Bristol SU - Student Sponsorship Catalogue

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University of Bristol Students’ Union

SPONSOR US

AWARDS | CLUBS | SOCIETIES

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Contents Introduction Balloon Accreditation Scheme Awards SPORTS CLUBS

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Bristol Jets Cheerleading 6 Bristol University Kitesurfing Society 7 Clay Pigeon Shooting 8 Korfball 9 Men’s and Mixed Lacrosse 10 Men’s Hockey 11 Trampoline and Gymnastics Club 12 Ultimate Frisbee (Mythago) 13 University of Bristol Cricket Club 14 University of Bristol Football Club 15 University of Bristol Spartans 16 University of Bristol Synchronised Swimming Club 17 Women’s Football Club 18 Women’s Rugby 19

Societies

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A Cappella Society 21 Bristol CivSoc (Civil Engineering) 22 Bristol Debating Union 23 Bristol Free Speech Society 24 Bristol Indian Society 25 Bristol University Conservation Group 26 Bristol University Hot Air Ballooning Society (BUHABS) 27 Bristol University Music Society 28 Chaos 29 Dance Society 30 Duality (chemical physics society) 31 Epigram 32 Film Society 33 Helix 34 History Society 35 InFilm Society 36 Inter:Mission 37 Live Music Society (LiveSoc) 38 Natural Health Society 39 Neuroscience Society 40 Pint of Science 41 Thai Society 42 That’s What She Said Magazine 43 The Economics, Finance and Management Society 44 UkeSoc 45 Univesity of Bristol Darts Society 46 University of Bristol Gin Society 47 UoB Church Choir 48 Women in Finance Society 49 Women In Engineering 50

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INTRODUCTION The University of Bristol Students’ Union is a membership of over 27,000 students. We have over 380 clubs and societies that are all student run with support from Bristol Students’ Union and many of them have an impressive legacy of alumni (13 Nobel prize Winners*) and achievements (Top 10 in the British Universities and College Sports Championships*) alongside numerous national competition titles.

For the first time we are starting to collate our groups together in the Bristol SU Group Sponsor Us Catalogue and make it easier for you to find a club or society that resonates with your aims and requirements and to work directly in partnership with them, or be part of one our oustanding awards events!

In this catalogue our groups have put together a variety of options that they can offer you and your organisation and also highlight what they are most proud of. Please have a look at our great groups and get excited about exploring a meaningful and ongoing relationship that can benefit you and our students in return.

Our students are passionate about what they do and with your help, they can do even bigger and better things! Whether you are looking to increase brand awareness at events or via social media, attend exciting activities and shows, raise footfall to your business or directly engage with future employees, all our groups can offer you a variety of opportunities to gain traction in the desirable student market.

As the University of Bristol is repeatedly recognised as one of the leading Universities in the UK (Top 10 UK University*) and Internationally (Top 50 University International*) with some of the most employable students (2nd most targeted University by top UK employers*) we are sure forming an effective relationship with relevant clubs and societies will benefit you and your organisation.

If any of these groups are of interest to you, or you want to find out more about how you can work together, simply get in touch with them directly and start to explore how you can get involved with some of the most engaged and best performing students in the country.

We hope you are as blown away by our groups as we are!

Ginny Troughton

Sport and Student Development Officer

* see bristol.ac.uk/university/rankings-reputation

Stanford

Union Affairs Officer

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BALLOON ACCREDITATION SCHEME The Balloon Accreditation Scheme is Bristol SU’s way of recognising and celebrating the brilliant things that our student groups get up to. Our scheme helps groups offer the best possible experience for their members and supporters. Any student group affiliated to Bristol SU can take part and they can be awarded gold, silver or bronze.

To apply for an award, students must submit evidence for up to 16 of the below criteria: • Secure or renew a sponsorship contract for your group • Secure an external grant • Organise two fundraising events • Collaborate with another SU group • Attend two training sessions • Submit a strategic plan • Submit an annual budget • Hold contested elections • Achieve a 90% or higher member satisfaction score in the Rate My Group survey • Run a taster session each term • Represent your group at democratic events • Show that your group has taken steps to minimise its environmental impact • Maintain an up to date web page • Collect feedback from members • Hold at least two alcohol-free socials per term Throughout the catalogue, you will see which groups have been awarded a gold, silver or bronze Balloon Accreditation award, indicated by the below icons next to their name.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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AWARDS

To discuss sponsoring our awards, please contact Paul Arnold (Head of Business Development) paul.arnold@bristol.ac.uk 0117 903 5226

The Bristol SU Awards The Bristol SU Awards are the most prestigious event in the SU calendar. Taking place in June in Bristol SU’s Anson Rooms, they are our flagship awards ceremony: a chance to showcase student excellence from the past year. There are over 250 students and senior members of University and SU staff in attendance. High profile individuals such as the University Vice Chancellor, the Mayor of Bristol and the Lord Lieutenant also attend.

The Sports Awards The Sports Awards are held at a gala dinner each year in June. Over 500 people attend, including high profile SU and University staff, and representatives from Bristol SU’s 60 Sports Clubs. Many of our Sports Clubs compete in the British Universities & College Sports (BUCS) league, where last year Bristol placed 8th in the country.

The Societies Awards The inaugural Society Awards took place in June 2018 at Bristol SU’s Balloon Bar. The awards celebrate the exceptional work of societies whose activities have made outstanding contributions to the student experience at Bristol SU. As of October 2018, 16,000 students held a total over 27,000 group memberships. Because of the sheer number of students involved with societies, the Society Awards would provide you with a great reach into the student market.

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SPORTS CLUBS

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Bristol Jets Cheerleading Who we are We are the cheerleading sports club. We have 6 teams: 4 competitive teams, a varsity team and a developmental team. We compete at 3 competitions a year as well as taking part in many charity activities such as ignition and we recently raised money for the ward of the hospital who looked after one of our members who had sepsis.

In the past few years we have had 3 teams become 2x national champions and our top stunting team become ultimate champions.

Number of Members: 170 Awards and Achievements #Wearebristol sports club of the year. Bristol SU physical activity of the year. 3 teams become 2 x national champions 2018. 2 teams become national champions and 1 team x ultimate champions 2017. Supporting American Football, Lacrosse and Basketball at Varsity.

What we need and why We need sponsorship to make our club more accessible to everyone. At the moment some of the teams cost ÂŁ220 for the year without extras such as uniform and merchandise. With sponsorship we would use the money towards training spaces, competition fees, coaches and making sure members get as much value for money as possible, we are always looking to develop our club.

Sponsorship assets We have a lot of merchandise and social media and are willing to promote companies through both of these avenues. We will put their logos on our team jumpers and do posts about them on our instagram and facebook.

Partnership We can offer sponsors invitation to matches we perform at, multiple pictures from competitions and training for their websites/newsletters. We can offer them huge promotion on our social media, we have over 1000 followers.

Contact Details

facebook.com/Bristol.Jets

Georgie Mason gm16401@my.bristol.ac.uk

@bristoljets

Bristol University Kitesurfing Society

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Who we are With the introduction of kitesurfing into the 2024 Olympics, the University of Bristol Kitesurfing Society offers a unique and thrilling opportunity to get involved with the fastest growing extreme sport in the UK. We aim to bring together experienced kitesurfers as well as attract complete beginners to the sport. The society launches numerous kitesurfing trips to destinations in the UK and abroad whilst also holding weekly socials to bring everyone closer as a group.

