Leader Wiltshire Council

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1 Hello and welcome to the sponsor information pack for the second Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner an event that will once again unite the business community and Wiltshire s sporting stars. We continue to work hard to build on the success of 2012 and to create a legacy for Wiltshire that continues to boost the local economy, encourage people to be more active and that brings communities together. Invigorating the economy and supporting local businesses is at the forefront of A Legacy for Wiltshire a project which is reaping real rewards. The Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner will be held in the Atrium at County Hall in Trowbridge on Thursday 26 March It is an innovative event that helps Wiltshire-based sports people to achieve their dream of representing the county and country on the biggest of sporting stages and it supports participating businesses by promoting their services and products through unique sponsorship opportunities. We have delivered a number of successful events to support the local economy including the Wiltshire Business Expo, the Wealth of Wiltshire markets and supporting Salisbury City Council s Big Business event. The most exciting for me was the inaugural Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner held in March Bringing the business community and our local sports stars together for mutual benefit has delivered great results. The Wessex Chamber of Commerce is proud to sponsor Steph Millward; World and European Champion and both are benefitting from this partnership. With the help of local businesses we awarded grants to 14 elite athletes across Wiltshire and as a result of hosting the dinner we raised enough money to launch the Wiltshire Sports Scholarship programme. These smaller grants compliment the scheme, supporting younger athletes competing at regional level, but with aspirations to take their career to a national and international standard. There are many success stories from the athletes who received grants in 2014 and from businesses that sponsored last year and as a result have gone on to build strong, lasting relationships with local athletes. We are excited to launch the Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner for 2015 and we hope you will realise the benefits that this could bring to your company and join us for what promises to be another great and very special evening. Jane Scott OBE Leader Wiltshire Council

2 Wiltshire Business and Sports Legacy Dinner 2015 The Gala Dinner promises once again to be the highest profile business event in Wiltshire in With interesting, entertaining and inspiring speakers as well as topquality locally sourced food and wine, the event creates fantastic opportunities for businesses. If you choose to take one of the sponsorship packages, you will have a table of 10 seats at the dinner, which you could consider using for any of the following: entertaining key clients at a high quality corporate hospitality event providing staff with a great night out as a reward for outstanding performance giving your key employees the chance to network with other major businesses within the county meeting top local future and current Olympians and Paralympians Speakers In 2014 we were delighted to secure former Bath and England Rugby Captain Phil de Glanville as compere for the evening, as well Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne as our guest speaker. Mark captivated the audience with his story of adversity. From the accident in which he broke vertebrae in his back, and on through some extremely dark times. His inspirational story culminated in his gold medal winning performance at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Having heard what Mark had overcome, the footage of his victory in the velodrome brought the guests in the atrium to its feet in spontaneous applause. Wiltshire Council will shortly be announcing the exciting and inspiring speakers who will entertain you and your guests once again in 2015.

3 Class of 2014 In 2014 Wiltshire Council was proud to award grants to 14 local sports stars through the Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians Programme Last year s grant recipients receive their certificates on stage at the 2014 Wiltshire Business and Sports Legacy Dinner Grant recipients in 2014 came from a wide range of sports and included athletes from all over the county. Learn about them and their achievements below. Ben Amor Golf Ben is from Marlborough. In 2013, among other great results, he finished tied third in the Welsh youth s Championships and second in the South West under 18s championships. He then went on to represent England boys at the home internationals where he was the only player to be unbeaten all week winning 6/6 points. Emily Benham Mountain Bike Orienteering Emily is from Salisbury. Since moving her training base to Norway two years ago, Emily has lived and trained as a full time athlete, and as a result became European Champion in 2013 and won two silver medals at the World Championships in 2012/2013. In 2014 Emily went on to win 2 medals at the World Championships in Poland, and became overall champion in the world cup series.

4 Daniel Bethall Badminton Daniel is from Chippenham and has cerebral palsy. in the MS SL3 Mens singles. In 2013 he was asked to join the England Parabadminton squad, competing at the Parabadminton World Championships in November 2013 and progressing to become British Number 1 in his category. In 2014 he became European Champion Lauren Booth Cycling Lauren is from Chippenham. Having survived Meningitis aged 6 weeks old Lauren was left with cerebral palsy, brain damage and permanent hearing loss. The last 12 months have seen Lauren win on both the track and the road. Her successes have included winning the UCI Youth Omnium Championship and breaking the Para cycling senior British record for the Women s C4 flying 200m and C4 500m time trial as well as the World record for the Women s C4 flying 200m. In September Lauren came second in the Flying 200m at the British Championships and became new British Champion for the para 500m time trial, riding an amazing race in a time of seconds, a new National record. Hannah Brown Wildwater Canoe and Sprint Canoe Hannah is from Bradford on Avon. In her canoeing career so far Hannah has won World Cup, European and World Championship medals in wildwater canoeing in both juniors and seniors. In 2013 Hannah had her most successful year to date; she became World Champion in wildwater canoeing as well as being selected for her first Flat Water Sprint World Championships in K2 finishing 7th over 200m and 15th in the 500m. Philip Marsh Fencing Fencing became serious for Philip when he won the World Junior Championships in He was selected for the British Olympic Ambitions programme which identified potential stars of the future. Now in full time training in France he has competed in 8 senior Internationals and 6 Junior internationals.

