Sponsorship opportunities

Honouring community heroes across the borough, our award sponsorships provide the perfect opportunity for your organisation to support their great achievements through a range of packages starting at just £500.

Full details of the award sponsorship packages are available at www.prideofgedling.co.uk/sponsors

Arnold Summer Fair at Arnot Hill Park
Saturday 22 June
Expected attendance: 5,000
Headline sponsorship package: £2,500+VAT

A chance for the whole borough to come together and celebrate local history, this flagship event for the borough will have a heritage theme for 2024 and will be part of the council’s 50^th anniversary celebrations.

Throughout the day there will be a variety of on-stage performances, creative activities for families, a young people’s area and food, drink and market stalls.

The event will be a great place to reach people in person with information about your organisation.

The sponsorship package for this event includes:

• Acknowledgment of your business as sponsor in press releases about the event
• A stand in a prominent position at the Fair, throughout the event
• Your roller banner(s) on stage throughout the event
• ½ page advertisement in an edition of Contacts Magazine, delivered to 57,500 households across the borough, reaching more than 117,000 people
• Advertisement with link to your website on a What’s On email, sent to 12,800+ subscribers
• Advertisement, with link to your website, on a Latest News email sent to 14,300+ subscribers
• Acknowledgement as the event sponsor, with a link through to your website, on the What’s On listing for the Summer Fair on Gedling Borough Council’s website
• Your logo included on marketing materials for the event, including posters, digital screen adverts and the Facebook event header
• Acknowledgement as the event sponsor on social media posts (Twitter/X 8,900+ followers, Facebook 9,900+ followers, Instagram 1,600+ followers)

Events based in Arnold town centre are aways popular, attracting local businesses, residents and visitors of all ages. 

A highlight of the year, the Arnold Christmas lights switch on event takes place in front of the AMP building in the town centre, with nearby businesses usually staying open late, street entertainment, craft fair, market stalls and a stage with performers on throughout the evening to entertain the crowds. Not forgetting of course the all improtant countdown and lights switch-on.

Christmas Lights switch-on evening

Arnold town centre - in the square in front of the brand new The AMP building, off Front Street
Attendance 3,000+
Headline sponsorship package £1,500+VAT

• Acknowledgment as the headline sponsor in press releases about the event
• A stand at the event
• Your logo on marketing materials for the event including posters, digital screen adverts and Facebook event header
• Your roller banner on stage during performances and the lights switch on
• Invitation to be on stage for the Christmas Lights Switch on
• A half page advertisement in a Contacts Magazine, delivered to 57,500 households across the borough, reaching more than 117,000 people
• Acknowledgement as the event’s headline sponsor on social media posts (Twitter 8,800+ followers, Facebook 8,900+ followers)
• Advertisement in a What’s On email, sent to 12,800+ subscribers 
• Acknowledgment as the event’s headline sponsor and link to your website on the What’s On event entry on Gedling Borough Council website.

These play events provide creative activities for families and are supported by some of the Council’s community partners. Families come and take part in activities together and find out about services and agencies working in their local area. Events take place around the borough in Community Hubs.

Our headline sponsorship package gives you the opportunity to promote your business to local parents through a variety of channels:

• A prominent pitch at the event
• Acknowledgment as the sponsor in all press releases

• Acknowledgement as the sponsor on social media posts (Twitter 8,800+ followers, Facebook 8,800+ followers)

• Your logo on marketing material for the event including
• flyers and posters 
• Facebook event header image
• digital screen advert at Civic Centre

• Advertisement in a What’s On emails sent to 12,800+ subscribers 

• Advertisement with click through on the What’s On event entry on Gedling Borough Council website.

Our fabulous parks are available to sponsor with a 1 year package. Prices and availability are provided on request. Find a park in your area.

To discuss sponsoring one of our parks, please email advertising@gedling.gov.uk or call 0115 901 3801.

A typical annual park sponsorship package includes:

• Press release and social media posts acknowledging the sponsorship
• Acknowledgement of sponsorship on the signs at park entrances (to be applied in vinyl)
• A banner displayed within the park for the year
• Logo and link to your website on the park’s webpage.

Support the environment and promote your business in areas of high footfall by sponsoring our eye-catching displays. 

• Planters' sponsorship costs £200 each per year.
• Roadside flower beds cost £1,000 each per year.

Our fleet of bin lorries covers over 32,000 miles every month and offer a great opportunity to get your message out on a large scale advertising space that travels throughout the borough, reaching not only residents but pedestrians and road users. Lorries have an advertising space of 1250 x 3200. We can arrange the design and installation of your advert. Contact us for prices.

There are 900 public waste bins throughout the Borough's streets and parks. You can advertise on the bins for just £25 per bin, per year for an A4 advert highlighting your message to residents and visitors. (Minimum order is for advertising on 20 bins.)