AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
The African Wildlife Foundation's mission is direct: to work together with the people of Africa to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa endure forever. "AWF is the leading international conservation organisation focused exclusively on Africa, and for over fifty years the key to our success has been creative partnerships. In the past year we have worked with respected corporate leaders such as Disney and Starbucks, as well as smaller yet equally innovative businesses like Alex Woo jewellery and L*Space designer swimwear. These collaborations were tailored to fit the respective partner's brand and target audience and included promotion through events, the web, African Geographic Magazine and in print and e-communications distributed globally. A partnership with AWF sends a strong message about your company or brand's commitment to the environment and improving rural livelihoods in Africa. It also gives your organisation the opportunity to play a meaningful role in safeguarding awe-inspiring and threatened wildlife like rhinoceroses, lions, and elephants. Whatever your interest, our work in fourteen African countries gives your company a range of projects to choose from as a creative way to increase brand awareness, build consumer loyalty and, of course, drive incremental sales. Some exciting AWF initiatives that your company might consider supporting are shown below. Please visit www.awf.org/partners for more information on how respected companies and brands have advanced the mission of the African Wildlife Foundation while engaging the support of consumers worldwide. To discuss ways your company or brand might develop a cause-marketing partnership or sponsorship program with AWF, please contact us". Contact: Daniel McGahey. Address: African Wildlife Foundation, Milton Cottage, Playing Close, Charlbury OX7 3QF. E-mail:

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AWF initiatives available for sponsorship support

  •   Campaign to Save Africa's Rhinos - join with AWF to address the rhino poaching crisis sweeping Africa that threatens to drive this magnificent species to extinction.
  •   Restore Forests for People & Wildlife - plant trees to restore the Mau Forest, which is the origin of and natural filter for much of the freshwater in Kenya.
  •   Give Elephants Room to Roam - ensure the survival of elephants, lions and other large wildlife by helping AWF and community partners secure key migration corridors between protected areas.
  •   Protect Africa's Great Apes - support our successful programs to conserve endangered mountain gorillas and bonobos and help us expand into new landscapes to protect imperiled chimps and lowland gorillas.
  •   Conservation Enterprise - support AWF projects to develop ecotourism and agriculture enterprise projects that improve livelihoods in African communities.

THE NATIONAL TRUST
The National Trust is Europe's leading conservation charity, with over 3.4 million loyal members. It cares for historic properties, internationally acclaimed gardens, coastline and countryside for everyone to enjoy, both now and in the future. The Trust is looking to work with like-minded companies on a variety of commercially attractive sponsorship opportunities. A relationship with The National Trust sends out a clear message about commitment to conservation, the environment and the preservation of our nation's heritage. Research has shown that Trust members see commercial partnerships as a clear endorsement of the brand or product. Promotional opportunities drive sales whilst benefiting from a positive association with the Trust in the minds of customers. Contact: Elin Horgan, Corporate Partnerships Manager. Address: The National Trust, Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2NA. Tel.: 01793 817507. E-mail:

Current opportunities include:

  •   Major programme sponsorship top tier sponsorship packages based around key areas of the Trust's work including Gardens, Discovery and Outdoors
  •   National Trust Music Festival: twelve high profile summer concerts at four key Trust properties
  •   From Plot to Plate - a series of over one hundred events focusing on growing, producing and cooking food
  •   Working Holidays scheme - the longest running National Trust volunteering programme with over 4,000 participants annually

Bespoke sponsorship packages can be created to meet the sponsor's marketing objectives, but the benefits of working with the National Trust include:

  •  Association with the powerful and trusted National Trust brand
  •  Access to 3.4 million National Trust members, 82% ABC1
  •  Coverage and acknowledgement in National Trust communications
  •  Excellent corporate social responsibility and PR story

Sponsor branding opportunities

  •  Corporate hospitality at some of the nation's most prestigious properties
  •  Staff benefits including free entry passes and an employee volunteering programme

Members

  •  3.4 million members/1.7 million households
  •  82% are ABC1
  •  37% 35-54 years families with children under 16
  •  39% 45-64 years independent adults

Visitors

  •  13 million visits to houses and gardens each year
  •  50 million visits to coast and countryside spaces each year
  •  500,000 visits by school children each year
  •  80% of the population live within twenty miles of a National Trust property

PROJECT eRALLY
eRally aims to work with partners across a range of industries in private and public sectors and will develop individual partnership packages that enable its funders to achieve significant marketing, commercial and strategic benefits. Contact: Ellya Gold. Tel.: 07446 025827. E-mail:

  •   To build the first competitive zero-emission electric rally car.
  •   To compete in the British Rally Championship.
  •   To rigorously test ground breaking EV technology.
  •   To feed cutting edge technology into road cars that we all want to drive.
  •   To promote clean energy in an exciting, cool and fun sport.
  •   To help reduce the country's CO2 emissions by proving that electric cars outperform petrol and diesel cars and drive demand for EVs.
  •   To develop an education programme to train future generations in the environment, engineering, science and technology.
 

