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From the Sponsorship Secretary Durham Union Society Suzi Green

CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP

TEL: 0191 384 3724 FAX: 0191 384 7060 [email protected] WWW.DUS.ORG.UK

Sponsorship Brochure

T HE D URHAM U NION S OCIETY Academic Year 2013/ 2014

Durham Union Society

P EMBERTON B UILDINGS

P ALACE G REEN

D URHAM

DH1 3EP


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM

DH1 3EP


DURHAM UNION SOCIETY SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS

Dear Prospective Sponsor,

I am writing to enquire whether your company might be interested in any of the sponsorship

opportunities available at the Durham Union Society for the forthcoming academic year. As the

largest, and most prestigious student society at Durham University, we can offer your company

unparalleled access to a large number of high-calibre potential graduate recruits.

Durham University is ranked one of the top universities in the country. Its Law Department is

consistently ranked second only to Oxford and Cambridge, and the History, Theology, English, and

Physics departments are amongst the best in the world. However, the University is divided into

departments and colleges which has meant that graduate recruiters who seek employees from

multiple disciplines struggle to gain maximum exposure across the University. This is where the

Durham Union Society provides unique access.

With almost 3,000 members, the Union consists of around one in three undergraduate students. The

Durham Union Society holds daily events, ranging from high profile debates and celebrity

addresses to large and small scale social events. Recent speakers include: Bertie Ahern, Professor

A.C. Grayling, Nick Clegg, Attorney General Dominic Grieve, David Miliband, Lord Robert

Winston and Tanni Grey-Thompson. The Union also runs a competitive debating squad which is

considered the second most successful in Europe. The Union’s diverse activities mean that it

transcends the University’s organisational structure. The Union is the University's largest internal

organisation and has unmatched access to students across departments and colleges. However, it is

only with the support of sponsors that we can continue to thrive.

Firms including: Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, and Linklaters, regularly place adverts in our

professionally-produced publications, using them as an opportunity to advertise recruitment

presentations at Durham, vacation placements or just to promote their company brand. Companies

such as Grant Thornton have also sponsored our weekly Friday night debates. We have many

opportunities which enable organisations to take advantage of our widespread reach within the

university.

Please find attached a comprehensive overview of our sponsorship options for the academic year

2013/2014.

Thank you for taking the time to consider publicity and promotional opportunities with the Durham

Union Society.

Yours sincerely,

Suzi Green

Sponsorship Secretary


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


PERMANENT DISPLAYS

For a negotiable rate, we can display posters/banners and other permanent advertising in one of our buildings

The Chamber

The Pemberton Buildings

24 North Bailey Club:

:

Bar, Reading Room and Guest Rooms


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM

DH1 3EP


ADVERTISING IN THE TERMCARD

The Termcard is the cornerstone of Union publicity and is the most popular method of advertising to our

members. The A5 Michaelmas, Epiphany, and Easter Termcards will be delivered to almost 3,000 members

in Durham; this includes a wide range of students in every college, undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

It is the main source of information about the Union Society, packed full of details about our debates,

addresses, and social events and is used by students for reference throughout term.

If you are interested in sponsoring us for the duration of the next year then we would like to offer you the

option of reserving a place in the term cards for all three terms in advance. Annual term card sponsorship

would come to £1,900 for three full-page adverts, which is a discount of £200 compared to placing the

adverts separately.

Two-termly Sponsorship Deal

If you would like to sponsor just the next two terms, we can offer a £50 discount, with a price of £1,350.

Termcard Advertisement Rates for

the Academic Year 2013/ 2014:

Back Cover £ 800

Inside Front Cover £ 750

Inside Back Cover £ 750

Full Page £ 700

Half Page £ 350

Quarter Page £ 150

Term Dates 2013/ 2014

Annual Sponsorship Deal

Easter 2013 22nd Apr - 21st Jun

Michaelmas 2013 7th Oct – 13

th Dec

Epiphany 2014 20th Jan – 21st Mar

Back Cover £800

Inside Front Cover £750

Insider Back Cover £750

Full Page £700

Half Page £350

Quarter Page £200


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


ADVERTISING IN THE FRESHERS’ BROCHURE

The Freshers’ Brochure is a glossy A4 publication introducing the Union Society to all new undergraduates

arriving at the University next year. It is sent out each year to 3000 students before they arrive in Durham.