Number of Members: 35 What we need and why Kitesurfing is still in it’s infancy as a sport and as a result, the kit is expensive and not accessible to everyone. The aim is to reduce the cost by giving its members free use of the society kit and provide cheap tuition. To keep our kit in good condition and safe for everyone to use, it is required that we replace old stock with newer models on a rolling basis. To make the sport accessible to all, we need external sponsorship to help raise funds to purchase new kit so that we don’t have to increase our membership price, or the cost of a weekend trip. Any money that we gain through sponsorship will go towards kit for the society. This may include the kites/boards themselves, wetsuits to keep beginners warm, harnesses and safety systems.

Sponsorship assets Each year, we create lots of branded clothing that we give or sell to the society. We would display sponsor logos on all of these items including T-shirts, towels, hats, jumpers and rash vests. We can also display sponsor logos on wetsuits or wetsuits hoodies if a deal was set up with a supplier. We have a banner that we display on the beach at every trip and we have 2 active social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram.

Partnership Our biggest benefit to potential sponsors is promotion of their company in many different ways. We have a large social media following, through which we can make posts boosting the company or advertising a product. We also run events in tandem with the Student Kitesurfing Association where we can promote the company or invite them to set up a promotional stall.

Contact Details

facebook.com/uobkitesurfing

Emily Lloyd uobkitesurfing@gmail.com bristolsu.org.uk/groups/kitesurfing-society

facebook.com/uobkitesurfing

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Clay Pigeon Shooting Who we are We are a friendly and open club welcoming all abilities from seasoned shots to complete beginners. We host a range of socials and dinners throughout the year to compliment our weekly shoots and competitions. A lot of the club are predominantly game shots with ties to the countryside but a members are becoming more varied year on year.

Number of Members: 55 Awards and Achievements Our competition draws over 150 competitors.

What we need and why As an inherently expensive sport we try to subsidise competitions to gather as many members as possible and promote the club outside of University.

Sponsorship assets We have club kit as well as banners at our own competition. Scorecards are a great medium for promoting a brand. We have a Facebook group with 600 members as well as a growing Instagram following.

Partnership Our club photographer is always at our events and we can offer a invitations to our competition in February 2019.

Contact Details

facebook.com/groups/uobshooting

William Ferguson ubu.clayshooting@gmail.com

@bristolshootingsociety

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Korfball Who we are Korfball is the best sport you’ve never heard of - a Dutch sport that combines the best of basketball, netball and handball. It is the only truly mixed sport in the world as each team consists of 4 guys and 4 girls playing on the same pitch together. Our club plays competitively, with consistent success in the local leagues, and we are currently the 3rd best university Korfball club in the country. We also run popular social training sessions, as we believe in the importance of sport being fun and accessible for all.

Number of Members: 60 Awards and Achievements Coach of the Year - 2016/17 Lifetime Achievement Award (club captain) - 2017/18

What we need and why We currently cannot afford enough hall time to give our players enough training to continue to improve and maintain our high standard. We particularly would like to book more sports hall slots so that we can run friendly tournaments for new players to get them more involved in sport and give them match playing opportunities.

If we received sponsorship money, we would be able to hire sports halls and use this time to benefit the whole club. Another way that sponsorship money could be used is to hire an external coach.

The majority of our coaching is student-led, and if we could regularly hire an external coach this would relieve the pressure on our students, and provide valuable and knowledgeable training for everyone.

Sponsorship assets We can display your logo on team shirts, club banners and social media

Partnership We can offer invitations to matches, features in our newsletter and on Facebook events, commitment to use space for socials

Contact Details

facebook.com/bristolunikorf

Holly Rowland hr16299@bristol.ac.uk bristolsu.org.uk/groups/korfball-2dff

@bristolunikorf @bristolunikorf

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Men’s and Mixed Lacrosse

Who we are Lacrosse club with 2 mixed teams and 4 men’s teams.

Number of Members: 201 Awards and Achievements Men’s 1 team are unbeaten in the Southern Premiership for 3 years running.

SU Club of the Year 2016/17.

Mixed came top 5 in Imperial mixed lacrosse tournament.

What we need and why We need funds for men’s protective kit, and mixed sticks in order to have enough playing equipment to boost participation and grow the sport.

Sponsorship assets Team playing kit, social shirts, social media, banners at games (if provided).

Partnership Social media features, exposure at games and on match kit, game invitatations, varsity invitations, themed socials.

Contact Details

facebook.com/bristollacrosse

Aidan Hood ah16165@bristol.ac.uk bristollacrosse.net

@ubmlc @bristollacrosse

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Men’s Hockey Who we are Our club boasts 6 teams in BUCS competitions and 4 weekend teams, all competing at very high levels, with the 1st team finishing 3rd in the South Premiership for BUCS and being promoted back into the National League this year, the second highest league in the country for all club hockey.

Number of Members: 128 Awards and Achievements Winning the GoCrea8 South Premiership last year and being promoted back into the National League as a result. Last year we received the second highest total of BUCS points for the university. We also came in the top 30 UK groups for Movember last year, above Google UK.

What we need and why Better equipment, specifically hockey balls and goalkeeper kit. As well as this, we would use the money to better fund coaches for all of our teams.

Sponsorship assets Team shirts, shorts, training kit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, National League Brochures which we have to have for every home game and pitch-side banners.

Partnership Our sponsors are welcome to come to any of our games and we are happy to organise to play their own teams in a friendly match. Earlier this year we played a mixed match against one of our sponsors and put on an event for them afterwards. For all of our 1st team games we have a professional photographer.

Contact Details

facebook.com/UoBHockey

Jonty Stephenson js16444@my.bristol.ac.uk bristolhockey.com

@bristolhockey @bristolhockey

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Trampoline and Gymnastics Club Who we are A sports club that trains in both trampolining and gymnastics. We own 8 Olympic sized trampolines and a number of mats which enables us to run our own trampoline sessions in the University sports hall. We train externally for gymnastics, training at The City of Bristol Gymnastics Centre in Hartcliffe. We compete in the Southern Universities Trampoline League (SUTL), BUCS and in varsity with UWE.

Number of Members: 86 Awards and Achievements Individual medals in bronze, silver and gold in last year’s SUTL, an overall individual medal in medals S2 SUTL and a win at both trampoline and gymnastics varieties in 2018.

What we need and why Ultimately we would like to grow our savings account in order to purchase a new trampoline.

We currently do not own an Ultimate trampoline and being able to train on one would improve our chances of improved performance at competitions. As well as this, trampoline servicing and maintenance is very expensive, with this year’s service and maintenance costing £2016 just to be able to keep using our trampolines.

Sponsorship assets We can display your logo on team kit, social media (we have an active Instagram, Facebook and website), on our welcome fair stall, on our monthly newsletter, at our home competition which we host within SUTL in which we have over 400 competitors from 20 Southern Universities.

Partnership We would advertise logos and company information in the previously mentioned places. As mentioned, we run an annual competition in which we host over 400 people and we would therefore invite the company to attend and promote their business throughout the day. We offer team building days using our trampoline facilities, where we can provide trained coaches for the company.

Contact Details

Facebook.com/uobtgc

Jacelyn Hawkey ubtgc.captain@gmail.com captainuobtgc.wixsite.com/uobtgc

uobtrampandgym

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Ultimate Frisbee (Mythago) Who we are A friendly community of people who love ultimate frisbee, most of whom learn the sport with us, with opportunities to play competitively in mens BUCS/ mens, women or mixed teams in weekend tournaments or socially in twice-weekly trainings. We are a fast-growing society who are always keen to include new people in the sport.

Number of Members: 100 Awards and Achievements Qualified for Mixed Nationals 2018, Host 2 tournaments per year (Bristol Beginners and South West Supercup), consistently performing well in regional tournaments.