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  •  It champions birds and the environment to decision makers
  •  It protects, restores and manages habitats for birds and wildlife
  •  It owns or manages more than 190 nature reserves, where wildlife can flourish and people can be inspired
  •  It carries out recovery projects for our most threatened species
  •  It shares its knowledge and enthusiasm to help young and old enjoy the natural world
  •  It champions the cause of biodiversity as part of sustainable development
  •  It is active across the UK at national, regional and local levels - its work is relevant to everyone's environment
  •  It tackles international conservation issues through the Birdlife International Partnership - a global coalition of like-minded conservation organisations

THAMES CHASE COMMUNITY FOREST
The Thames Chase Trust aims to make the Thames Chase Community Forest an inspirational example of landscape regeneration through cost effective environmental improvements that change lives - and demonstrates these values through exemplary community-led management at the Thames Chase Forest Centre. Thames Chase Community Forest covers forty square miles of countryside around the London/Essex borders, encompassing landscape in Barking and Dagenham, Brentwood, Havering and Thurrock. Within its boundaries there has been a concerted effort, over the last twenty-five years, to regenerate despoiled landscape and enhance the natural environment for the benefit of local people and wildlife. Contact: Mary Wright, Trustee. Address: Thames Chase Forest Centre, Broadfields, Pike Lane Upminster, RM14 3NS. Tel.: 01708 642970. E-mail:

Current opportunities include:

  •  A defibrilator for our Forest Centre
  •  The Conservation Volunteer's 4x4 vehicle
  •  Supporting wildlife and activity volunteer groups
  •  Re-planting our renovated Tree Nursery

Bespoke sponsorship packages can be created to meet the sponsor's marketing objectives, but the benefits of working with the Community Forest include:

  •  Association with the powerful and national Community Forest brand
  •  Access to around 125,000 annual visitors to our Forest Centre
  •  Coverage and acknowledgement in Community Forest social and printed media communications
  •  Excellent corporate social responsibility and PR story
  •  Sponsor branding opportunities
  •  Corporate hospitality at our 17th century Essex barn and Conference Room

Visitors

  •  125,000 visits to our Forest Centre each year
  •  3,500 visits to our website each month
  •  Over 10,000 reached on social media each month
 

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WILDEYE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Wildeye Conservation Film Festival is an annual opportunity for film-makers, conservation experts and broadcasters to explore the use of film in conservation. It will also celebrate those films that have made a difference to conservation issues facing our planet. Why sponsor the Wildeye Conservation Film Festival? "Sponsors allow us to achieve our mission of improving wildlife conservation and environmental protection through the education of the public and those with political power. Film-making, whether it be for cinema, television or the web, is a powerful tool for education and can inspire change. The Wildeye Conservation Film Festival aims to seek ways to utilise this inspirational tool for maximum power in effectively educating and motivating audiences". Contact: Jason Peters, Director. Address: 8 Gurney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7SB. Tel.: 07711299114. E-mail:

  •  A tiered level of £1,000, £2,500 or £5,000 or any level that you are comfortable with
  •  The evening party, pre-party drinks and the Awards party can be sponsored
  •  Festival items can also be sponsored (festival bags, brochures, leaflets, notepads, pens, memory sticks, t-shirts)
  •  Merchandise that can be sold/auctioned/given to award winners

Benefits of Sponsorship

  •  Promote your business or organisation through our media networks and by including your company logo
  •  on our web site, in print and other media
  •  Associate your business with a good cause: promoting global conservation and educating people about the dangers and problems facing the planet
  •  Help improve your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by supporting a local initiative with a global reach.

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THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS FOR BIRMINGHAM & THE BLACK COUNTRY: INTERNATIONAL DAWN CHORUS DAY
International Dawn Chorus Day boasts a position as one of the most enduring and popular annual environmental events on the calendar. The simple concept is of early morning gatherings to hear the dawn chorus at nature reserves, parks or other open spaces, often followed by a healthy, hearty breakfast. The history and background to this exciting event is documented on www.idcd.info, the IDCD website. Participating UK organisations include The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, National Trust, English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, Local Authority Ranger Services and very many more, down to small local groups. Birdwatch Ireland organises a busy programme of events in Eire. Thousands of individuals make the effort to rise early and appreciate Nature's daily miracle on International Dawn Chorus Day. Millions more get to here about the event and learn more about the need to conserve wild birds. Excellent press and media coverage was achieved, mostly in the UK, but also with a good profile in North America, Europe and elswhere in the world. The message of International Dawn Chorus Day is a simple one, allowing hundreds of organisations to raise the profile of their essential conservation work for wild birds and their habitats. The colours and sounds of wild birds make this a sponsorship opportunity well suited to multi-media promotion, especially using the web. International Dawn Chorus Day needs sponsorship support so that the organisation can encourage a greater number of event registrations; run a telephone/email support service for event organisers and help people find their local event; and also to raise the profile of the event even higher. The UK organisers also want to increase their contact with overseas event organisers, especially in Europe, North America, Australasia and Southern Africa. This is a package with great appeal for a UK-based organisation. The organisers have been able to make International Dawn Chorus Day a remarkable success - with your support, they say, it could be the biggest international wildlife event of all! For the full story, visit the website or get in touch. Contact: Mr. Neil Wyatt, Chief Executive. Address: 28 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3AA. Tel.: 0121 454 1199. Fax: 0121 454 6556. E-mail: idcd@bbcwildlife.org.uk.
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Opportunities for sponsors include:

Syndicated celebrity radio interviews.
Excellent press coverage, from nationals to local free papers.
Great appeal for broadcast media locally, regionally and nationally (one year IDCD was featured all day on Radio 4 with broadcasts from around the world).
Interactive web coverage.
Custom video footage.
Branding opportunities.
Long event window - advance publicity starts in December with the main event taking place on the first Sunday in May. Some events happen over several weeks each side of the main event.

  •  Branding opportunities throughout the venue
  •  Logo and details on 20,000 flyers
  •  Logo/link on the Market Square Group website
  •  Stall to sell and promote within the event

  •  Substantial national and international press coverage
  •  Corporate hospitality events and conference profiling
  •  Full accreditation (logos and company name) online, in press releases and in all printed materials
  •  Diverse audiences - Aeolus will be seen by thousands of people