Bollington Festival 2014

PLANNING FOR THE 2014 FESTIVAL IS WELL UNDERWAY!

100 Club | Friend of the Festival

Planning is already underway for the next Festival in 2014, and the team is looking for ideas and volunteers to help make the 50th Anniversary Festival a fabulous success, in fact the very best yet!

If you would like to be on the Festival mailing list please send an email (don't change the subject or add any message!)

Whether you'd like to be on the Committee, put on a show, help back stage, be involved in fund raising, or if you just have some great ideas, please get in touch as we'd be extremely pleased to hear from you!

Jon Beck, Festival Chairman, email

FIRST, FUNDRAISING!

The organising committee is in place and their first task is to raise at least £100,000 - without that there can be no festival. In order to get this funding under way, a major programme of fundraising events is being organised to run from September 2011 right up to the May 2014 Festival.

Many of these activities and events are going to be very popular so you need to keep your eyes open for the announcements and buy your tickets quickly. The first event - Opera di Briscola - has sold out almost overnight!

Other fundraising options now up and running include Friends of the Festival and the 100 Club. Please look at how you can get Festival benefits from being a Friend of the Festival and win prizes from the 100 Club!

Follow the events on the Festival web site

100 CLUB

Join the Festival 100 Club for an opportunity to win cash prizes while supporting the 2014 Festival fundraising!

• A monthly draw with generous cash prizes – 50% of the income from the 100 Club each month will be given back in 3 cash prizes initially (the remaining 50% will go towards the money needed to stage Festival 2014). As the 100 Club income increases each month, so the amount given in prize money and number of prizes will increase.
• Each chance in the 100 Club draw costs £1 per month. You can buy up to 10 chances each month for a minimum of 12 months (i.e. 1 chance each month for a year would be £12; 2 chances each month would be £24 etc. see table below). You can pay for as many months as you like in one go by cheque or just leave your Standing Order to run.
• You can pay as little as £1 per month (12 months minimum) but bigger donations will increase your chances of winning. Payment can be by cheque (payable to 'Bollington Festival 100 Club') or standing order (forms available from local venues around Bollington or download from the web site). For example, see table below.
• You must be aged 16 or over to participate.

• The draw will take place during the first week of every month.
• After the draw the winning 100 Club members will be sent a cheque as soon as possible and the winning numbers will be posted on the web site and in the Festival newsletter.
• We will endeavour to contact all winners within 7 days of the draw.
• The Bollington Festival 100 Club promoter is Geoff Atkin (Bollington Festival 2014 Treasurer). Enquiries, cheques and application forms to Bollington Festival 100 Club, c/o 6 Highfield Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5LR.
• For more information see the Bollington Festival web site: www.bollingtonfestival.org.uk
• Download the 100 CLUB application form here!

Thank you so much for your support!

BE A FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL!

"The Bollington Festival enriches the lives of people who live in Bollington, regardless of age, background, interests or abilities."

The support of our Friends is vital in keeping this wonderful legacy going. Without it, future Festivals are uncertain and their programmes restricted in vision.

Since its inception in 1964, the Bollington Festival has enriched the lives of so many people who live in and around Bollington and 50 years later, it will be doing so again with your help. Each festival has been a catalyst for new events and partnerships bringing new creative activities to the community. It has developed over the years with a positive impact on village life and engendered a true community spirit.

Over the last 40+ years, Bollington has given birth to a Community Theatre company, Choral Society, Light Opera Group, Children’s Music Theatre, Chamber Concert series, prize-winning Brass Band, Sci(ence)Bar evenings and regular Jazz and Comedy night sessions within the thriving Bollington Arts Centre.

So please support Bollington Festival 2014. We need to ensure that funding is in place before 2014 in order to implement all the wonderful ideas the vibrant community of Bollington have suggested for its next Festival. Become a Festival Friend and not only support the Festival in 2014 but see how you can benefit too. See the Festival Friends membership form.

How you can become a Friend of Bollington Festival 2014 and ensure its success in the years to come ...

Adelphi Friends: £50 - £99

• Early bird booking opportunity 1 week in advance
• 2 for 1 ticket offers
• Festival brochure sent to home in advance
• 2 drinks vouchers worth up to £2.50 each
• Separate fast track marquee entrance
• Support recognised on Festival web site
• Reductions on pre & post Festival events
• Free Festival calendar

Ingersley Friends: £100 - £249

• All the above, plus
• 2 free Festival tickets of your choice
• 2 weeks early bird booking opportunity
• Support recognised in Festival programme & web site

Clarence Friends: £250 - £499

• All the above, plus
• 4 free Festival tickets of your choice
• 4 drinks vouchers worth up to £10 total value
• Hospitality area & free cloakroom

Bespoke Giving Friends: Begins at £500+

Bespoke Giving offers you the opportunity to play your part in ensuring that the Bollington Festival 2014 can go ahead, is a huge success, and/or to fund an aspect of the Festival that you have a particular interest in, be it science, poetry, jazz, dance, young people ... You tell us!

In return we offer special tailor-made packages to meet your particular Festival requirements (for tickets, hospitality, advertising in the Festival 2014 calendar, recognition, etc.) that reflect the level of your support.

These will be dealt with personally by our appointed Friend of the Friends. For more information email Festival Friends.

Thanks very much for your consideration!

Carol Barnes
Vice-Chairman – Bollington Festival
075000 11115
01625 576223

Festival Web Site

Disclaimer - The content of the two funraising sections of the page, referring to the 100 CLUB and FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL, has been provided by the Bollington Festival 2014 Committee and the Webmaster can accept no responsibility for any inaccuracy or any consequences thereof. All questions must be referred to the Festival 2014 Committee.