Community Policing Awards

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsors branding will also be included in the event programme and menus.

Dignitaries from across Avon and Somerset attend the event.

Mr Robert Leach from BT presenting the Outstanding Customer of the Year award. BT has sponsored the awards since 2006/07.

Chief Constable Colin Port opening the awards night.

Mr Richard Folkes from Agusta Westland, a Community Policing Awards sponsor, presenting the Special Constable of the Year award.

A holding slide like this, showing all sponsors, will be on display throughout the evening.

Sponsorship of this prestigious event in the police calendar offers a superb opportunity to share the pride and successes with an enhanced presence.

The sponsor draws on the benefits throughout the evening and the networking opportunities provide a firm basis for future development in the marketplace.

Sponsors will gain brand association with a prestigious event and will be seen to support community policing. Sponsor attendees of the evening will also get to meet a full spectrum of those involved in policing, from MPs to senior officers. Seven months of continuous multimedia brand exposure including, press coverage, advertising, direct mail, online, magazine editorial and signage at the event.

The Community Policing Awards has its own dedicated website at www.communitypolicingawards.org.uk As a sponsor of the Community Policing Awards you will have a presence on this page in the run up to the event in March.

Just some of the opportunities for sponsors include:

Sponsor's signage on display at the event
Holding slide on display throughout the evening
Sponsors' logos displayed on screen and during the award presentations.
Dedicated sponsors area as guests and dignitaries arrive to the event.
The chance to sponsor an award named after your company.

Celebrate the Community Policing Awards fifth year...

Join the 'High-5 campaign' where you share this opportunity with five of your business contacts or you partner with five other businesses to raise £500. If you raise £500 you will automatically be entered into a draw for you and a colleague to win a place at the gala awards evening held at Cadbury House Hotel in March 2011. We understand the difficult financial pressures many businesses are under and would welcome any contribution that you could make to continue the success and share in the pride of these awards.

Our sponsors

One of the principle sponsors supporting the Community Policing Awards for the last two years is BT.

Operating in more than 170 countries, BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services. Our principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher value broadband and internet products and services.

Head of Marketing Mike Parfitt said: "BT is very pleased to support initiatives and awards that recognise the importance of effective policing in the community. We have been delighted not only to have sponsored the Avon and Somerset Community Policing awards over the last few years, but to have been involved in the judging and the excellent award ceremony that takes place each year, where the passion of the individuals for the role they undertake is clearly visible and recognised at the highest level."

Western Daily Press

We have enjoyed widespread coverage from our media sponsor the Western Daily Press for the last two years.

The Western Daily Press is a regional newspaper covering parts of South West England, covering Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath. It is published Monday to Saturday in Bristol, selling around 41,000 copies per day.

Editor, Andy Wright said: "The Western Daily Press is delighted to be a sponsor of the Community Policing awards. Our purpose is very much to be at the heart of local communities and to champion their aspirations and to support them – that's exactly what good neighbourhood policing is about and as such it's an extremely good fit.

The event has showcased some really first-class initiatives and we've been proud to help bring them to a wider audience. It's very clear to me that the police and community support officers involved appreciate the recognition they get."

Bristol Evening Post

The Bristol Evening Post is a newspaper covering news in the city of Bristol, including stories from the whole of Greater Bristol, Northern Somerset and South Gloucestershire. It is published Monday to Saturday in Bristol, selling more than 39,000 copies per day.

Editor, Mike Norton said: "You only have to see the pride on the faces of every police officer and community support officer who wins one of these awards to know how much they mean. We are delighted to sponsor them."

Unison

Unison Branch Secretary Pete Cooper said: "We are delighted to be involved in the Community Policing Awards and see first hand the pride from staff in receiving one of these awards. It's a great opportunity for us to be involved in a local event which is on par with the national awards that Unison sponsors."

For more information on the Community Policing Awards sponsorship opportunities, please contact Rebecca Hehir on 01275 816386 or via rebecca.hehir@avonandsomerset.police.uk