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Carol Russell at Walford Mill Crafts

Photograph by Samantha Cook

To be a person is to have a story to tell - Isak Dinesen

Sponsorship opportunities

How can your business be involved?

Invite Guests to memorable concerts and hospitality events?
Sponsor an event at one of the Venues

Enable young people to engage in storytelling workshops?
Sponsor storytelling performance or workshop

Reach over 3,000 Festival goers across Dorset?
Sponsor the brochure and have your branding/adverising on the brochure or `in association with`...

Celebrate success in your lcoality?
Sponsor a storytelling performance either at your venue or at one of our historic attractions.

Encourage partnerships and creativity?
Commmission a new storytelling piece with your staff and another host venue.

Unlock creativity and motivation in your staff in an inspirationsal training day?
Commission storytelling training as part of sponsorship package.

Support the Festival, but don`t have a large budget?
Donate cash or shares

Involve your Staff in the local Dorset Community?
Offer training expertise to committee members and new volunteers. Donate some time to help increase knowledge and maximise their skills in marketing, working with sponsors, hospitality, customer care, booking systems, project management, budget management or running meetings etc.

Enable a school to work with storytellers and artists in residence?
Sponsor and develop a local schools project with the Festival organisers and or with a specific venue

Reach Local Authority Councillors, Local Mayors, Venue Managers, Local Authority Officers, Artists and Storytellers?
Sponsor the annual Sting in the Tale ` a festival of stories` launch event.

Reach all teachers, govenors and community groups in Dorset?
sponsor a performance or project for schools in Dorset

None of the work which we do is possible without the support of so many organisations and individuals. Public funders, companies and trust funds all provide crucial finance and help-in-kind. We are extremely grateful to all our current funders:


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