THREE CHOIRS SPONSORS
Throughout history great music has needed generous patrons, not just for survival but to make performances available to all rather than the preserve of the wealthy.
In 2012 the festival budget needs some £308,000 to bridge the gap between total cost and aggregate box office and commercial income. We acknowledge with deep gratitude the support of Arts Council England and our local authorities and many regular commercial and private benefactors. Yet a large gap remains to be bridged.
Please help.
The provisional programme can be downloaded from the website with its panoply of events, large and small. There is also a wide-ranging ancillary programme, Three Choirs Plus, reaching out to the entire community. Sponsorships range from £250 to £25,000.
We are constructive and flexible in our reaction to enquiries. At one extreme there is the sole sponsorship of a major evening concert; at the other the shared sponsorship of a single work or performer. Every gift is recorded and, with the donor’s permission, publicised in the Festival Programme Book.
Ticket sales cover just over 50% of our expenditure, so your support and sponsorship are vital. Your contribution makes a real difference. Thank you!
Please contact our Development Manager, Debbie Liggins on deborah.liggins@3choirs.org or by phone on 01452 529819 or 07815 900245 to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Private Patronage
Concert donors will be given up to 12 top-price complimentary tickets depending upon the level of their donation, a listing in our programme book and public credit at the concert if desired.
Syndicate Giving
The "Chairman's Circle" for Herford 2012 offers a vehicle for individuals who feel they would like to support the Festival at a higher level, but wish to join with 19 others to form a syndicate. Membership is secured by pledging a single donation of £1000 which will bring the following benefits:
• Two top-priced tickets for the concert (or equivalent discount on Stewardship tickets)
• Pre-concert private reception in the Sponsors' marquee
• Listing in a Chairman's Circle display in the Three Choirs Festival programme book
Gift Aid: For every £1 you donate, Three Choirs will receive an additional 28p through the Gift Aid Scheme. Higher rate tax payers will get additional benefits.
FOR BUSINESS
In these incredibly challenging times, businesses still need to secure good relationships with their clients and with other organizations. What better way to network and develop this than to relax and enjoy the excellent, intelligent, live atmosphere of a concert and to take advantage of our private hospitality which is thoughtful and can be catered to your requirements.
Major concerts involving one of the world’s finest orchestras and front-rank soloists are very expensive to mount so we ask sums upwards of £20,000 for sole sponsorship of such events.However, many organisations choose to combine with other businesses to share the load.
Organisations undertaking sole sponsorship of a major cathedral event are offered
• An Events Facilitator to ensure that sponsors and guests receive all possible help end assistance
• Free private use of the festival marquee for entertaining guests (and freedom to chose their own caterer)
• Acknowledgement in all festival publicity
• Free full-page advertising space in the Festival Programme Book
• Acknowledgement on relay TV within the cathedral on the day of the performance
• Up to 12 complimentary tickets and Festival Programme Books for guests
Title Sponsorship - £40,000 per year
We offer a rolling 3 year or a 1 year package; "The Hereford Three Choirs Festival in association with ....." The company will have product & brand promotion opportunities and will feature on all our publicity, from the booking form (March 2012) and website, to the marketing campaign around Hereford in the lead up to the Festival including street banners, banners around the cathedral and inclusion on the TV relay screens in the cathedral every night. We will provide a marquee to entertain guests and up to 6 complimentary top price tickets for each cathedral concert with the ability to reserve additional seats according to requirement.
Additional benefits:
• Letter from your Chief Executive and a free colour full-page advert in a prime location in our Festival Programme
• Advertising via our TV relay system throughout the cathedral
• Verbal acknowledgement of a sponsor's support at the start of each concert
• Extensive publicity in the event of us securing a media sponsor.
Sponsorship of an individual concert (£1,000 - £20,000)
We offer the following benefits:
o Product & brand promotion opportunities including publicity in our booking form (March 2012), programme book (July 2012) & website
o Complimentary tickets, depending upon the level of sponsorship
o Verbal acknowledgement at the start of the performance
o TV relay credit on the night of the concert in the Cathedral
o Banner display (to be provided by the sponsor) on the day of the concert.
o Complimentary half page advert in main programme book.
RECENT Corporate Sponsorship & Trust Donations (2007-2011)
Arts Council England
Gloucester City Council
Gloucestershire County Council
Hereford City Council
Herefordshire Council
Leominster Town Council
Worcester City Council
Worcestershire County Council
Anja Potze Jewellers
Ballard Dale Syree Watson
Barclays Bank plc
Bishop Wood Financial Services
Bowden Hall Hotel
British Gas Trading Ltd
The Cotswold Collection
Cryoservice in association with Air Productsd
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc
Gabbs Solicitors
Gloucestershire Community Foundation
Guise Jones Sawyer
Harrison Clark
Kendal Wadley Chartered Accountants
Kraft Foods
Lincoln Community Fund
Peplow Jewellers
Postcode Anywhere
Renishaw plc
Rickerbys LLP
Rowbis Solicitors
Royal Bank of Scotland
Severn House Publishers
Stallard March & Edwards
Trading Edge Worldwide
Treago Wine
Worcester, Bosch Group
The DG Albright Charitable Trust
Miss JB Albright's Grimley Charity
The Angus Allnatt Foundation
Amy Griffin Memorial Trust
Baron Davenport's Charity
Beckett Bulmer Fund
Bishop Davenport's Charity
The Bransford Trust
The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust
CHK Charitable Trust
Frank Clarke-Whitfeld Trust
The Delius Trust
The Dent-Brocklehurst Family Charitable Trust
Derek Butler Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The Elgar Society
The Elmley Foundation
The Ernest Cook Trust
The Evans Bequest
The Finzi Trust
The Geoff & Fiona Squire Foundation
The Golsoncott Foundation
The Grimmitt Trust
The Helena Oldacre Trust
The Idlewild Trust
The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust
The Limoges Trust
The Lynn Foundation
The Mercers' Charitable Foundation
The Messenger Bequest
Misses Barrie Charitble Trust
The Perry Family Charitable Trust
Philharmonia Trust
PRS for Music Foundation
The RD Turner Charitable Trust
The Rowlands Trust
The RVW Trust
Silvanus Lysons' Charity
S&D Lloyd Charity
The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust
William A Cadbury Trust