What we need and why Money from sponsorship would go towards making indoor training free (more accessible to everyone), increase the frequency of indoor training, facilities to host tournaments, travel to tournaments, make kit cheaper for members

Sponsorship assets Sponsor logos can be displayed on all email newsletters, banners we would hang up at home and away games and training, promotion at welcome fair, discs (could make personalised ones to sell at our host tournaments to other regional/national teams), training tops and the possibility of stalls/ giveaways at our hosted tournaments (twice per year with regional teams) or at other tournaments (at least 8 times per year, regional or national teams) and promotion on social media (facebook and twitter).

Partnership We could offer sponsors invitations to trainings (opportunity to learn & play ultimate frisbee), photographs for newsletters, invitations to home games, stall at hosted weekend tournaments (twice per year), freebies can be given away at home and away tournaments).

Contact Details

facebook.com/bristoluniultimate

Anna Dean ad17494@bristol.ac.uk

@TheMythagoBeast

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University of Bristol Cricket Club Who we are UBCC is a inclusive club that provides opportunities for men and women of all abilities to achieve the highest standard of cricket. We have grown from around 30 members in 2011 to 90 members, including the women’s team who have doubled in size since 2016/17. We have 5 teams (4 Men’s and 1 Women’s) competing in outdoor BUCS cricket (including the Men’s 1st XI in the National Premier League) and 2 teams in indoor BUCS.

Number of Members: 90 Awards and Achievements Nominated for Bristol SU Team of the Year Men’s 1st XI secured safety in the National Premier League Men’s 1st XI won the BUCS Plate Men’s 2nd XI promoted Men’s 3rd XI promoted Women’s 1st XI indoor and outdoor varsity wins Men’s 1st XI indoor and outdoor varsity wins.

What we need and why Firstly, the money would go towards entering development sides into local leagues, helping bolster participation in cricket at the University and improve the skills of players who are new to the sport.

We are looking to redevelop the facilities at our home ground, Coombe Dingle. An integral part of this is replacing our manual scoreboard with an electronic version. Finally, with the growing ambitions of the club, the balls required by the 1st XIs in the National Premier League set the club back around £2,000 a year. We need to ensure playing at this high level is financially viable for years to come, as we continue to climb the ranks of University cricket.

Sponsorship assets We have a number of promotional opportunities for your business depending upon the level of investment into the club. Primarily sponsors’ logos can be found on all our playing tops and website, as well as all our extensive coverage on social media - our follower base is over 2000 people across platforms. With the redevelopment of Coombe Dingle becoming increasingly imminent, it could be possible to display your logo on the new electronic scoreboard or with banners around the edges of the playing area. This would offer unparalleled exposure to our University students as well as visiting students and members of the public.

Partnership Sponsors would be more than welcome to be as involved in the club as they wish. We would invite sponsors to all of our matches at Coombe Dingle, our annual black-tie dinner and corporate days at the Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground.

Contact Details Ewan Harris eh15845@bristol.ac.uk

University of Bristol Football Club

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Who we are The University of Bristol Association Football Club (UBAFC) is one of the largest elite sports clubs representing the University, compromising of 100 playing members and an Alumni Club of over 300 graduates, with 6 teams all competing in the national university football league BUCS

Number of Members: 100 Awards and Achievements 5 out of 5 promotions in 2016/17 season. In the 2017/18 season we achieved 1 promotion and high league finishes.

What we need and why We want you to sponsor us because you can provide the financial support needed to take the club forward. We need funding to purchase new equipment like footballs, cones, training bibs. Also we need funding to pay coaches and also for new match day kits.

Sponsorship assets We are able to display banners at our home ground Coombe Dingle 3G. We can display logos on our social media platforms. Potential to display logos on match day shirts or training kit in the 2019/2020 season. Able to display logos at our varsity football event. Sponsorship of our alumni club.

Partnership UBAFC has a wide outreach, reflected by its Performance Level status. Members of the club are commonly seen around campus and the city, as well as other Universities across the South-West on away fixtures and at home during the holidays, wearing UBAFC sportswear. Our sportswear is a compulsory part of the club and its presence doesn’t go unnoticed, offering a bespoke opportunity to represent your brand. UBAFC also has several social media profiles - LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. Through these sites we have a combined primary outreach of over 1000+ followers and a secondary outreach of over 8,500 through retweets and shares from Bristol SU.

Contact Details

facebook.com/ubafcofficialpage

Josh Lewis wjelewis@gmail.com

@ubafcofficial @ubafcofficial

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University of Bristol Spartans Who we are

Basketball at the University of Bristol is for everyone. With both men’s and women’s teams within the same club, we invite students of all abilities to try-out. We have 3 men’s teams and 2 women’s teams competing in BUCS (British University & College Sport) and a Participation to Performance (P2P) squad.

Number of Members: 111 Awards and Achievements Last season all teams achieved great success in the leagues. With the women’s 1st team placing second in the cup final and taking home the win at varsity (A tournament we play with our Bristol rivals UWE); the women’s and men’s 2nd teams both placing 3rd in their leagues; and, the men’s 1st team placing 4th in their league.

What we need and why The Spartans are dreaming big! We want the Basketball club to become a dynasty with big crowds alongside with greater success. However, this is a lot easier said then done. We need finances to employ coaches, produce advertisements, travel to fixtures, equipment, facilities and much more.

Your financial support could aid us in growing to our full potential, both through our brand and performance. It could aid us in achieving our goals in becoming a dominant basketball club and introducing more teams. This would in turn improve the benefit your company would get from sponsorship as visibility would increase.

Sponsorship assets We could give you advertisement on our social media, newsletters and posters. Students playing University Sport are often well watched by friends and family, especially varsity events! Through advertisement at such events, in demographics other than the student population we can ensure visibility to a wider range of people.

Partnership

We would advertise your company on appropriate media such as posters, social media pages and newsletters. This would most likely take the form of a logo and potentially a slogan. Furthermore, your product could be sold at events along with our merchandise! Offering direct opportunities for people to purchase your product. Lastly, you would receive invitations to every single one of our matches.

Contact Details

facebook.com/UoBSpartansBasketball

Diane McHugh diane.mchugh1@hotmail.com uobbasketball.co.uk

@ uobspartansbasketball @ UoBSpartans

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University of Bristol Synchronised Swimming Club Who we are We are new group set up this year which is dedicated to giving people a go at Synchronised Swimming. We cater for all abilities and have an incredibly experienced coach running our sessions. We run three hours of pool time and two hours of land sessions a week.

Number of Members: 19 Awards and Achievements Silver Medal at National Masters Championships.

What we need and why The money would contribute towards paying for the pool time, the coaching hours, and would support us entering competitions. All of these would contribute to building a solid foundation for the club.

Sponsorship assets Logo on kit, Banner, Social media.

Partnership Publicity at competitions.

Contact Details

facebook.com/uobssc

Tamara Hirst th17393@my.bristol.ac.uk

@uob_synchro

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Women’s Football Club Who we are UBWFC is a fast growing, inclusive club for everyone at the University who wants to play football, no matter what ability. We currently hold the title of ‘Most improved Sports Club’ and had 2 out of our 3 BUCS teams being promoted last season - meaning the club is having more success and exposure than ever. We are looking to continue these successes both on and off the pitch in the coming years, to help the club grow further and to give even more women the opportunity to play football.

Number of Members: 83 Awards and Achievements Most Improved Sports Club.