The Freshers’ Brochure offers our potential new members, and their families, an insight into the history,

events and the running of the Union prior to their arrival at university.

The Freshers’ Brochure along with the Freshers’ Fair at the start of the Michaelmas term is our main

medium of attracting new members. We offer our resident members:

• The chance to hear, question and argue with national figures and celebrities.

• Use of club facilities, including our own bar 24 North Bailey Club, Reading Room and beer garden.

• Some of the biggest University-wide social events, from our Michaelmas and Epiphany Balls to our

famous Garden Party in the Easter

term.

• The opportunity to learn to debate and

speak with confidence in public.

Freshers’ Brochure Advertisement rates

for the Academic Year 2013/ 2014:

Back Cover £800

Inside Front Cover £650

Inside Back Cover £650

Full Page £600

Half Page £400

Quarter Page £300

Advertisement in the Freshers’

Brochure exposes your company to

3000 students, their families, and

friends.


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM

DH1 3EP


CELEBRITY DEBATE SPONSORSHIP

The heart of Union life is our weekly Friday Night Debate

which attracts a distinguished line-up of speakers. It costs the Union Society around £800 to run each debate, so sponsorship

plays a vital role in making sure that these events go ahead. The Debating Chamber is almost always full (capacity ~300) and

sometimes overflowing during Michaelmas. Our debate publicity package includes, but is not limited to:

Corporate Branding on:

• The debate page in the Termcard, delivered to almost 3000

members across Durham.

• The A3 posters produced to advertise the debate, distributed

to all 18 colleges, the Union Society building and our bar.

• The order papers of the debate, handed to every audience

member.

• The debate page of our website www.dus.org.uk,

accompanied by a hyperlink.

Pre-Debate Presentation, given to all members who come to

watch the debate

Debate Dinner: four complimentary seats at the Black Tie pre-debate dinner and drinks where you can meet the speakers, students and officers of the Society and invitations to the Reading Room for post-debate drinks

with a larger pool of invited members from the debate and our guests.

Banner Display in the Durham Union Debating Chamber on the night of the debate.

Publicity Stand erected in the Union and the right to distribute promotional material on the day of the debate

or social event. Between the debate and the bar we estimate a turnover of 500 people per night.

Special Thanks and address, announced in the Chamber by the President and the option to deliver a 10 - 15

minute presentation to the audience before the debate commences.

Email Special Thanks, a recruitment message and a hyperlink in the Union’s weekly email newsletter “What’s On” and Facebook email, sent to over 3000 members. Our mailing list far exceeds that of any other

student society, and indeed any individual college. The Union offers what no one else can.

Premium Debate Sponsorship Basic Debate Sponsorship

Michaelmas debates: £700 Michaelmas debates: £600

Other debates: £600 Other debates: £500

Including pre-debate presentation,

banner/stand(s) and distribution of

promotional materials as required

Including banner/stand(s) and

distribution of promotional materials

as required


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


GRADUATE RECRUITMENT EVENTS

Throughout the year we hold graduate recruitment and networking events. In our chamber students are

invited to meet professionals from banks, advertising firms, Inns of Court and many more. We advertise the

evening well in advance and we expose your company name in the same way as we would at a debate.

These events can take many different forms, from networking and drinks in the chamber or our members’

bar, to a formal question and answer session. Numbers depend on the type of event. Stand-up networking

may well be the best option with a few score of students or a lecture may well work best with our chamber

at its 300 capacity. Whatever type of event you wish to hold we can help. Please do not hesitate to get in

touch if you have any questions.

Pricing: It costs £600 for exclusive sponsorship for a graduate

recruitment and networking event. Naturally, all options can be tailored to your specific requirements.

SOCIAL EVENTS

Corporate Logos on all tickets, posters, flyers and in the Termcard produced to advertise the event, distributed to colleges and central University and Union Society buildings and displayed for the first half of

the relevant term, as well as on the menus for the evening.

Email Special Thanks, a recruitment message and a hyperlink in the Union’s weekly email newsletter

“What’s On” and Facebook email, sent to over 3000 members.

