North West Sponsorship Opportunities 2011/2012

Business in the Community’s Awards for Excellence, now in their 15th year, are the primary means by which Business in the Community (BITC) identifies, celebrates and communicates good practice in corporate responsibility. Winners of both Big Ticks and Regional Awards are recognised at the North West Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner, now in its 10th year.

i. North West Award Category Sponsorship
Sponsorship of a North West Award Category provides an opportunity to enhance your profile and reputation in the region and gain association on a key issue. Existing categories available for sponsorship are:
- The North West Leadership for Sustainability Award
- The North West Carbon Positive Award
- The North West Start Innovating Award
- The North West Business Class Award

We are also happy to look at new categories that recognise excellence in an aspect of responsible business key to your organisation.

Value: £6,000 +VAT

The North West as a centre of excellence for future energy and sustainable business
We have recently submitted a paper to Greg Barker MP, Climate Change Minister to promote the region as a centre of excellence for future energy and sustainable business.  The opportunity is to work with BITC and other partners to develop this initiative and to profile your business as a leading player in this field.

Value: £25,000 +VAT pa sole sponsorship.  Joint opportunities are also available by negotiation.

The Start Living Retrofitting Alliance
The Retrofitting Alliance has more than 50 members working collaboratively to promote work on the upgrading of buildings and infrastructure to make them sustainable for the 21st Century.  We are currently part of the Greater Manchester Low Carbon Economic Area Retrofitting programme and are developing a programme of work in other parts of the region going forward.

Value: £25,000 +VAT  pa sole sponsorship. Joint opportunities are also available by negotiation.

The Sustainable Futures Conference, 1 May 2012
BITC is planning a significant conference in the NW as part of the national Mayday programme of events on 1 May 2012.

The conference will provide a platform to engage businesses on environmental sustainability in a way that focuses on opportunities.  The event will use the goals of the NW Environment Leadership Team as a framework and aims to attract around 150 delegates from businesses, social enterprises and relevant public sector bodies. The format will feature a number of speakers and will incorporate interactive elements and workshop sessions.

Value:  Title sponsorship £20,000 +VAT.  Joint opportunities are also available by negotiation.

The Prince’s Seeing is Believing is Business in the Community’s flagship programme for inspiring and engaging the UK’s top business leaders with key social responsibility issues.

Our visits inspire, engage and challenge the thinking of senior business leaders to create efficient business engagement on responsibility issues. Becoming a visit leader is the opportunity for CEOs (or equally senior members of member companies) to convene a group of selected peers on a National, Regional or In House Seeing is Believing visits. Visit leaders are invited to report on their visit directly, or in writing, to HRH The Prince of Wales in the annual report back. Prince’s Seeing is Believing leaders have the opportunity to help shape the visit and showcase their own successful engagement on this issues.

Value: £6,000 +VAT

Sponsorship packages offer a range of benefits including:

• Branding and profiling opportunities
• Speaking opportunities
• Complimentary seats at events
• The opportunity to profile your organisations activities
• Advertising opportunities