What we need and why We must accommodate for the rapid growth of our club, and sponsorship will allow us to access better facilities, coaching and equipment, to give everyone an equal opportunity to play football in an environment that allows for improvement. Without this help, we are unable to stretch our resources enough to continue improving the club and becoming even more successful.

Sponsorship assets We are able to display any logos on team kits, social media, website, newsletters to members, match reports

Partnership We can offer invitations to matches and exposure in newsletters.

Contact Details

facebook.com/UBWFC

Ellie Vaughan ev17239@my.bristol.ac.uk ubwfc.co.uk

@ubwfc @ubwfc

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Women’s Rugby

Who we are University of Bristol Women’s Rugby Club - 3 teams in BUCS, 6 staff members involved catering for all stages of rugby playing from social rugby to England players.

Number of Members: 75 Awards and Achievements BUCS Vase winners 2018, 2s promotion last year into Western 2A, 5th in international 7s tournament in Lyon.

What we need and why We strive to be an affordable club for anyone who wants to play, therefore we keep membership costs as small as possible. We are a relatively small club, so the profit we make from membership costs is limited. We would use sponsorship money for the running of the club and to pay our physio.

Sponsorship would help us improve the quality of the club by ensuring enough 1 to 1 coaching time, as well as ensuring everyone is able to get to their game. Our physio costs are absolutely crucial in ensuring everyone is safe to play rugby and to aid any injuries that may occur on the rugby pitch while also reducing the probability of injuries occurring through pre-hab treatments for each player.

Sponsorship assets We are able to display your company logo on a a number of assets such as: 3 sets of team shirts, Club banners at Coombe Dingle (our sports complex). We will be able to do regular social media shoutouts on a facebook, twitter and instagram which have 2719 followers between them!

Partnership Match invitations with drinks and food. Team photographs with logos on show. Publicity to our 2719 social media followers. Newsletters. UBWRFC bobble hat.

Contact Details

facebook.com/UBWRFC

Lucy Hall lh16625@my.bristol.ac.uk

@ubwrfc @UBWRFC

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Societies

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A Cappella Society Who we are The University of Bristol A Cappella Society is one of the largest and most active societies in Bristol SU, offering students the opportunity to sing in 9 different groups in a variety of different styles and commitment levels.

Number of Members: 150 Awards and Achievements Awarded: Bristol SU Society Award 2017 & 2018, Bristol SU Gold Balloon Accreditation 2017 and 2018, ICCA UK Finalists, VoiceFest 2016 Champions Nominated (in Bristol SU 2018 Society Awards): Most inclusive society, Society Event of the Year, Most Inspiring Committee, The Good Times Award As well as this, 5 of our groups having taken successful shows to the Edinburgh Fringe throughout the past 10 years on multiple occasions, a number of our groups have featured on national television, made music videos and released music on major streaming websites.

What we need and why Our society needs sponsorship in order to pay for important equipment and transport costs that enhance our performances vastly as well as making every performance opportunity possible and affordable for students. The society is slowly building a collection of tech equipment; such as microphones and speakers in order to perform professionally and with a full sound, but this expense makes it difficult to save for everything that we require.

Groups in our society often have the opportunity to sing in competitions or shows outside of Bristol, which require transport and accommodation. With Sponsorship, we would invest in tech equipment to boost the quality of our shows, and we would hope to subsidise the costs of travel for students representing the society.

Sponsorship assets All of our social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), on our society website, on our society t-shirts, a club banner which features in our major events, and also in the backdrop of our society shows.

Partnership Free tickets to a society show with an opportunity to speak to the show’s audience, a free drinks reception with a chance to speak directly to the society members and take photographs with the society, as well as a mention in the society’s weekly emails (with 300+ recipients).

Contact Details

facebook.com/UoBACappella

Natalie Egan ne16565@my.bristol.ac.uk uobacappella.org.uk

@uobacappella @uobacappella

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Bristol CivSoc (Civil Engineering)

Who we are Offers members the opportunity to be part of a community of civil engineering students, staff, and alumni, with the aim of enhancing the university experience both socially and professionally.

Number of Members: 296 Awards and Achievements Bristol SU Academic Society of the Year 2017/18.

What we need and why Sponsorship money allows the society to put on engaging talks, organise transport for site visits, and subsidise socials so everyone can get involved.

Sponsorship assets Social Media, Website, Merchandise (e.g Jumpers).

Partnership Hold exclusive site tours or host private events (e.g pub quiz) with our members, photographs for newsletters, promotion of your company/brand.

Contact Details Roberta Rogers rr16465@my.bristol.ac.uk bristolcivsoc.com

@bristolcivsoc

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Bristol Debating Union Who we are We are the Debating Society, we run 2 weekly training sessions which aim to give students debating and public speaking skills as well as training our teams for inter-varsity competitions across Europe. We also run 3 of our own competitions year: the Bristol Pro-Am, Bristol Schools and Bristol Open.

Number of Members: 118 Awards and Achievements Last year we won the Barcelona Open and the Prague Open and had teams in the finals of the Belgrade and Cologne Opens, as well as more local Opens. We have also had members breaking to judge the finals of the European Universities Debating Championships, as well as competitions across Bath, Swansea, Cardiff and Exeter. We also recently had a team break to the finals of the Oxford IV (the biggest competition in the UK).

What we need and why We are currently experiencing high levels of success at competitions across Europe and would like to get sponsorship so that we can continue to subsidise travel for teams to competitions that are abroad. This means that we can continue to build our brand as a society and gain more recognition, boosting attendance at our own competitions. We could also put sponsorship towards expanding our competitions in other ways, e.g. paying for higher level judges to attend our tournaments so that we can attract a greater number of teams.

Sponsorship assets We have jumpers which we wear to competitions where we could display sponsor logos, we also run 3 competitions which could be individually sponsored, so posting on the Facebook event, sending emails out to participants and having banners at the competition itself. We can also display sponsorship on our Facebook page and website. We also send out a weekly newsletter to over 1,000 students and alumni where we could feature sponsors.

Partnership Invitations to competitions and the opportunity to watch debates and directly talk about their company to participants at the competition, photographs for newsletters and featuring on our marketing for competitions.

Contact Details Lucy Russell lr16256@my.bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/bristoldebatingunion

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Bristol Free Speech Society Who we are We aim to discuss what free speech is and to foster and develop the free exchange of ideas on campus. We are apolitical and take a neutral stance on any issue not directly associated with free speech. We hold talks on free speech and talks from marginalised voices who may otherwise find it hard to have their views heard. We also have a welcoming community atmosphere, holding casual socials and bustling pub discussions.

Number of Members: 46 Awards and Achievements We are a new society who have, in a short time, created a warm and friendly atmosphere for our members, many of which have commented on being uniquely comfortable at our events. We have held workshop events, discussing free speech and have held a number of lively and informative talks.

What we need and why We aim to hold more talks, and to do this we will need to cover the costs of some of the speakers who will travel to reach us. As well as this we plan on creating t-shirts for our committee and members and possibly other merchandise. Furthermore, we may need to cover security costs for some of our events.

Sponsorship assets Currently we can display logos on our Facebook page and at our talks. Once we have raised the money for t-shirts and other merchandise logos can be displayed here too. Finally, on the blog we aim to create, where our committee and guest writers will contribute.

Partnership We would be able to mention sponsors at our talks and other events. We could promote specific events with the names of sponsors. Also, given the prevalence of discussions of free speech on campus and in society currently, it will provide exposure from a society that is associated with such a significant topic. We would be able to offer free entry and invitations to our events, and we could send pictures from our events.

