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SPONSORSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
2015
5TH MARCH 2015
NEW DOCK HALL, LEEDS
Our sponsors
Inspiring An Active City
@SportLeeds
www.leedssportsawards.co.uk
DON’T MISS
THE CHANCE
TO BE PART OF IT!
In celebration, The 2015 Leeds Sports
Awards return to the fabulous New Dock
Hall, which hosted the awards
to sparkling effect in 2014.
The event sees VIP guests and sporting
heroes come together with city
councillors, event sponsors, sporting and
business partners from across the city,
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along with a host of individuals involved
in sport at every level to really celebrate
our city’s sporting achievements. The
Leeds Sports Awards has a proven
record of being one of the greatest
sporting events in the city’s calendar,
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Local pride and passion
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Lee Sobot,
Yorkshire Evening Post
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It’s not until you find yourself
sitting in a room surrounded by
our city’s sporting legends, our
city’s Commonwealth Medalists,
our up and coming stars and our
world class administrators and
coaches, that you truly realise what a
phenomenal sporting city we are.
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CELEBRATING
LEEDS’
SPORTING
HEROES
FOR OVER A DECADE
THE LEEDS SPORTS AWARDS 2015
Brought to you by Sport Leeds, the Leeds
Sports Awards celebrate the outstanding
achievements of our city in the sporting world,
from rising stars and volunteers, through to
professional teams and everything in between.
This coming together of high profile attendees
and award winners offers you the opportunity
to join an inspirational event which has
time and again proven itself to be the most
glamorous event on the Leeds sporting
calendar.
The awards recognise a huge range of
sports, paying homage to individual, team
and coaching excellence, as well as praising
those who dedicate their lives to sport through
voluntary work, and an unending range of
work behind the scenes for sport in our city.
Previous winners at the event include the
Leeds Rhinos (Rugby), the Brownlee brothers
(Triathlon), Nicola Adams MBE (Boxing),
Daniel Cammish (Motor Racing), Claire O’Hara
(Canoeing) and Ali Jawad (Powerlifting). In
addition the prestigious Lifetime Achievement
award has recognised a range of Leeds’
sporting heroes and advocates, including
SportsAid founder Cyril Villiers MBE, Ryder
Cup star Howard Clark and former British
Lions coach Sir Ian McGeechan to name
just a few.
Nominations for the 2015 awards open in
September 2014 and will close in December
2014. The finalists will then be announced in
January 2015.
“
You see the awards such as the
community based ones and the
disability awards and you just
get inspired by people.
Ian Kirke,
Leeds Rhinos
“
With four leading professional sports
clubs, three prestigious universities,one
of the largest higher education colleges
in the country and over a thousand
voluntary sports clubs, Leeds is quite
a city. Hosting Le Tour de France Grand
Départ, and the Rugby League World
Cup, it truely is a beacon of sporting
achievement.
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2014EXPOSURE
Website Results 2013 vs 2014
2013
VS
Social Media Exposure
669 TWITTER
2014
Site visits
3,615
Site visits
4,503
Unique users
1,909
Unique users
2,908
Finalist page views
1,366
Finalist page views
1,605
Avg visit duration:
00:02:19
Avg visit duration:
00:02:31
Nomination entries
83
Nomination entries
152
ALMOST AN 85% INCREASE
Media Coverage
FOLLOWERS
288 (2013)
• 868 Twitter mentions (2014) vs 563 (2013)
• Interaction with over 550 unique users
• Exposure to over 1,600,000 people (2014)
vs 1,000,000 (2013)
Event Day Exposure
@SportLeeds
271
2013
517
2014
Email Interaction
• An almost 24% increase in followers
• 91 new followers
“ MEET THE FINALISTS”
EMAIL DELIVERED TO
405 PEOPLE
WITH A 53% OPEN RATE
A broad range of media was secured for the
event around the city including coverage
in the Yorkshire Evening Post and Radio
Aire alongside Millennium square screens
and features in local websites and news
platforms including.
• 253 retweets of @LeedsSport
Local Pride & Support
Familiar faces and honoured guests included
the Lord Mayor of Leeds Cllr Tom Murray,
host Tanya Arnold and Lifetime Achievement
recipients Bernard Atha CBE and Cyril Villiers
MBE. We also welcomed Greg Mulholland MP, the
Brownlee brothers, Nicola Adams, representatives
of city sporting bodies, leading city councillors and
senior members of the business community.
