Sponsorship Opportunities 23 April – 12 May 2018 Cheltenham Sponsorship Opportunities

A New Festival for Cheltenham Two-week celebration of the artistic expression of our Christian faith through its heritage and contemporary forms. Launched in April 2016 with The Big Sing! 600 people in Cheltenham Town Hall for live music and worship event. 120-strong community choir and orchestra. • 51 Festival events in 29 venues across the town • Workshops, concerts, exhibitions, graffiti wall, talks, competitions etc • Returning for 2017

A New Festival for Cheltenham Two-week celebration of the artistic expression of our Christian faith through its heritage and contemporary forms. Launched in April 2016 with The Big Sing! 600 people in Cheltenham Town Hall for live music and worship event. 120-strong community choir and orchestra. • 51 Festival events in 29 venues across the town • Workshops, concerts, exhibitions, graffiti wall, talks, competitions etc • Returning for 2017

Christian Arts Festival – Reach We know the 2016 Christian Arts Festival reached thousands of people in Cheltenham and beyond. Attendees came from as far afield as Germany, Kent and across the South West. 20,000 brochures were distributed by Glide Media and partnership churches. 480 Twitter followers and 378 Facebook likes. Media interest included: • 8 features in the Gloucestershire Echo • Double page spread in Cotswold Life • Editorial in The Lady magazine and Good News • Coverage on BBC Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday with Claire Balding • 5 interviews on BBC Radio Gloucestershire • Features on Radio Winchcombe

Festival Highlights Saturday 22 April 2017 Big Sing 17 • Cheltenham Town Hall BBC Songs of Praise Musical Director David Ogden will again lead 120 participants from churches and two community choirs, Midlifechoirsis and Cheltenham Youth Choir and a 35-piece orchestra. Sunday 7 May 2017 The London Community Gospel Choir Festival Finale • Trinity Church From high-profile venues like Wembley Stadium to their recent triumph at the BBC Proms in July 2016 at the Royal Albert Hall, their position as one of the world’s leading Gospel choirs remains unrivalled. Saturday 22 April 2017 BBC Songs of Praise Musical Director David Ogden will again lead 120 participants from churches and two community choirs, Midlifechoirsis and Cheltenham Youth Choir and a 35-piece orchestra.

Support Through Sponsorship As a registered charity Cheltenham Christian Arts needs to raise funds to promote and deliver the Christian Arts Festival for 2017. By sponsoring the 2017 Festival you will be: • Encouraging the development of a vibrant specialist arts festival • Supporting the work of artists of all types • Bringing the best Christian artists to Cheltenham • Encouraging people of all backgrounds to interact with the arts and with the Christian Faith • Unifying churches and their communities across Cheltenham • Engaging children and young people through interactive creative workshops “The runaway success of the festival meant our relatively small sponsorship had much greater benefits in terms of reach than we had anticipated” 2016 Sponsor

A B C D Sponsorship Opportunities Package £100 Logo in brochure £500 Event Sponsorship: Logo in brochure, profile on website, advertising and flyer distribution at sponsored event, 2 free and 2 half price event tickets. Package £1,000 As Package B plus social media promotion, links to sponsor website from our website, on-site event signage, invitations to the launch party, use of sponsor venue for a main event or supporting event, promotion through press and media activities, discounted brochure advert, 2 tickets to Big Sing! launch event. C Package D £2,500 To be negotiable with the Trustees of Cheltenham Christian Arts and may include many of the above.

Be part of this… ”… an exciting invitation to uncover the treasures that so many of us miss out on due to the speed of modern life, often leaving us more stressed than blessed…” COTSWOLD LIFE ”I was challenged to ‘up my game’ on my own expression of worship and art” “That was so brilliant I didn’t want it to end” 10 YEAR OLD IN MASSED BIG SING! CHOIR “Professional but human, absorbing, thoughtful and moving in a way I really hadn’t expected” THEATRE PRODUCER, JOURNEY THROUGH CONFLICT “It was a joy and delight to be part of The Big Sing!” RACHEL, BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER “How very beautiful to have a Muslim and a Christian both singing a prayer at the same event – this shows us how it should be really” JOURNEY THROUGH CONFLICT “… (run by) a trio of women who share a passion for creative arts and a ‘dare to believe’ attitude…” COTSWOLD LIFE

All packages shown above are indications of sponsorship opportunities and levels and final sponsorship agreements will be subject to agreement with trustees on issues such as event choice etc. Costs exclude VAT. “The Festival proved to be a tremendous success far exceeding expectations with enough funds accrued to confidently plan a festival to take place in 2017” Nikki Seville – Project Leader Contact us for more information Nikki Seville, Project Manager • 01242 254457 • nikki@christianartsfestival.org Anthony Oliver, Festival Fundraiser • 07966 934406 • anthony@aoliver.co.uk christianartsfestival.org 01242 898403 @ChristianArtsCH Find us on Facebook Cheltenham Christian Arts Reg Charity No. 1164117