Contact Details Sunil ps17793@my.bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/BristolFreeSpeech

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Bristol Indian Society

Who we are This society is formed to bring together students who identify themselves as Indians, irrespective of their religion or nationality. We aim to spread awareness and teach them about the Indian culture, and to provide support for the Indian students who come from different parts of the world and to make them feel homely. Our society is excited to celebrate India’s vibrant culture and festivities with the students of the University of Bristol!

Number of Members: 27

What we need and why We need sponsorship to organise more small and large scale events and make events affordable so that a large group of students could attend. We also want to make people aware of varieties of different food available in India and need sponsorship so that we can bring them to everyone at affordable prices.

Sponsorship assets We will be able to display sponsor logos on the SU website, on all our social media channels and also publicise on our event posters. Also, advertise about them on the emails we sent to our members.

Partnership We would advertise about the company sponsoring us to the best of our ability. And depending on the scale of the event, we would invite them to be a part of the event and also thank them for their support by offering them a token of appreciation.

Contact Details Shasank Loharuka bristolindiansociety@gmail.com

facebook.com/bristolisoc

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Who we are BUCG is a society which allows students to get outdoors and do some conservation work. We travel to nature reserves in the Bristol area and undertake conservation work. This includes working with external bodies such as the Avon Wildlife Trust to undertake tasks such as coppicing, dead hedging, dry stone walling, scrub clearance, tree planting, sea defence construction. We also have a ancient woodland reserve that we manage ourselves, Providence Plantation, which is owned by the University of Bristol. We regularly head to Providence to make sure it is at its most welcoming to wildlife

Number of Members: 48 Awards and Achievements Best Society Award - UBU 2014

What we need and why We are looking for sponsorship to help support our general running costs, including events such as socials, and for the development of initiative and activities that support wildlife in and around Bristol.

We would like sponsorship as we try to make the cost of being a member of the society as low as possible to make the group more accessible to more people from all backgrounds.

Sponsorship assets Social media, weekly emails, society clothing.

Partnership Use of venues for socials/events, promotion of sponsor to society members via social media and emails helping to raise their profile with Bristol students, the opportunity for the company to expand its CSR (corporate social responsibility) footprint with a green organisation.

Contact Details Katie Pearson-Bunt kp16249@my.bristol.ac.uk bucg.org.uk

facebook.com/groups/ BristolConservation @bristoluniconservation

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Bristol University Hot Air Ballooning Society (BUHABS)

Who we are We fly the University’s iconic red and white balloon both in Bristol and across the UK & Europe!

Number of Members: 65

What we need and why We are in search of funds for a replacement van and/or trailer for our flying operations, as well as help cover our expensive running costs. As one of only two active university ballooning societies it is vital we secure funding through sponsorship soon so that we can continue to offer students the rare opportunity to get involved in hot air ballooning in Bristol, the UK’s home of the sport.

Sponsorship assets On any society clothing, on one or more panels of our balloon’s basket, on our van and/or trailer (depending on the level of sponsorship offered), on our 3 active social media accounts and our website, and on any promotional materials (videos/roller banners/leaflets) we produce.

Partnership Hot air balloons always attract the attention of the public and of the media. Being associated with BUHABS as a sponsor offers the following benefits: brand or name association with the UK’s longest established and most active student ballooning club. Possibility for advertising on the balloon basket and/or support vehicle and trailer. Possibility for flights for staff members or as prizes and possibility of flights for guests.

There is also the possibility of balloon appearing at company events or special activites, subject to dates being compatible and provided sponsorship level is sufficient to support use of commercial balloon pilots. This may include the annual Bristol International Balloon Fiesta which attracts crowds of up to 500,000. We can provide high-quality photo and video content of our balloon with the sponsor’s logo clearly displayed on the basket (for use online and in print).

Contact Details

facebook.com/BUHABS

Patrick Metcalfe mail.buhabs@gmail.com buhabs.org

@uob_balloon @buhabs

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Bristol University Music Society

Who we are We offer both auditioned and non-auditioned ensembles for a wide range of instruments, giving opportunities for all to come and play together in large and small groups. We put on a wide range of concerts across the academic year, as well as holding regular socials and formals as well.

Number of Members: 242 Awards and Achievements Brass Band - UniBrass Shield Champions 2018.

What we need and why BUMS is a constantly evolving society, and each year requires funds to run its range of ensembles.

This encompasses everything from buying music to producing materials for concerts. We also run a range of trips across the year, such as to UniBrass, which allow our members to interact with musicians from other universities, and provide them with opportunities they might otherwise not be able to experience. If you have something specific in mind that you would like to sponsor, whether it is listed above or not, please get in touch!

Sponsorship assets • Concert Posters • Programmes • Social Media Pages

Partnership • Concert Tickets • Advertising pages in programmes • Meetings/formals at your venue

Contact Details

facebook.com/BUMusicSociety

Andy Slater secretary@bumsonline.org.uk bumsonline.org.uk

@b_u_m_s_

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Chaos Who we are We aim to create a sense of community amongst those studying, or just interested in, physics. This year we organised a variety of social events, from our Christmas formal (Physball) to trips to the pub and, in the summer, barbecues. There is also an academic side to the society, with talks on areas from research to popular science.

We’ve put on trips to places such as JET (a fusion reactor) and CERN in Geneva, as well as providing a pastoral ‘parenting’ system.

Number of Members: 721 Awards and Achievements We are very proud to have recently won Best Academic and Careers Society as well as coming runner-up for Best Society at the National Societies Awards 2018. Good Times Award at Bristol SU Society Awards. Institute of Physics Affiliation. Largest departamental Society.

What we need and why Chaos is solely funded by its members and by its sponsors, receiving no funding from the University of Bristol. In order for the society to continue to put on top class events, and continue to be an awardwinning society, your company’s sponsorship will be essential. This allows us to continue developing our liberation networks (LGBT+, BME, Postgraduate etc) and run events for them, as membership to these networks are free. They also allow us to subsidise sports and ensure that our events are affordable for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Sponsorship assets Social Media, Website, Physical tickets to events, Newsletter and in booklets made for yearly undergrad conference, careers event and industry month.

Partnership Invitation to our undergraduate conference, photographs for newsletters, opportunity to organise visits to the company if they are an industrial site, option to host their own events.

Contact Details

facebook.com/bristolchaosevents

Cris Oehling bristolchaos@gmail.com bristolchaos.com

@bristolchaos @BristolChaos

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Dance Society Who we are DanceSoc is an inclusive, student-run society which offers 25 classes per week, of varying styles and levels, to student and non-student members in the community.

We have a very successful 52-person competition team which competes nationally each year as well as a nonaudition, inclusive Performance Team. We collaborate with community projects in Bristol such as Flamingo Chicks and PHAB.

Number of Members: 360 Awards and Achievements Last year all of our teams placed in the advanced categories as well as winning awards ‘Best choreography in comp’, ‘Best Female’, ‘Best Male’ and ‘Best overall team’. Best Performing Arts Society of the Year 2018’ at the SU Society awards We won 5/5 of our Varsity competitions against UWE Dance.

What we need and why As we strive to keep our membership prices down to maintain the accessibility of the group to all students we don’t make a profit from memberships. As we employ professional teachers for all 25 of our classes, the majority of the revenue generated from membership gets spent on teacher payments. We require sponsorship to support our incredibly successful competition team.

Unfortunately, as the Dance Society is not considered a sports club, we are not allocated a budget to help subsidise expenses.

Part of the money and donations will go towards travel to competitions, competition fees, and costume costs whilst the remaining funds will be saved and allocated towards the entire society through studio upkeep. As all classes use the studio in the SU, there is a need to purchase a new tap flooring and replace unsafe equipment.

