Sponsorship Hints

Sponsorship is the key!

Cycle Relief 2008 is about getting yourself sponsored from as many people as you can, to raise the money that communities around the world will benefit from.

However large or small your sponsorship effort is, it is still important to take part and demonstrate your support for this very important and worthy cause.

We ask for a small entry fee, a small percentage of which will be used to cover costs and the rest will be used to fund the cause.

Other handy hints

Individual Sponsorship

• Make sure your first sponsor pledges a large amount, others tend to follow suit.
• Carry your sponsorship form with you at all times and ask everyone you know for sponsorship, friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and even the milkman!
• Give a blank sponsorship form to your close friends and family so that they can gather sponsorship from their contacts.
• Consider whether you have access to any free advertising space in which you could promote your involvement in Cycle Relief and ask for sponsorship, e.g. a company newsletter, intranet, website or professional publication.

Corporate Sponsorship

• Set yourself a target so that companies and individuals can see how they are helping you to achieve it.
• Ask your employer to match the amount you gain from individual sponsorship.
• Display the Cycle Relief 2008 poster in your reception area, or on your staff notice board.

Organise a team

Cycle Relief 2008 will be more fun when you enter with family, friends or colleagues. Sponsorship opportunities can be doubled too!