Banner or Stand Display in the venue on the night of the event.

Distribution of promotional material at the event.

Special Thanks announced at the dinner by the President.

Pricing: Please email the Sponsorship Secretary at [email protected] for more details.

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From the Sponsorship Secretary Durham Union Society Suzi Green CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


SPONSORING A DEBATING COMPETITION - UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Running alongside the Friday Night Debates are a wealth of School and University level

debating competitions that are world-renowned as being of the highest quality.

The Durham Inter-Varsity Competition

The Durham Inter-Varsity, held in the Michaelmas Term is one of the largest events of its kind, attracting

over 180 debaters from many different countries including Australia, the Philippines, and Canada. The two

day event consists of eight rounds climaxing with a fiercely fought final and a reconciliatory social event in

our bar. When you sponsor the Durham IV 2012, we would brand the competition with your name, in

addition to:

Corporate Branding on:

• The Competitive Debating page in the Durham Union Termcard.

• The posters for the competition, displayed prominently in the Union Society building and 24 NBC

(our bar) and the after-party.

• All information packs sent to potential and registered teams and judges.

• The debate page of our website www.dus.org.uk, accompanied by a hyperlink.

Email of Special Thanks, a recruitment message and a hyperlink in the Union’s weekly email newsletter

“What’s On” and Facebook email, sent to almost 3000 members.

Banner Display in the Durham Union Debating Chamber on the night of the debate.

Publicity Stand erected in the Union and the right to distribute promotional material. Between the debate and

the bar we estimate an exposure of 500 people per night plus the over 200 participants in the IV.

Special Thanks and address announced in the Chamber by the Director of Debating and the option to

deliver a 10 - 15 minute presentation to the audience before the debate commences.

Pricing: It costs £650 for exclusive sponsorship of the Durham Inter-Varsity Competition. All options can

be tailored to your specific requirements.

The Durham Open Competition

The Open runs exactly like the IV; however, it is open to everybody, allowing ex-students and joint

university teams to enter.

Pricing: It costs £650 for exclusive sponsorship of the Durham Inter-Varsity Competition.

All options can be tailored to your specific requirements.


PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP

SPONSORING OUR DEBATING SQUAD

An integral part of the Union is the competitive

debating that occurs in all three terms. We have some

of the best student speakers in the country and the

world. The Durham Union is ranked second in

Europe for debating and 11th

best in the world.

We attend over twenty UK competitions annually,

sending an average of six speakers and judges to each

competition.

2012-2013 we’ve been building on our competitive

successes, with teams in the semi-finals of the Oxford

IV and the Cambridge IV.

Our debaters have won notable competitions such as:

- Manchester IV

- BOGWALL (Scottish novices)

- Roosevelt Academy Open

- York IV

- Sheffield IV

- GUU Ancients (the oldest debating competition in

the World).

We have an established reputation on the international

circuit. This year in the World championships, for the

second year in a row, Simon Tunnicilffe and Ben Dory reached the Octo-finals.

Sponsoring our teams as they go around the country and the world will provide your

company with exposure at almost every University in the UK and associate it with one of

the best University teams. The Debating circuit is occupied by many of the brightest

students, most of whom are exactly the type you would want to recruit.

When you sponsor our debaters, publicity packages include, but are not limited to:

Corporate Logos and names on all competition related media. The teams may wear corporate T-Shirts or

hoodies at the competitions and workshops, and if you wish they can use corporate stationery. Your

company’s logo and name would also be included in a newsletter, which goes out to well over four

hundred Durham student debaters, the Durham Union Termcard, and through a hyperlink on our website.

Pricing: It costs £1500 for exclusive sponsorship of all our debating teams for one year. Naturally, all

options can be tailored to your specific requirements.

From the Sponsorship Secretary Durham Union Society

CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


SPONSORING OUR DEBATERS - INTERNALLY

To maintain our position within University debating, we run an intensive programme of in house training

and competitions. Three internal competitions are held every year for all Union members. The three internal

competitions hosted by the Union are:

Each competition has a similar format with preliminary rounds spread over several weeks followed by a

final in which the top eight speakers take part. However, each competition has its own distinctive

atmosphere. The Novice Cup has well over one hundred participants every year and is accompanied by a

programme of workshops, which take place every Monday evening during term time. The competition

sponsorship would include sponsorship of the complimentary workshop sessions; these continue running

throughout the year except during the three-week examination period during Easter term.