Sponsorship assets We can customise our competition team kit with the sponsors logos which we take to different competitions. If we were to secure sponsorship then we would be happy to put logos on banners, signs and of course the sponsor would be listed on every social media platform we have. as well as advertised in the studio.

Partnership We can offer free tickets to shows and performances. Free performances at their own events or fundraisers and society-wide distribution and publication of the services that the sponsor offers.

Contact Details

facebook.com/UOBDanceSoc

Sophie Meyer sm16500@bristol.ac.uk

bristoldancesoc_ @UOBDanceSoc

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Duality (chemical physics society)

Who we are We aim to support chemical physics students both personally and academically, through social and educational events, as well as being around to advise them.

Number of Members: 44 Awards and Achievements Bristol Innovation Award 2018.

What we need and why Sponsorships would not only help our society expand further, but the right scientific companies would give career insight to our members. Events such as talks from leading professionals and educational trips to industrial sites would satisfy the aims of our society set out in our constitution. Furthermore, other types of sponsorship such as for social events would give gentle introductions between our members and companies, strengthening links between them and allowing us to further their general interest in Chemical Physics.

Sponsorship assets Our large social media presence would ensure optimal visibility for your logos. On top of this, we will include them on any material we make for events, for example promotional posters and slides or handouts during events.

Partnership Invitations to give talks or organise visits to your businesses for both our members and those of the various societies we collaborate with. Marketing on our Student Union website and social media outlets, sponsored events, and direct connections to recent chemical physics graduates and current undergraduates, a highly sought-after group of scientists which will prove a valuable pool for your company to have access to.

Contact Details

facebook.com/ groups/180729518965797

Jack Macklin jm16976@my.bristol.ac.uk bristolsu.org.uk/groups/duality-chemical-physics-society

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Epigram

Who we are An award-winning independent student newspaper.

Number of Members: 50 Awards and Achievements SPA Awards - Best Publication, Best Journalist, Best News Story, Best Use of Digital Media.

What we need and why To cover printing and distribution costs so we can continue producing a high-quality, student-run publication. Allow us to maintain an attractive website, aimed to engage and inform students of university life. Develop our website as a place for local and national businesses to advertise. Help fund a number of annual events including our Christmas celebration and our end of year ball to celebrate our 30th anniversary. Help fund a number of social activities aimed at bringing students and teams together, to celebrate our successes.

Sponsorship assets Team jumper, Epigram website (epigram.org.uk), our print publication, social media (Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook).

Partnership Unique platform from which they can target the student audience as well as external readers.

Can provide students who have experience working for a written publication - great written and communicative skills. Also have a Business Team who work in Advertising, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Management. We can offer sponsorship of events, advertising space in print and online, advertorials online and in print, promotion on our social media, invitations to host talks on your business.

Contact Details

facebook.com/EpigramPaper

Frances McNab fm16462@my.bristol.ac.uk epigram.org.uk

@epigrampaper_ @EpigramPaper

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Film Society

Who we are We are the University of Bristol Film Society which hosts regular film screenings, as well as socials and cinema trips.

Number of Members: 61

What we need and why To book speakers to talk about film

Sponsorship assets Facebook page

Partnership Screenings, avid audience of film fans

Contact Details Dom Owens do16317@my.bristol.ac.uk

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Helix Who we are We are the University of Bristol’s Biochemistry society. We work with biochemists to support them in their academic, social and sporting activities. We do everything from bar crawls and socials, to sports and trips abroad. We even provide academic support with the very popular Parenting and Mentoring scheme, as well as careers events and guest speakers. This year we’re also being extra adventurous with a joint science trip to Paris!

We aim to provide a network for all biochemists, students or alumni to connect to provide academic and pastoral support for their time at University and future careers in biochemistry, or other industries.

Number of Members: 368 What we need and why We are looking for sponsorship for events such as advice sessions for first years into careers options or unit choices and our very popular biomed ball. We team up with other biochemical degrees such as biomed, CMM, physiology and pharmacology to put on joint socials and trips. The biomed ball normally attracts 250 members, but requires subsidised tickets, which is provided by Helix and other society’s money. Any sponsorship to help increase our income to put on more and better events would be very much appreciated.

Sponsorship assets We can include logos on social media and society jumpers.

Partnership Any companies looking for smart individuals for jobs/internships/grad schemes both in uni and out we would love to be able to publicise the roles available on Helix’s page (with over 500 members).

We would like to attract more guest speakers to come in from different career areas, from biochemistry to accounting to give advice on life outside university and potential job opportunities.

Contact Details Alex Archer aa16360@my.bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/groups/ HelixBristolUni

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History Society Who we are We are the student run History society for Bristol University’s History department. We organise the annual Christmas and Grad ball as well as monthly socials and academic talks for all our members. We also have intermural sports teams for History members including football, rugby and netball.

Number of Members: 499 Awards and Achievements Promotion for History football in Intermural last season.

Organiser of the 4 time sell out History Christmas Ball.

What we need and why The more money the society has the bigger and better events we can run. We want to do more interactive and fun socials and host more prominent speakers to get those outside the society involved too. We are primarily looking to find a rugby kit for our new Intermural team which we would love to have new logos on.

Sponsorship assets We have logos on our football kit and eventually our rugby kit, as well as on every social media post, academic talk and event ticket we give out. We can post on our page about your group too as we have over 1,000 followers who see our posts and therefore your logo!

Partnership Sponsors are welcome to attend any history academic talk or social for free. Our upcoming talk is about the Middle East from an ex-extremist. If appropriate they would also be welcome to host events to reach out to society members

Contact Details Olivia Harte Oh16316@my.bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/groups/25805816193

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InFilm Society Who we are Bristol’s first and only filmmaking Society (which automatically makes us the best), we pride ourselves on producing a creative outlet for student filmmakers and giving workshops and tutorials to help students learn the skills they need to further their interest in filmmaking. Our current line up has us producing the work of first time directors under the banner of Beginner Directors, our second series of short films under our Series Slot, and three female driven short films under the banner of Project Elephant female filmmakers initiative.

Number of Members: 131 Awards and Achievements Recently secured ÂŁ1,669 in funding from the SU group grants first round of applications

What we need and why As a relatively new and rapidly growing society we would welcome sponsorship and all opportunities for further funding and sustainability, any money or donations raised would be used to further both our practical filmmaking through the purchasing of equipment and allow us a larger budget to make higher quality films. Such funding would also allow us the opportunity to better promote events and showcases of our work, along with providing a chance to fund applications to local and national film festivals.

Sponsorship assets We would be able to display logos on our Instagram and Facebook pages, along with in our membership group on Facebook. We would also be able to provide product placement within our productions and at our events.

Partnership We would be able to offer filming and post production work covering events and advertising for them, along with the promotion of their product to other students, and placement at our events.

Contact Details

Facebook.com/infilmbristol

Alex Troman infilmbristol@gmail.com

@infilmbristol

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Inter:Mission Who we are Online arts and culture magazine.

Number of Members: 11 Awards and Achievements We recently published a one-off zine, showcasing the rich and talented team of editors and contributors.

We are incredibly proud of our relationship with other organisations and creatives in Bristol. We recently held our first event of the year, an evening of spoken word and poetry at The Square Club. Next week we will be raising money for The Orchid Project through a gig at The Crofter’s Rights, followed in December by a collaboration with the infamous Bristol music collective Semi Peppered for a night of music and art at Elemental, also in Stokes Croft.