OVER 550 ATTENDEES
• c 870,000 impressions
See all these and more
on Twitter
@SportLeeds
Inspiring. Achieving. Celebrating!
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2015
SPONSORSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
THERE ARE FIVE SPONSORSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
Event tickets
Premier ticket:
(includes VIP drinks reception
and three course meal)
• Event headline sponsor CONFIRMED
• Young Achiever Awards
category sponsor
• Senior Achiever Awards
category sponsor CONFIRMED
• Special Contribution Awards
category sponsor CONFIRMED
• VIP drinks reception sponsor
Individual – £60 plus VAT
Table of 10 – £600 plus VAT
Champion ticket:
(includes three course meal)
Individual – £50 plus VAT
Table of 10 – £500 plus VAT
Event headline sponsor
Pre-event
Event branding
Event presence
• Design of composite logo and supply
of assets.
• Coverage across all pre-event promotion
and press release communication.
• Coverage in E-bulletins to event database.
• Coverage across social media channels.
• Headline sponsor branding on event tickets.
• Featured presence on the dedicated event
website.
• Full support of Banana Kick, Leeds Sports
Awards’ creative agency.
• Prime position visibility with category
sponsor’s logo featuring along side
Leeds Sport Awards logo across event
communications and venue dressing.
• Opportunity to display printed material
at event and samples for goody bags.
• Headline sponsors logo on each
presentation slide alongside Leeds
Sports Awards logo.
• Branding on all winners certificates
and trophies.
•10 VIP drinks reception invites.
• Allocation of appropriate time (5m) for
Headline sponsor audience address.
• Premier position table of 10 for three
course meal.
• Opportunity for bespoke award.
• Opportunity for event day competition/
creation of bespoke content/official photo
to further enhance audience experience
with your company.
Event programme
• Composite logo featured throughout.
• Welcome from Headline sponsor under
Sport Leeds welcome highlighting the
support from the Headline sponsor.
• Full page, full colour inside front cover ad.
• Headline sponsors logo on sponsors page
with 50-word summary about organisation
activity and contact details.
Post event
• Provision of data of all attendees.
• Coverage in event review press release.
Sponsorship
Investment
£10,000
+ VAT
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2015
SPONSORSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
VIP drinks reception
sponsor
Category Sponsors
• 3 categories are available to sponsor
– Young Achiever U18’s Awards
CONFIRMED
– Senior Achiever Over 18’s Awards
CONFIRMED
– Special Contribution Awards
Online
• Presence on supporters section of website
with contact details and hyperlink to
sponsor’s website.
• Coverage across social media channels.
• Coverage in E-bulletins to event database.
Event programme
• Full page, full colour ad
• Category supporters logo in event
programme.
• Category supporters logo on supporters
page, with 25-word summary about
organisations activity and contact details.
Event branding
• High visibility with category sponsor’s logo
across pre-event communications, venue
branding and venue dressing.
• Category supporter’s logo on respective
category presentation slides.
• Category supporters logo on respective
category award certificates.
• Opportunity for single pop-up banner
to be displayed if requested.
• Supply of event assets for PR.
Event presence
• 4 VIP drinks reception invites.
•Premier location table of 10 for three
course meal and award ceremony.
• Opportunity to present category awards
at Ceremony.
•Opportunity to purchase additional
event tickets with 25% discount.
Also available:
Event Programme
Advert
• Full colour advert in event
programme, excluding design:
£400 full page
£250 half page
• Lead branding in VIP drinks reception
to be held in the Wellington Suite at
The Royal Armouries.
•10 VIP drinks reception invites.
•VIP drinks reception attended by Lord
Mayor of Leeds, leading city councillors,
event sponsors, and senior members from
both our sporting and business partners
across the city.
Online
• Presence on sponsors section of website
with contact details and hyperlink to
sponsor’s website.
• Coverage across social media channels.
• Coverage in E-bulletins to event database.
Event branding
• Full page, full colour ad in event
programme.
• Sponsors logo on supporters page, with
25-word summary about organisation’s
activity and contact details in event
programme.
• Sponsor’s logo on banners in high
traffic areas.
• Supply of event assets for PR.
Event presence
• Table of 5 for three course meal and
award ceremony.
• Opportunity to purchase further event
tickets with a 25% discount.
Sponsorship
Investment
£5,000
+ VAT
Sponsorship
Investment
£5,000
+ VAT
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CONTACT
For sponsorship enquiries
please contact Gary McCall or Emma Farquharson
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Tel: 0113 245 8689
Website: www.leedssportsawards.co.uk