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The Welsh Government’s Department for Education and Skills is offering sponsorship to promote the concept of ‘Have a Go’ via event-led activity. We work in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) on various activities to raise the profile of and engagement in vocational skills and WorldSkills within Wales. With the support of BIS, we are able to offer limited sponsorship opportunities to our network in Wales to be used to develop and implement ‘have a go’ activities that will inspire adults and young people to learn something new.

These ‘Have a Go sessions’ can be used to complement your activity and provide you with a hook to attract new audiences and showcase the learning and training opportunities that you provide.

For the Welsh Government it’s about working together and maximising our impact to our communities across Wales, demonstrating the value of skills and learning and encouraging people to try a new skill.

Encouraging individuals to ‘Have a Go’ is an important theme throughout the year. However, this round of sponsorship opportunities is geared in particular, to helping Wales contribute to the UK-wide target of delivering one million ‘Have a Go’ opportunities in the lead up to WorldSkills London 2011, which will culminate a three-week skills festival before and during this event.

The ‘Have a Go’ programme of activity is designed to provide a fun, interactive way of engaging and getting people involved in skills across the UK. By putting on an event or badging existing events, you can raise your organisation's profile, and inspire new and existing learners to think seriously about vocational training and their career.

In September, a three week skills festival is being planned to give your business/organisation the chance to be part of WorldSkills London 2011. You can do this by organising your own ‘Have a Go’ bite size tasters in your local area that will help promote your services whilst letting potential customers and employees try out a new skill, trade or profession.

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The three weeks skills festivalWorldSkills London 2011 takes place 5-8 October 2011 at ExCel in London. In the lead-up to and throughout the week of the event, a nation-wide three-week skills festival will take place. Each week has a different theme:

Skills for the Future: 19 - 26 September 2011 - An opportunity to show young people that there is a real alternative to the academic route

Skills Means Business: 26 September - 3 October 2011 - This theme emphasises that vocational careers are real and rewarding careers.

Skills Ambitions: 3- 9 October 2011- This activity is about highlighting how, ambitious young people, can get ahead with vocational training.

Through the development of themed creative and interactive skills days, local businesses will be encouraged to allow young people to visit and provide skills demonstrations to inspire the next generation.

Sponsorship funding criteria

‘Have a Go’ activities should: Be attractive to a range of ages and abilities of individuals and in particular, target the

Welsh Government priority of individuals not in education, employment or training. Offer high quality and varied opportunities Add value to the organisation’s skills promotions Be offered by a wide range of providers and organisations Engage local partners and dignitaries in trying out new skills Support progression in learning through information and advice or further contact with

providers.

Sponsorship is available per event on one of the following tiers:

Tier Attendance Numbers Funding Number of individual “Have a Go” opportunities1 Up to 250 £600 Minimum of 4 to take place2 Over 250+ £800 Minimum of 6 to take place

Bids for sponsorship will be prioritised based on their assessment against the following criteria:v. 09.09.11 2

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within 26 September to 9 October 2011 period): 30% The number and quality of vocational ‘have a go’ opportunities on offer at the

event: 20% Profile of target audience: 20% Allocation of own resources including funding to the event: 20% Plans for evaluation and measurement of success of the event: 10%

The Welsh Government will also give consideration to the geographical spread and number of proposed events per region when deciding how best to allocate limited sponsorship funds.

If successful in your proposal, our sponsorship will require you to: Use the WorldSkills London 2011 ‘Have a Go’ brand in the promotion of your event, as well

as the Welsh Government and ESF branding. Please refer to the enclosed guidelines for WorldSkills London ‘Have a Go’.

Provide full information about your event in advance of the event so that it can be effectively promoted through our channels such as http://haveago.worldskillslondon2011.com/ and www.yourfuturechoiceaction.org.uk. Please see attached excel spreadsheet which we require you to complete and return for this purpose.

Capture top-line evidence of visitor attendance and engagement with ‘Have a Go’ activity -such as name, date of birth and post code – e.g. via an events register.

Complete and return to us a short post-event evaluation report.

Our sponsorship funds will only be released to you on receipt of a satisfactory post-event evaluation report containing evidence of the above.

Your proposal Please complete and return one proposal form for each event that you would like to organise.

Name of Organisation:

Address:

Contact Name:

Email:

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Application Form Telephone Number:

Title of Event/Activity:

Event Location:

Date of Event/Activity:

1. Provide an outline description of your proposed “Have a Go” (maximum of 150 words)

2. How will your “Have a Go” add value to your organisation’s marketing and communications activity? What steps will you take to create awareness of the activity and maximise participation amongst your target audience? (maximum of 200 words)

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3. What resources is your organisation committing to the ‘Have a Go’? (maximum of 200 words)

4. Who is the target audience for this event? (maximum of 100 words)

5. Please give an indication of the estimated number of individuals that will be engaged in your proposed “Have a Go’ activity?

6. Estimated total cost of your “Have a Go” activity:

7. Detail other sources of funding:

8. Amount of sponsorship requested from the Welsh Government: (In line with above tiered criteria)

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9. If this is part of a collaborative bid please give details of other organisations or partners who are involved.

10. What PR plans do you have in place? Please outline any PR support you may require.

11. How do you plan to evaluate and measure the success of the event?

Signed: Date:

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Application Form Please complete in as much detail as possible and return to us by 16 September 2011 to:

Suzanne StephensDepartment for Education and SkillsWelsh GovernmentTy’r Afon, Bedwas Road, BedwasCaerphilly, CF83 8WT

Tel: 01443 663 797Email: suzanne.stephens@wales.gsi.gov.uk

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY

Date Received:

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