Sneak Peek: 2020 Event Sponsorship Opportunities

Conferences

Each of our conferences focuses on a specific theme which gives you the perfect opportunity to associate and align your organisation with a subject that really matters to you. It’s also a great way to heighten your company’s impact by building relationships in person. We encourage all of our exhibitors to offer ‘advice surgeries’ during breaks which not only introduce your company and work to delegates, but also develop your knowledge of the types of challenges charities face.

We offer a wide variety of conference sponsorship packages* to suit all budgets:

Gold sponsorship packages give you the chance to:

• speak at the event or give a sponsors’ address
• your logo on our website, invitations and printed event materials
• an exhibition stand
• the opportunity to hold advice surgeries for delegates
• the opportunity to write an article for our website linked to the topic and much more!

Silver sponsorship packages give you the chance to:

• speak on an agreed topic in a breakout session
• an exhibition stand
• the opportunity to hold advice surgeries for delegates and much more!

Bronze sponsorship packages give you the chance to:

• have an exhibition stand
• the opportunity to hold advice surgeries and much more!

*Please note that the Small Charities Conference and the Digital Conference have different levels than above; see below for more information.

Changing hearts and minds: social science insights for communicators

5 March 2020
etc venues Prospero House, London

As charity professionals, changing hearts and minds is a central part of what we do. From encouraging people to think differently about causes to inspiring them to take better care of each other and their environments.

This year’s conference will once again explore how charities can leverage insights from the social sciences to improve lives and help solve some of society’s greatest challenges. From behavioural economics and psychology to digital anthropology and evolutionary biology – our speakers will come from a range of sectors to share the latest thinking, theories and tools to improve your campaigns, marketing and communications.

Gold Package – headline sponsorship, including speaking slot and stand

Corporate Partner: £4,070 + VAT                      Standard rate: £4,950 + VAT

Silver Package – speaking slot and stand 

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

Bronze Package – stand only

Corporate Partner: £1,155 + VAT                      Standard rate: £1,540 + VAT

Communicating with purpose: audience-centred engagement strategies for charities

30 April 2020
etc venues Prospero House, London

It’s painful to admit, but our voice as a sector, is less powerful than it once was. All too quickly the ‘charity’ conversation turns to safeguarding failures, dodgy fundraising practices and the like. Even if these narratives are distorted, they ensure a difficult environment in which to engage, inspire and influence our audiences. It’s in this context that the external engagement function is evermore imperative for every charity. This conference, aimed at senior comms professionals, will delve into how charities can best develop and future-proof their engagement strategies.

Gold Package – headline sponsorship, including speaking slot and stand

Corporate Partner: £4,070 + VAT                      Standard rate: £4,950 + VAT

Silver Package – speaking slot and stand 

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

Bronze Package – stand only

Corporate Partner: £1,155 + VAT                      Standard rate: £1,540 + VAT

Small charities conference
24 June 2020
Resource for London

Small charities often face very different challenges to larger organisations, which is why we run this dedicated annual event.  We’ll look at ways to make the most of limited resources, and how small size doesn’t need to mean small impact when it comes to communications. Following the sell-out success of our last four conferences, the agenda will offer a similar format, with a mix of workshops, case studies and peer-to-peer learning opportunities to give you practical take-home actions, inspiration and new contacts to continue the conversation with post-event.

Gold Package – speaking package which includes the opportunity to write an article for the CharityComms website (topic to be agreed), inclusion of your leaflets in delegates bags, branding in all conference promotion and post-event follow-up, etc.

Corporate Partner: £990 + VAT                      Standard rate: £1,430 + VAT

Silver Package – stand only 

Corporate Partner: £660 + VAT                      Standard rate: £990 + VAT

Storytelling for good: producing authentic and powerful content
15 July 2020

etc venues Prospero House, London

Stories are one of the charity sector’s biggest assets. A well-told story can create wonder and delight. It can cut to the core of your values to drive immersive and emotional experiences that spark imagination, passion and the most loyal support. However, behind every story is a person with real fears, hopes, vulnerabilities and futures. As charity comms professionals we must tell stories honestly, openly and authentically, all the while protecting the people who lend us their stories. Back by popular demand, this year’s conference will explore the frameworks that underpin good stories and the best practice around how to look after our storytellers – from relationship building and safeguarding to aftercare.