5 Stephanie Millward Swimming Stephanie, from Corsham, is an elite paralympic swimmer who has represented Great Britain at numerous championships winning top honours. At the 2012 London Paralympics Stephanie won four silver medals and one bronze medal. At the 2013 IPC World Championships in Canada, Stephanie won four gold medals and one silver. She followed this up in 2014 at the IPC European Championships in The Netherlands where she won seven medals- five gold, one silver and one bronze. Aaron Moores Swimming Aaron is from Trowbridge and is an elite paralympic swimmer and a member of British Swimming World Class Podium Programme. At the London 2012 Paralympics he won a silver medal in the S14 100m Backstroke. At the 2013 IPC World Championships Aaron won a bronze medal. He followed this up in the 2014 IPC European Championships by winning another bronze. Elaine O Neil Athletics: Sprinting Elaine is from Chippenham and competes internationally for Wales and GB. Laura Halford Rhythmic Gymnastics Laura is from Cricklade and has been a gymnast since the age of five and a rhythmic gymnast for at least 10 years. In the last 12 months, Laura has won medals at major events for her club and both Wales and Great Britain. In 2014 Laura retained both her British and Welsh national titles. She followed this up by winning three medals at 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgowone silver and two bronze. Jack Wiskin Athletics: Sprinting Jack is from Warminster and was born with a genetic condition called Tuberous Sclerosis as well as having learning difficulties and a form of autism. In 2013 he broke the British record for the 100 and 200 metres in the T12 category (sight impaired) and he is ranked 13th in the world and 7th in Europe. Jack s ultimate goal is to go to the Paralympics in Rio.

6 Lucy Butt Orienteering Lucy is from Salisbury and has competed in Orienteering ever since she can remember and has been on the Great Britain squad since the age of 14. Lucy has been selected for the Great Britain team every year since 2010 and has run in the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC), coming 7th in the long distance in Danielle Dunn Equestrian: Three day Eventing Danielle is from Purton Stoke and has ridden since she could walk. Eventing is her real passion and having been through the pony and junior ranks, she was selected in both 2011 and 2013 to represent GB at the Young Rider European Championships, winning a team silver medal in Andrew Farrow Sailing Andrew was from Devizes. After an injury that left him in a wheelchair seven years ago, he was invited to a local sailing club and found freedom on the water. In 2012 Andrew found a coach and entered a series of events, culminating in the World Championships. Tragically, Andrew passed away on 7 July 2014 at his home in Devizes.

7 2014 Business Successes - The Pension Solutions Group The Pension Solutions Group is a local business providing self-invested pension products to clients and business owners, based in Corsham. The team were attracted to the Funding Future Olympians Scheme because of their own passion for sport and a desire to help local people achieve their goals. Communications Director Mike Baker told Wiltshire Council. We at PSG were all keen for this to be about more than that one night. We wanted it to be the start of an ongoing commitment to the ideals of the grant system Wiltshire Council put in place. We of course want to retain an involvement in the programme too and nothing has changed there, but we wanted a closer connection and as a relatively small company, we weren t even that interested in what this could do for our profile. We felt proud to be helping and that was and remians enough. Following the Gala Dinner we were contacted initially by Jemima Duxberry, the junior Judo competitor and within a day or so, we were also contacted by Lauren Booth, the Paralympian track cyclist. We wanted to help both of them, so we settled on giving Jemima a one off payment to help with her preparation and participation at the European Championship in July and providing Lauren with a monthly payment to help with the costs of competition entry and travel to the Newport Velodrome. Both Jemima and Lauren (via her Mum Lisa-Jayne) have been great at keeping us posted on how things have gone for them since the gala dinner and how they are getting on with training and competing now. There is great interest here in attending one of Lauren s and/or Jemima s competitions (assuming that is even possible) as part of a team outing. We d just love to watch them compete. Jemima has offered to throw one of us around for a bit by way of thanks (no one has taken her up on that!) and also to pop in and see us which I hope to arrange soon. We regularly tweet about Lauren s amazing achievements and will shortly be sending one of our Loop newsletters to all of our subscribers, dedicated to the background and accolades of Lauren and of Jemima. We also hope to extend the support we provide and look at who else we might sponsor in addition in 2015.

