. They also have sponsorship opportunities available for a number of specific activities/events based around indoor cricket, indoor football and indoor netball. Contact: Bob Manca, Trustee. Address: Units 2/3, Charlton Drive, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 7BJ. Tel.: 01384 633611. Fax: 01384 410575. E-mail: bobmanca.stumps@virgin.net. |
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| CR/0004 | CARDIFF YMCA HOUSING ASSOCIATION Contact: Ruth Cameron, Assistant Support Worker. Address: Cardiff YMCA, The Walk, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3AG. Tel.: 02920 465250. Fax: 02920 471826. E-mail: enquiries@cardiffymca.co.uk. |
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| CR/0005 | EAST BRISTOL ADVICE & INFORMATION CENTRES East Bristol Advice & Information Centres are seeking sponsorship for their East Bristol Advice Direct Programme, which consists of mobile information and advice centres. They have two - a converted caravan and a wheelchair-accessible minibus. The charity's service goes into the community taking advice and information to people where they most need it - and where it is most easily accessed: at shopping centres, supermarkets, community centres and church car parks ... "where people meet, we are there", is their proud boast. The organisation helps an average of 66 people each day. Its service is free, independent and confidential, run by volunteers from the communities it serves. The service covers any subject - what they do not know, they find out for people. Its Advice Direct Support Office - otherwise known as its information factory - holds a library of information covering over 3,000 subjects. The organisation's website is constantly updated. Contact: Martyn Hancock, Hon. Co-ordinator. Address: 17 Easton Business Centre, Felix Road, Bristol BS5 0HE. Tel.: 0117 941 5892. Fax: 0117 941 5892. E-mail: info@eastbristoladvice.org.uk. link to website
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| CR/0006 | FALKIRK & DISTRICT CVS CVS Falkirk and District’s key aim is to support, develop and represent voluntary sector organisations in order to ensure that they participate positively in the planning and delivery of high quality, high impact services to individuals and communities within the Falkirk area. Its work is driven by honesty, openness and respect for both individuals and communities with whom it works, which involves its support of individuals, activists and groups, many of whom are the most disadvantaged within society. As a result of the organisation's support these cohorts experience increased capacity, enhanced confidence and an increased ability to advise and influence others. Partnerships within the local area result in direct influence within Community Planning and Community Education frameworks and also play a specific role within the development of the local Social Inclusion Strategy. Falkirk & District CVS's current strategic aim is to secure sustainable premises for its organisation, which currently accommodates a significant number of additional organisations that support, advise and assist the most disadvantaged members of the community. As a consequence, the charity is seeking donations and sponsorship to allow it to purchase and develop premises in the centre of Falkirk which will ensure that they continue to offer crucial services to people most marginalised within society in an accessible location. Contact: Anne Paterson, Fundraising. Address: Old Sherrif Court, Hope Street, Falkirk FK1 5AT. Tel.: 0131 272 2186. Fax: 0131 272 2187. E-mail: anne@indigops.com. link to website
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| CR/0007 | FERMANAGH RURAL COMMUNITY NETWORK Fermanagh Community Rural Network offers two main opportunities for sponsors: sponsorship of its work with community organisations and sponsorship of its Annual Community Awards Scheme, which rewards and promotes examples of good community activity, community groups, projects and individuals. Contact: Frankie Donnelly, Development Officer and Network Co-ordinator. Address: 52 Forthill Street, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland BT74 6AJ. Tel.: 12866-327006.
