Strong communities are built through connection, understanding and support. Your business can be part of that.
By becoming a Business Community Sponsor, your organisation can help us continue providing activities and services that make a real difference to people living with dementia and those who support them across Bedfordshire.
Our sponsorship packages offer opportunities for businesses of all sizes to get involved, build lasting relationships and make a positive contribution to their local community.
Why partner with Tibbs?
Business sponsorship is about more than financial support. It’s an opportunity to become part of a community that values inclusion, connection and understanding.
By partnering with Tibbs, your business can:
Make a meaningful difference
Support your local community
Engage your team
Show your commitment
Our sponsorship packages
Starting from £500 a year
We offer four levels of annual sponsorship, from Bronze through to headline sponsorship of our Stride Out fundraising event, with the latter available to a limited number of businesses only.
Stride Out Headliners Sponsorship
Stride Out is our annual community fundraising walk, bringing together people living with dementia, families, friends and supporters. This event has the capacity to support several headline sponsors, whose businesses will receive prominent recognition at (and during the countdown to) the event. This includes branding opportunities up to one month before the event, detailed acknowledgement in the event thank you speech, meet-and-greet opportunities at Tibbs groups quarterly, and all the benefits of Gold Sponsorship.
Gold Sponsorship
A comprehensive annual package, offering regular recognition across Tibbs events, communications and social media. Gold sponsors also benefit from opportunities to visit our groups and take part in dementia awareness sessions.
Silver Sponsorship
A chance to build an ongoing relationship with Tibbs, with recognition at selected events, regular communications and opportunities for your team to engage with our work.
Bronze Sponsorship
Support Tibbs and become part of our business community, with recognition through our communications and events, a group visit and a dementia awareness session.
Our standard annual sponsorship packages at a glance:
| Sponsorship benefits | Stride Out Headliner | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Prominent event banners displayed up to one month beforehand, plus high-profile banners at the event and park entrance. |  |
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| Branded Stride Out medals | |
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| Headline sponsor recognition | |
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| In-person attendance and visibility at events | 5 per year | 5 per year | 3 per year | 1 per year |
| Newsletter promotion | Bi-monthly | Bi-monthly | Quarterly | 2 per year |
| LinkedIn/Facebook promotion | Bi-monthly | Bi-monthly | Quarterly | 2 per year |
| Visit a Tibbs Dementia Foundation Group | 4 times | 4 times | 2 times | 1 time |
| Dementia Awareness training for sponsor’s staff | 2 sessions | 2 sessions | 2 sessions | 1 session |
| Link to your company website from Tibbs Dementia Foundation website | |
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How it works
Online promotion (LinkedIn, Facebook, website) can include…
- A feature, banner or article in our newsletter
- A promotional post on our LinkedIn and Facebook channels
- A link to your organisation’s website from the Tibbs Dementia Foundation website
Direct community engagement can include…
The opportunity to attend a Tibbs Dementia Foundation groups at defined intervals, to introduce your organisation, explain your services and connect directly with our community.
How dementia awareness sessions work
Tibbs Dementia Foundation will visit your workplace/business to deliver dementia awareness sessions during the year, helping your staff and organisation develop greater understanding and awareness of dementia.
Promotional visibility at events
Due to our evolving and varied opportunities for promotional visibility, the nature of event recognition will be confirmed with each sponsor, but can include manned stalls at events, high profile vinyl banners and promotional materials.