Gold Package – headline sponsorship, including speaking slot and stand

Corporate Partner: £4,070 + VAT                      Standard rate: £4,950 + VAT

Silver Package – speaking slot and stand 

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

Bronze Package – stand only

Corporate Partner: £1,155 + VAT                      Standard rate: £1,540 + VAT

The charity digital conference
19 November 2020

etc venues St Paul’s, London

Our annual, sell-out digital conference will explore the latest trends and innovations to help your charity thrive in the ever-evolving digital environment. There’ll be a mix of inspiring talks, practical breakouts and advice surgeries with expert suppliers. We’ll also be offering break time activities and restoration spaces to help you relax and refocus.  This event is designed for charity digital, marketing and comms professionals at all levels. 

Platinum Package – headline sponsorship, speaking slot and stand

Corporate Partner: £5,720 + VAT                      Standard rate: £6,930 + VAT

Gold Package – speaking slot and stand 

Corporate Partner: £2,640 + VAT                      Standard rate: £3,630 + VAT

Silver Package – stand only

Corporate Partner: £1,540 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,090 + VAT

Seminars

Our afternoon seminars feature expert speakers delivering short presentations packed with insights, information, ideas and practical suggestions. Each seminar has only one sponsor, giving you an exclusive opportunity to showcase your brand to CharityComms members.

Each sponsorship package includes a speaking slot (topic to be agreed), acknowledgement in the chair’s welcome address, branding in all event promotion and follow-up, as well as the opportunity to include your leaflets in delegate bags. 

Unlocking the potential of your data

30 January 2020
Amnesty International, London

Less than half of all non-profits make full use of the data they collect according to a recent Salesforce Report. Without good data analytics decisions are taken blindly and resources are allocated without truly understanding where they’re needed. Good data analytics should help support and drive decision making – helping us to improve our communications and the experiences we offer to our audiences, service users and community.  

At this seminar we’ll explore how we can develop a healthy data culture, including the best ways to collect, analyse and share truly useful insights with your team and wider organisation. Topics we will cover include:

• Data analytics – who owns it? Can it be centralised, shared and applied to business development?
• Data in context: what should we be measuring and why?
• Data-driven decision-making: how to ask the right questions and find actionable insights
• Reporting: how to share data in appealing and meaningful ways
• Tips for building a healthy data-culture
• Examples of the best data-led campaigns and how they worked
• Data analysis for charities with minimal resources

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

Brand 360: developing your brand strategy

20 May 2020
Amnesty International, London

We all know that a brand is much more than just a logo, right? Yet all too often brand is put in the “visual identity” box. Earlier this year third sector press coverage urged charities to invest in fundraising over branding, demonstrating the continuing lack of understanding around the strategic role of brand.

Your brand strategy should run through everything you do, from your products and services to your marketing communications. It should be your guiding compass for decision making. and behaviour, building trust and inspiring loyal support in your cause. This event will explore brand as a strategic tool across all parts of a charity from fundraising and communications to customer experience and campaigns.

Topics we’ll cover may include:

• The role of brand as a strategic tool and how to get the support of colleagues
• What makes up a brand today?
• Developing your brand strategy and positioning
• Consistency vs flex – making brand work across your organisation
• Launching and embedding your brand – culture and values
• Brand measurement
• Trends – the future of charity branding

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

This seminar is booked. 

How social change is happening today: key trends shaping UK campaigning

7 October 2020
Amnesty International, London

It goes without saying that campaigning is a key area of work for many charities in the UK. But with the current, dramatic and ever-shifting political backdrop, you can be forgiven for missing a few of the other trends affecting campaigning today. This seminar will delve into some of the key political, legal, economic and social trends influencing the way change is happening today. We’ll hear from some of the leading lights in the sector to help prepare you for the year ahead.