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| CR/0008 | FLAMBOYAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION The Flamboyan Community Association offers the opportunity to sponsor its Carnival Achievement Awards and Carnival Heritage Book. Flamboyan is one of the oldest carnival groups in London. The Carnival Achievement Awards are to be held in Black History Month, October, and will celebrate the artwork, music and creativity that makes Carnival a magnificent spectacle each year. Sponsors of the awards will be promoted throughout the year at Carnival and at the Grand Carnival Splash at Alexandra Palace. The Carnival Heritage Book would be full colour and will consist of 100 pages of which seventy would be photographs, with twenty pages of editorial content. Contact: Gloria Cummins, Chief Executive. Address: 1 Fernhead Road, Maida Gardens, Paddington, London W9 3EU. Tel.: 020 8969 0700. Fax: 020 8969 4604. E-mail: inezg60@aol.com
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| CR/0009 | HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ARTS LTD. (HI ARTS) Sponsorship opportunities are available in connection with HI ARTS, a charitable company operating The Screen Machine, claimed to be the UK's only self-contained mobile cinema, bringing current major movies, in multiplex-style comfort, to Scotland's most remote communities. Contact: R. Livingston. Tel. 01463-244316. E-mail: r.livingston@hient.co.uk.
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| CR/0010 | IN-DEEP COMMUNITY TASK FORCE In-Deep Community Task Force is a small charity that works with the elderly in the south of Westminster. The organisation requires sponsorship for its weekly breakfast club (which is run every Friday) and also for its other activities. These include a monthly great Roast Beef Dinner, monthly massage, yearly Christmas Hamper Scheme and home and hospital visiting service. More information about In-Deep's activities can be found on its website. As a small charity, In-Deep is looking to expand and therefore it also seeks sponsorship for obtaining an office where regular tea and coffee afternoons can be put on for the elderly, rather than events happening only once a week. Contact: Mrs Emma Chapman, General Secretary. Address: Unit 300, 95 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1BZ. Tel.: 0207 834 5204. Fax: 0207 630 8124. E-mail: emmachapman@fsmail.net. link to website
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| CR/0011 | 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 link to website
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| CR/0012 | SCOTTISH YOUTH HOSTELS ASSOCIATION "Give Us A Break" is the Scottish Youth Hostels Association's Social Inclusion project, aimed at giving young people from the more deprived areas of Scotland the opportunity to improve their self confidence and break out of their current lifestyle. Based around its hostel network, the SYHA organises activities to fit the particular needs of a school or group, from outdoor activities to cultural visits. Support ranges from subsidised accommodation to fully-funded activity breaks. The project supports a wide range of funders' priorities, chiefly in the social inclusion area but also drugs or alcohol action, personal development, health, recreation and wellbeing. Numerous sponsorship opportunities are offered. Contact: Gene Maxwell, Fundraising Manager. Address: SYHA, 7 Glebe Crescent, Stirling, FK8 2JA. Tel.: 01786 891349. E-mail: fundraising@syha.com. link to website |
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| CR/0013 | TEN EM BEE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Ten Em Bee is a five acre modern facility situated in South London which caters for a number of sports. In addition to playing surfaces there are floodlights, changing rooms, a kitchen area and a large classroom. Mission statement:- "Ten Em Bee Sports Development Centre provides sporting opportunity for young people in an atmosphere where 'playing the game' will be a rewarding experience that will remain for life. A place of education where learning, training and personal development, standards and loyalty are valued". In partnership with a local college of higher education, the club has initiated a sport scholarship scheme. School leavers with sporting potential sign on at the college for the course of their choice. Immediately after leaving secondary school, their sporting education commences, with training and coaching three days a week. During term time additional coaching and training is provided for up to twelve hours a week. Competitive matches are played at the highest level available locally. Sport is the bait that attracts the child to education and the hook that ensures his/her continuance! In addition to academic and sporting education, emphasis is placed on social, physical and psychological development. Mentoring and career advice is available. Students are required to obtain coaching awards - when qualified they use their expertise for the benefit of local children. Support is required to develop this educational (in its widest sense) opportunity. "Our 'scholarship' scheme works!" they tell us. Support is received from a local college and Inner London Council. Partnership with Ten Em Bee guarantees links with a college, local council and the possibility of hoarding advertisments at the registered charity's facility and a local stadium. Sponsors would be seen to be supporting government initiatives and playing a major part in the education and physical development of children in South London. Contact: Tony Davis. Address: The Pavilion, 120a Old Bromley Road, Downham, Kent BR6 4JY. Tel.: 0208 313 9510. Fax: 0208 313 9510. E-mail: tenembee@hotmail.com. link to website
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| CR/0014 | 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
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