Sponsorship of the Inter Collegiate Cup and the Robson Cup, the latter a competition to find the best

individual speaker in Durham, includes a free social, as there are no workshops.

Pricing: Please email the Sponsorship Secretary at [email protected] for further details and prices for

the individual competitions.

The Novice Cup Michaelmas Term (Autumn)

The Inter Collegiate Cup - Epiphany Term (Winter/ Spring)

The Robson Cup - Easter Term (Spring/ Summer)

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PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP

Social Media - £300

Using social media has been a very effective way at getting brands across to our

members.

This entails following companies on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

We will ‘share content’ via social media at least twice per term.

We will display logos and promote your events on our social networking sites.

We will display your logo on our website homepage: www.dus.org.uk and on our debating website.

We will provide two news stories if requested (of up to 250 words) per academic year e.g. a progress

update or event/match/competition report which your company can publish on Social Media at their

discretion.

We will send a recruitment message of 100 – 150 words in length which will be included in emails which

are sent out to the debating mailing list, twice a term.

Poster in Bar

For £500 we will place a company poster in our bar 24 North Bailey Club.

The bar at 24 is the centre of social life at the Union. It is popular among a variety of students, from small

groups having a quiet drink with their friends, to bar-crawlers and sports socials.

There is something on most nights of the week. Currently we have open mic on Sundays and themed

cocktails on Wednesdays which would give your brand further exposure.

- As part of this sponsorship deal we would put up a framed, A2 or A3 sized poster in our bar 24NBC. - It would remain there for the entire academic year.


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


LIST OF DEBATES AND ADDRESSES MICHAELMAS 2013

Michaelmas

President: Andrew Lloyd

Term dates: 7th October 2013 - 13th December 2013

Debates:

‘This House would give Baroness Thatcher a State Funeral’ - Friday 4th October

‘This House embrace internet dating’ – Friday 11th October

‘This House would ban all tobacco products’ - Friday 18th October

‘This House would re-introduce national service’ – Friday 25th October

‘This House would introduce statutory quotas with a minimum of 40% female membership

of corporate boards’ – Friday 1st November

‘This House believes that Parliament should reject Same Sex Marriage’ - Friday 8th

November

‘This House believes that the world would be a better place without organised religion’-

Friday 22nd November

The Second Chance Charity Project- Friday 29th November

President’s Farewell Debate


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LIST OF DEBATES AND ADDRESSES Epiphany 2014

Epiphany

President: Lucy Warden

Term dates: 15th January 2013 - 15th March 2014

Debates:

‘This House believes feminists are all too often sexists in disguise’ - Friday 24th January

Forum on modern day slavery – Friday 31st January

‘This House belives that the Daily Mail is a fine piece of journalism’ - Friday 7th

February

Forum – is monogamy unnatural? – Thursday 13th

February

‘This House would set the UK rate of inheritance tax at 100%’– Friday 21st February

‘Forum – the label terrorism should not exist - Friday 28th February

‘This House believes America is a greater threat to global peace than Iran’- Friday 7th

March

President’s Farewell Debate


CHARITY NO. 1094676

PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP


The Durham Union Society offers a wide range of exciting opportunities for corporate involvement and it is

only with the help of sponsors that we can continue to expand and thrive.

If you have any questions, would like me to post a copy of a previous Termcard or Freshers’ Booklet to you

so you can examine it further, or would like to find out more about exclusive sponsorship, please do not

hesitate to contact me at this mail address or on my mobile (07447904327).

Thank you for taking the time to read this sponsorship proposal and I look forward to hearing from you in

the near future.

Suzi Green



PEMBERTON BUILDINGS

PALACE GREEN

DURHAM DH1 3EP

T HE D URHAM U NION S OCIETY

P EMBERTON B UILDINGS

P ALACE G REEN

D URHAM

DH1 3EP

The Durham Union Society is a registered charity (No. 1094676).

Contact

Suzi Green


Email: [email protected]

Union Society Office: 0191 3843724

Mobile: 07447904327

Website: www.dus.org.uk

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