Topics we’ll explore may include:

• How the Lobbying Act is affecting voluntary sector campaigning
• What can we learn from organic movements and grassroots activism?
• Claiming the impact of advocacy – the latest on monitoring and evaluation
• Learnings from the digitally driven activism lighting up political campaigning
• Coalitions today: what role can different sorts of organisations play in the social change eco-system?

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

Hot Potatoes – have your say!

2 December 2020

Amnesty International, London

That’s right, we leave this event empty so that our members can tell us about their most pressing communications challenges and we’ll plan an event around the most popular themes. This will allow us to create something that will meet their needs there and then. We will collect ideas until August 2020, with booking for the event opening in October 2020.

Corporate Partner: £1,915 + VAT                      Standard rate: £2,420 + VAT

Special Interest Groups

We have a wide variety of special interest groups that meet three times per year in London. Sponsorship of our special interest groups is exclusive to CharityComms Corporate Partners. Benefits include branding in all event promotion and follow-up, the opportunity to share branded material at the event, attendance at each event series for up to three members of your team, and more. 

PR Network

CharityComms’ PR Network is a group for professionals working in PR and media in UK charities and not-for-profits.

Corporate Partner: £2,475 + VAT                      

Creatives Group

This networking group is for professionals working in in-house creative teams (of one or more people) within UK charities and not-for-profits.

Corporate Partner: £2,475 + VAT                   

Internal Communications Group

This networking group is for CharityComms members working as internal communications leads in UK charities and not-for-profits.

Corporate Partner: £2,475 + VAT   

This special interest group is booked. 

Heads of Digital

This networking group is exclusively for heads of digital working in UK charities and not-for-profits with a turnover of more than £2 million.

Corporate Partner: £3,630 + VAT                      

Campaign Network

The Campaign Network is a joint initiative from CharityComms and the Social Change Agency looking to address a gap for campaign leads in UK charities for strategic development, campaign sector development and professional development.

Corporate Partner: £2,475 + VAT   

Brand Breakfast

CharityComms’ Brand Breakfast is a group for professionals working in brand to come together to discuss issues of mutual interest and share examples of good practice.

Corporate Partner: £2,970 + VAT                      

This event series is provisionally booked. 

Social Media Network

This networking group is for CharityComms members working as social media leads in UK charities and not-for-profits.

Corporate Partner: £2,475 + VAT   

UK-wide groups

We have thriving CharityComms networks operating across the UK. Sponsorship of a UK-wide group includes branding in all event promotion and post-event follow-up, the opportunity to share branded materials at the three events, attendance at each of the events by up to three members of your team, and more.

This sponsorship opportunity is exclusive to CharityComms Corporate Partners: 

£990 + VAT for all three events in the UK-wide networking group series                     

North West networking group
Meet charity comms professionals from the North West of England at our learning and networking seminars in Manchester, held three times a year.

Sponsorship opportunity not available 

Wales networking group
Meet charity comms professionals based in Wales at our learning and networking events in Cardiff, held three times a year.

This group sponsorship is provisionally booked.

Senior Networking Lunches

We give senior comms professionals from some of the largest charities in the sector the opportunity to gather for a three-course lunch and networking in London. This event is run in both the Spring and the Autumn and is a great way for these professionals to network informally and discuss a topic of interest. 

2020 Senior Networking Lunch dates:

15 May 2020

9 October 2020 

This sponsorship opportunity is exclusive to CharityComms Corporate Partners:

£4,400 + VAT per lunch (please specify which lunch date you prefer)

Inspiring Communicator Awards

CharityComms’ Inspiring Communicators Awards recognise and celebrate people who are inspirational communicators within or for their organisations. Our Awards highlight those people who particularly demonstrate professionalism, expertise and above all are inspirational in their use of communications for a cause or charity. They’re like an OBE for services not to the Empire, but to charity communications. 

Our 2020 Inspiring Communicator Awards will be held on 26 November 2020 in London.

Sponsorship includes branding on all event promotion and materials, the opportunity to join our judging panel and an advert in the event programme. 

Corporate Partner: £4,400 + VAT                      Standard rate: £5,500 + VAT