Business and
Corporate Sponsorship opportunities
Snowdon 500 is a unique charity Challenge event
devised to raise funds for prostate cancer research. Each year 500
participants (including individuals and teams) from all over the
UK come to North Wales to climb Mt Snowdon, the highest mountain
in England & Wales. Over the past 4 years they have raised
more than £600,000 for prostate cancer research and because the
event is managed and organised by unpaid volunteers, 100% of the
sponsorship funds raised goes directly to the Prostate Cancer
Research Centre.
Snowdon 500
Challenge 2012 – Saturday 19th May & Sunday 20th May
The next Snowdon 500 Challenge will mark the 5th
year that this successful challenge event has been held and it
will be a special occasion. In addition to the annual climb of Mt
Snowdon there will for the very first time a Welsh 3 Peaks
Challenge when 100 participants will take on the demanding task of
climbing 3 of the most iconic mountains in Wales over the weekend
of 19th & 20th May 2012. The mountains are:
Unlike the National 3 Peaks Challenge, the Welsh
3 Peaks Challenge is a new concept that has rarely been attempted
until now and it will undoubtedly become an important new fixture
on the UK´s charity challenge calendar
How You Can Help
Because the Snowdon 500 Challenge is wholly
organised and managed by volunteers we need to raise between £25,000
and £30,000 to cover the organisational and administration costs
of staging the event. There are many ways Businesses can get
involved and lend their support to this very worthwhile cause –
for example:
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Become a formal sponsor of the event by
providing a cash donation (even small donations are valuable);
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Sponsor specific aspects of the Snowdon 500
/ Welsh 3 Peaks Challenge –for example T-shirts, mineral
water, goody bags, maps etc.
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Donate a prize for the Snowdon 500 Prize
Draw – the Prize Draw can raise around £5,000 and makes a
valuable contribution to covering costs.;
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Promote the Snowdon 500 Challenge within
your Business – we can provide literature and materials.
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Consider putting together a company team to
take part in the Challenge and benefit from team building
/ bonding that inevitably follows from this sort of event;
In return we will
be able to:
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Promote your business or company brand or
logo on the Snowdon 500 web site with links to your own web
site (s)
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Promote you business / Company on Event
leaflets / Posters / Newsletters;
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Display your Company brand / logo on Snowdon
500 merchandise such as T Shirts, Goody Bags and Wristbands;
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Display your company brand / logo at the
start / finish point on event days (19th & 20th May 2012)
including banners, flags or other promotional materials;
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Provide photographs from the event for use
within your business or organisation;
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Promote your business where we can from
press / media opportunities – we anticipate considerable
interest in this 5th anniversary event and the new Welsh 3
peaks Challenge.
Please call Paul Bennett from the Prostate
Cancer Research Centre by Tel. 020 7679 9366 or by e-mail to
pbennett@prostate-cancer-research.org.uk
Why not hold a
Prostate Cancer Awareness day
We can help you organise and manage a Prostate
Cancer Awareness Day at your Business or company premises. This
could be a simple help desk approach where employees can seek help
or advice about prostate cancer (and especially potential
symptoms) from Prostate Cancer Research Centre experts in this
field. Alternatively we can provide an audience
participation presentation covering all aspects of prostate
cancer. We will also provide literature and handouts for attendees
to take away.
Because prostate cancer is the UK´s most
frequently diagnosed male cancer (it is as prevalent in the male
population as breast cancer is in women) the benefits of men
understanding more about this killer disease and recognising the
symptoms will have enormous long term benefits for the employee
and the Business. If you are interested in holding a prostate
cancer awareness day and want to find out more please contact Paul
Bennett from the Prostate Cancer Research Centre by Tel. 020 7679
9366 or by e-mail to pbennett@prostate-cancer-research.org.uk
Prostate Cancer
Research Centre (PCRC)
Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer
in the United Kingdom. Each year more than 30,000 men are
diagnosed with it and more than 10,000 men die of it – that’s
one person every 50 minutes.
Despite this, the level of awareness about
prostate cancer and its symptoms is far less than that for breast
cancer, even though death rates from both cancers are similar. If
prostate cancer is diagnosed early it can be cured. It is
essential therefore that all men know the symptoms of this disease
and when to seek help.
The Prostate Cancer Research Centre (PCRC) is
based at the Institute of Urology at University College London. It
has a worldwide reputation for innovation and discovery in the
field of prostate cancer research. Under the leadership of
Professor John Masters the Research Centre employs 15 scientists
and support staff and needs £1.5M each year to fund its highly
respected research programme.
Meeting the cost of carrying out that research
is a constant challenge. In order to make the breakthroughs that
will improve survival and save lives the Centre has to ensure that
funds are in place both now and in the future.
Scientific research into cancer is getting ever
closer to finding life saving therapies and cures which will one
day conquer this terrible disease, but it is a long and expensive
crusade. The money raised by the Snowdon 500 Challenge event will
make an important contribution by helping the Prostate Cancer
Research Centre continue with it’s important programme of work.
PCRC
is a registered charity (no. 802505)
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