What we need and why Our membership is free, which is important to us as we don’t feel creatives or writers should need to pay to express themselves. However, this means the only way we make money is off events, which due to venue hire and wanting to keep ticket costs low for students, together with the costs of running our website, mean we have little money to play around with. We would use sponsorship money to fund future events, involving artists and creatives who require payment to work, and hiring out larger spaces for our growing collective. In the past, limited edition t-shirts have had a very popular response, so creating more products associated with Inter:Mission would also be a great use for the money.

Sponsorship assets At the bottom of our website page, we can do a promotional article on the website and posts on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Partnership Free entry to our events, features on our website and social media such including reviews written by our team or photographs taken by us relating to a sponsor (e.g. product, venue etc.)

Contact Details

facebook.com/intermissionbristol

Hetty Mahlich intermissionbristol@gmail.com intermissionbristol.co.uk

@intermissionphoto

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Live Music Society (LiveSoc)

Who we are Introducing students to live music in Bristol, LiveSoc brings musicians and music lovers together to form bands, go to gigs and enjoy the Bristol music scene.

Number of Members: 52 Awards and Achievements Bristol Battle of the Bands organisers.

What we need and why Buying/ repairing instruments and equipment to provide a more functional space for student artists and bands to develop their skills and practice

Sponsorship assets Social media posts, posters and flyers for some of our biggest events such as battle of the bands.

Partnership Hold open mic nights at sponsors venue which will bring customers in who will spend money on drinks. Promotion of gigs at music venues on social media. Organisation of group gigs at sponsors venue.

Contact Details Katie Carr-Ferguson kc15877@my.bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/groups/livesoc

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Natural Health Society Who we are At the Natural Health Society, we run workshops in the making of all kinds of natural products. Our aim is to inform and encourage people to use more natural ingredients which are better for their health and the environment.

Most beauty products sold contain palm oil which is rapidly destroying the rain-forest. As our new society expands, a percentage of ticket sales will go towards rainforest conservation charities. So far our workshops have included soap, body scrub, deodorant, face cream and candle making.

Number of Members: 39 What we need and why In order to purchase sustainable ingredients, we would appreciate financial support. We also need equipment and would love to buy society t-shirts in the future.

Sponsorship assets We are very active on our Facebook page and will happily post about sponsorship support. With more funding we also intend to buy group t-shirts to display sponsor logos on.

Partnership We will publicise them as a key supporter for our society on our social media sites and mailing list of 300+ people. They would be associated with a very environmentally concerned society which is unique to any other Bristol University Society. We’d also happily provide them with samples of what we make in all our sessions so that they’re kept in the loop with the society.

Contact Details Olivia Brooks bristolnaturalhealthsociety@gmail.com

facebook.com/bristolnaturalhealth

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Neuroscience Society Who we are Neuroscience Society is run by neuroscience students for all students with an interest in the nervous system. We organise a plethora of events from formals,balls to talks from leading neuroscientists. We are an extremely active society with participation being at an all time high (figures on enquiry) with socials running fortnightly, a ladies netball team, and a national level symposium in the works.

Number of Members: 124 Awards and Achievements Our Christmas Ball has the highest attendance of any Neuroscience event: 120 people. We are arranging the first ever annual Bristol Neuroscience Symposium. This event will invite students from Neuroscience courses at some of the UK’s leading universities to come to Bristol to hear talks from top Neuroscientists about their ongoing research.

What we need and why • To help incentivise Neuroscientists to come and speak about their field or current research at Bristol.

• To help fund the upcoming Bristol Neuroscience Symposium.

• To help keep up with the rapid growth we have been experiencing in terms of membership numbers and consequently formal event size.

Sponsorship assets • Merchandise such as sweaters and t-shirts • Sports kit for the ladies netball team • All are social media platforms (cover photo, sponsored posts)

Partnership • Biweekly attendance of your venue for our socials • Sponsorship of all material to do with our Bristol Neuroscience symposium, an event to be held early in 2019. The symposium will be an event led by students for students with the aim of inspiring participants to pursue a career in neuroscience based research.

• Access to job-seeking graduates highly skilled in data management, statistics, analytics, logical reasoning and, of course, the ins and outs of the brain.

• Free access to any event Neuroscience Society puts on.

• Photographs, videos and other promotional content can be made/ tailored by us for your marketing material.

Contact Details Sophia Geddes sg16571@my.bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/groups/ officialbristolneurosoc @bristolneurosoc

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Pint of Science Who we are We are the Bristol branch of the international science festival which aims to break down barriers between researchers and the community. In our annual event, scientists describe their work to an interested audience in the friendly environs of a local pub. We will run 22 events over three nights in May, with about 1000 seats filled. Our events are organised entirely by volunteers.

Number of Members: 45 vounteers Awards and Achievements Pint of Science (as a national organisation) received a Points of Light award by the Prime Minister.

What we need and why Sponsorship enables us to secure bigger and better venues, and invest in advertising our events, enabling us to reach a wider community.

Sponsorship assets Sponsor logos are shared at the events (our hosts verbally acknowledge our sponsorship, and logos are displayed on slides); when the events are sold online, our audiences will see the sponsors of each event; when we tweet about the events, sponsorship is acknowledged (the Pint of Science twitter feed has 19.8k followers)

Partnership We offer two free event passes to our sponsors; we can distribute merchandise to our audience (within reason). Upon discussion, more opportunities are available.

Contact Details

facebook.com/pintofscience

Sophie Stevens pintofsciencebristol@gmail.com pintofscience.co.uk/events/bristol

@pintofscience @pintofscience

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Thai Society

Who we are Home away from home society for Thai students.

Number of Members: 34

What we need and why Wewould use this money to hold events for our members. As it is the home away from home society, many events are needed (at least once a week) at the beginning of the term to ensure that everybody could get to know each other. Also the event before the fresher flew to UK, called Predeparture which is the event to inform the new student how they are going live in Bristol in all aspects and this event is held in Bangkok, which have very high living cost including the venue hiring. The money we got will go to support this event. Moreover, we also run acharity trip over the summer, part of the money is used for this.

Sponsorship assets For now we can present it in the event we are going to hold which is called Thai night. it could be the banner, poster but normally we put the sponsors logo on the card and society T-shirt

Partnership We offer them to display the sponsor logo in our card, T-shirt and also distribute their posters/ brochure in fresher fair, thai night.

Contact Details Arnon Songlin as17333@bristol.ac.uk

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That’s What She Said Magazine Who we are That’s What She Said is an award-winning online and print magazine comprised of many student writers, illustrators and photographers at the University of Bristol. We platform diverse feminist voices from across the student body and prioritise representation of those who experience multiple oppressions. TWSS brings together the university’s finest feminist talent to share with you the issues that matter most. We value student voices, intersectionality, inclusivity and body positivity.

Awards and Achievements The Student Media Award

What we need and why We need sponsorship as we currently have very little funds to print our magazine as well as to hold a magazine launch for this. We also want to have an exhibition in the new year to celebrate the work from all our great feminist artists and will need to hire a venue for this as well.

Sponsorship assets We can display logos on social media and in our print magazine.

Partnership We can invite sponsors to our magazine launch as well as our art exhibition.

Contact Details

facebook.com/twssmagazine

Becky Armstrong twss.magazine@gmail.com twssmagazine.com

@twssmagazine @TWSSMagazine

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The Economics, Finance and Management Society

Who we are The EFM Society provides a range of academic, social and career based events for all Bristol University students who have an interest in Economics and related issues.

Number of Members: 771

What we need and why As the largest society at Bristol we currently have over 700 members. Throughout the year we host careers and academic talks from external speakers, as well as an annual trip abroad and numerous socials in Bristol. We also run several sports teams including Football, Rugby and Mixed Netball.

