Sponsorship Opportunities

As the industry’s premier social event, the BRC Annual Retail Industry Dinner provided the ideal sponsorship vehicle for BRC’s members. Combining both the formal and informal, the dinner offers an excellent opportunity for sponsors to network with key decision makers from the retail sector. Where else would you find over 20 Chairmen, over 30 Chief Executives and over 60 Finance Directors from the retail industry?

For details of the sponsorship packages available at the 2010 event contact Sarah Brown, Events Manager, on 020 7854 8983 or via email at sarah.brown@brc.org.uk.

The Charity Raffle in Support of...

We are delighted to be supporting 3 fantastic charities who will benefit from this years BRC Annual Dinner charity raffle.

Retail Trust
Retail Trust is the only charity looking after the needs of all three million people working in retail. The Retail Trust Helpline 0808 801 0808 is a free and confidential service that provides vital support and a range of services including access to: hardship grants, free counselling, legal and debt advice, and help with redundancy through our ReWork programme as well as retirement housing throughout the UK. The charity is the safety net of the retail industry and currently provides £1 million worth of grants and services per annum to people in retail who need it the most. Every charity has an emotive core, but Retail Trust is the only one that changes lives by covering all the issues your staff might have to deal with. So please remember charity begins at home….

For further information visit www.retailtrust.org.uk

The Textile Industry Children's Trust
The Textile Industry Children's Trust is the industry’s own “Help-the-Children Fund”. For over 150 years the Trust has fulfilled its remit of supporting the education and relieving poverty of children who have a parent who has worked in the industry. The Trust provides substantial funds to support children's education, for example when a child has learning difficulties or where a boarding school is needed when the home environment is detrimental to normal development. It also provides funds for talented children to train for a career in the performing arts.

For further information visit www.tict.org.uk

Aces
Aces Wheelchair Basketball Club is a Buckinghamshire based wheelchair basketball club providing opportunities for people with and without disabilities to play this exciting sport and is one of the largest club in the country. Aces have four senior teams who compete in the Super League and National 1st, 2nd and 3rd Division. In 2007 Aces started a junior section to the club with just five players. It now boasts more than 25 members and runs teams in both the U19 and U15 Junior Leagues. The club enjoys a strong Paralympics heritage, regularly producing athletes that compete at the Paralympics Games.

For furtherinformation please visit www.acesbasketball.co.uk