8 Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians- Wiltshire Business and Sports Legacy Dinner 2015 Sponsorship packages We have a number of different packages available for business to get involved and support our local sports stars. Starting at just buying a single seat at the dinner all the way through to our main event sponsor packages we have something to suit all budgets. If you or your business would like to get involved in ways that are not outlined below, please get in touch with our events team to discuss. Sponsorship Packages Gold - Main Event Sponsor: Benefits: One year s Strategic Partnership with Wessex Chambers of Commerce, worth 3,500 for full information on benefits- visit - offer does not apply to existing strategic partners Coverage and acknowledgement in pre-event marketing publicity Coverage as part of the press coverage of the event Table of 10 guests for the evening in prime position Celebrity host for the evening will be sat as a guest at your table (not included in 10 guests mentioned above) Big screen acknowledgement throughout event Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians brand to promote your support Logo and link on council website 1/2 page advert in the Your Wiltshire Magazine Opportunity for public appearances from a Funded Future Olympian or Paralympian at business events on your request. Cost- 5, plus VAT *Gold sponsor will have the exclusive right to advertise (half page A5) in the spring edition of Your Wiltshire magazine (distribution to 200,000 plus Wiltshire households).

9 Gold- Your Wiltshire Feature Sponsor Benefits: One year s Strategic Partnership with Wessex Chambers of Commerce, worth 3,500 for full information on benefits- visit - offer does not apply to existing strategic partners As the main feature sponsor you will have the most prominent advert in the Your Wiltshire Magazine. Coverage and acknowledgement in all pre event marketing and publicity Media coverage of the event as an event sponsor Big screen acknowledgement throughout event Full table of 10 guests for the evening in prime position Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians brand to promote your support Logo and link on website Opportunity of guest appearances by a grant recipient at your corporate or key events Cost- 5, plus VAT *Gold sponsor will have the exclusive right to prominent advertisement (half page A5) in the spring edition of Your Wiltshire magazine (distribution to 200,000 plus Wiltshire households). Gold Guest Speaker Sponsor: Benefits: One year s Strategic Partnership with Wessex Chambers of Commerce, worth 3,500 for full information on benefits- visit - offer does not apply to existing strategic partners Our guest speaker for the evening will be sat at your table as your guest Coverage and acknowledgement in pre-event marketing publicity relating to the guest speaker Full table of 10 guests for the evening in prime position Big screen acknowledgement throughout event Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians brand to promote your support Logo and link on website 1/2 page advert in the Your Wiltshire Magazine* Opportunity for public appearances from a Funded Future Olympian or Paralympian at business events on your request. Cost- 5, plus VAT *Gold sponsor will have the exclusive right to advertise (half page A5) in the spring edition of Your Wiltshire magazine (distribution to 200,000 plus Wiltshire households)

10 Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians Silver Sponsor Benefits: One year free membership of Wessex Chambers of Commerce, worth 800. for full information on benefits- visit Full table of 10 guests in semi-prominent position for the evening Local sporting person from the Funding Future Olympians programme with guest e.g. parent/coach to be sat on your table (not included in 10 guests mentioned above) 1/4 page advert in Your Wiltshire Magazine* Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians brand to promote your support Logo and link on Website Opportunity of guest appearances by a grant recipient at your corporate or key events Cost- 2, plus VAT *Silver sponsor will have 1/4 page advert in the spring edition of Your Wiltshire magazine (distribution to 200,000 plus Wiltshire households) Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians Bronze Sponsor Benefits: One year free membership of Wessex Chambers of Commerce, worth 800. for full information on benefits- visit Full table of 10 guests in rear position for the evening Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians brand to promote your support Listing in Your Wiltshire Magazine Logo and link on Website Opportunity of guest appearances by a grant recipient at your corporate or key events Cost- 1, plus VAT *Bronze sponsor will have a listing in the spring edition of Your Wiltshire magazine (distribution to 200,000 plus Wiltshire households)

11 Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians Supporter Benefits: Listing in the Spring edition of Your Wiltshire magazine (distribution to 200,000 plus Wiltshire households). Funding Future Olympians and Paralympians brand to promote your support Donation of auction prize with minimum value of Individual seats for the event can also be purchased at a cost of plus VAT per seat

12 Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner- Thursday 26 March 2015, The Atrium, County Hall, Trowbridge Booking form Name:... Company:... Address: Postcode:...Tel number:... E mail:... Please reserve gold / silver / bronze (please circle) table(s) for the Olympic Legacy Dinner Please reserve seat(s) for the Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner Please send me an invoice for... Please find enclosed a cheque for... Signed:... Date:... Cancellation Terms: 30 days 50% of total price refunded, 14 days 25% of total price refunded Please note: Booking confirmations will be ed and posted the same working day your booking form is received. If you do not receive this written confirmation please call to confirm receipt of your booking on Wiltshire Council reserves the right to refuse admission to the Event to any person under the age of 18 whose attendance has not been approved in advance in writing, or to any persons seeking to accompany such persons. All content is subject to change and final availability Please return scanned completed form to events@wiltshire.gov.uk, or by post to: Events Team Communications Wiltshire Council County Hall Bythesea Road Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 8JN