Funding from our sponsors mainly contributes to our running costs of these events. For example some events have catering costs whilst our sports teams have kit and referee costs for each match.

Sponsorship assets We currently have several mediums through which we display our sponsors to our members. For sponsors wanting to hold careers events in Bristol or promote their graduate schemes, we publicise these opportunities through both our Facebook group (over 2000 members) and our email list, which is sent to 1400 recipients. We also have a website, bristolefm.org through which we also promote all our sponsors. For our premium partners we hold specific pages on our website through which visitors can read in greater detail about a specific sponsor, which has proven a very popular option this year.

Partnership Our sponsors are able to increase their coverage with our members, enabling them to promote the graduate opportunities and improve their brand awareness on campus. We offer a number of packages, including opportunities to sponsor our sports teams, our annual Christmas Ball, as well as more premium packages that give more exposure to our members throughout the year.

Contact Details

facebook.com/efmsociety

Dan Steele ds16581@my.bristol.ac.uk bristolefm.org

@bristolefm @bristolefm

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UkeSoc

Who we are We’re the university’s ukulele society. We meet each week to arrange, practise, and perform songs on the ukulele and other quirky instruments.

Number of Members: 35 Awards and Achievements Interests and Skills Society of the Year 2017-18

What we need and why New members often don’t own their own ukuleles so we often have to share instruments which isn’t ideal, and makes it hard to entice new people to join. We would love to get sponsorship to be able to afford some society-owned ukuleles which members could use to see if they enjoy it before committing to buying their own, without detriment to other members of the society.

Sponsorship assets We would be able to display sponsor logos prominently on our social media and Bristol SU page.

We would also display them at our stall at Freshers’ Fair each year, and at the smaller freshers’ fair in Refreshers’ Week, as well as any other publicity opportunities we may have in the future, for example any performances we put on.

Partnership We can publicly acknowledge sponsors on our social media posts. We can also offer sponsors invitations to any sessions or socials we put on. We regularly take photos and videos of performances at our regular sessions so we could send those for newsletters or websites etc.

Contact Details Matthew Randell mr16445@bristol.ac.uk bristolsu.org.uk/groups/ukesoc

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Univesity of Bristol Darts Society

Who we are We’re the University’s Darts Society, this year we’re one of four founding members of the Southern University Darts League (SUDL). Currently we’ve one won one game and lost another.

Number of Members: 199 Awards and Achievements Joining the SUDL

What we need and why We have our three home games of the SUDL all in the new year and we’re looking for funding to hire a professional MC, a dart board and general assistance with running a larger scale event. We’re hoping to hold the events in the Anson Rooms in the SU, with a capacity of 400.

Sponsorship assets We currently have some basic t shirts but are happy to create more with your company’s logo.

Further at these events we can have banners on stage and when we’re selling tickets we can show the logo on the website and our Facebook page. For reference, the Darts varsity event last year was the most well attended and sold out 500 tickets.

Partnership We’re more than happy to invite you to our events and we could look at getting an article written about us in the SU magazine/website and obviously include our sponsors details.

Contact Details Henry Malby hm16114@bristol.ac.uk

facebook.com/ groups/1661560170545442

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University of Bristol Gin Society

Who we are We are the gin society, we get together once or twice a term in casual but welcoming environments to try quality gins and meet likeminded people.

Number of Members: 1300+

What we need and why We need sponsors to donate their gins/tonics/soft drinks to our society in order to host the events.

Sponsorship assets Social media, society t-shirts, banners and stands at the events.

Partnership Broad advertisement of their business, exposure to an enthusiastic new market of customers who would not necessarily have access to premium gins

Contact Details Katie Shaw bristolginsociety@gmail.com

facebook.com/ groups/1281145001935711

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UoB Church Choir Who we are We are an un-aditioned, welcoming choir where singers from any background can join in singing traditional and some contemporary church music. We sing in St. Paul’s Church Clifton at their Sunday services in term time. We also have an annual trip in the summer where we sing in a different cathedral for a week. Most recently we have sung in Norwich and Salisbury Cathedrals.

Number of Members: 34 Awards and Achievements Good references from cathedrals and churches where we have recently sung.

What we need and why We use donations for our annual choir tour, which in August 2019 will be to Carlisle Cathedral. The money subsidises accommodation for choir members while we are there, so that the trip is more accessible and everyone has the chance to sing in different cathedrals

Sponsorship assets Social media - public Facebook page. Potentially on hoodies which we are considering getting.

Partnership Information about all our services and free tickets to our concert. Photos and updates for newsletters.

Contact Details Becka Ward uobchurchchoir@gmail.com

facebook.com/UoBchurchchoir

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Women in Finance Society Who we are Our mission is to assist in bringing complete gender equality to the finance industry. We put on events for our members to inspire and engage them in the world of finance. We aim to instil confidence in our members by supporting them and providing the opportunity to build a strong professional network, and we welcome all students.

Number of Members: 317 Awards and Achievements Most Inspiring Committee, Bristol SU Awards

What we need and why Membership is free to ensure our society is accessible to all students, but this means we require sponsorship to fund our activities. Sponsorship money will enable us to put on more events for our members and provide more resources in order to inspire and encourage more women at Bristol university to go into the finance industry. Our events range from holding workshops, panel events, networking and talks from guest speakers and companies.

Sponsorship assets We can display sponsor logos next to our society logo, so on all forms of social media, our Student Union webpage and our website. We can also put logos on any printed posters and leaflets used to advertise our events which are displayed around campus, and print them on our Welcome fair leaflets. We will be able to display logos as part of presentations and banners at our events, and on any emails sent from our email account.

Partnership We can invite sponsors to societal events hosted throughout the year and they will be able to advertise to our members via email, Facebook page and on our website. We also offer the opportunity to host events, workshops and speakers from their company at our events.

Contact Details Sarah Woodard uobwomeninfinance@gmail.com uobwomeninfinance.com

facebook.com/ UoBWomeninFinance

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Women In Engineering

Who we are We encourage girls into engineering through outreach, creating a community of female engineers at Bristol University and showcasing and supporting women in engineering within the faculty and in industry.

Number of Members: 74 Awards and Achievements Awarded a grant from the Faculty of Engineering to run a “Fix your own bike” workshop

What we need and why We don’t charge for our membership so we can be as inclusive as possible, plus, we feel it is unfair to charge students to be part of our society as well as paying for their course society and a sport society. Therefore our funding comes from industry. The money will go towards: refreshments and catering (e.g. Pizza at our successful talk series), materials for our outreach workshops, subsidising travel to schools so as many students can take part as possible, prizes at our annual Christmas pub quiz and prizes at our Palet-a-thon (design competition out of wooden pallets).

Sponsorship assets On all our posters on which are displayed throughout Queen’s Building and Merchant Ventures Building. We also have a large presence on social media including on other engineering society’s pages and groups as we are a faculty wide society. Also we are in the process of creating merchandise which would feature any sponsor’s logos.

Partnership Sponsors would be included on any promotional material produced. We would also like sponsors to send representatives to judge our Palet-a-thon design competition. Plus we would like to invite representatives to take part in our talks series “How Women are Changing the World with Engineering”. Also, we would like women from the industry to accompany us to our outreach work.

Contact Details

facebook.com/womeninengbristol

Rachel Oliver womeninengbristol@gmail.com wiebris.co.uk

@womeninengbristol @womeninengbris

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For general sponsorship enquires, please contact PAUL ARNOLD

Head of Business Development paul.arnold@bristol.ac.uk 0117 903 5226