Glasgow Doors Open Day 2015,

About the event

Glasgow Doors Open Day is back this September for the 26th year. This free built heritage festival celebrates Glasgow’s buildings, streets, parks, architecture, history and people with a programme full of walks, tours, talks, events and more than 100 buildings open for anyone to visit. For one week only, doors are opened and visitors are encouraged to explore Glasgow in a new way.

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, the charity behind the organisation of the event, are inviting new sponsors to be involved in promoting the unique architecture of Glasgow and discovering the stories that it has to tell. Welcoming over 14,000 unique visitors each year, this festival is the talk of the town when September hits. Be part of this unique and well-loved festival and help to support an event that relates directly to Glasgow, its built heritage, architecture, community inclusion, involvement and access.

“I feel this is part of a secret club whispering and planning days out….. Just PURE DEAD brilliant” 2014 Visitor

Mission
The mission of Doors Open Day - Glasgow's Built Heritage Festival - is to strengthen civic awareness and pride among Glaswegians, and to broaden public knowledge of Glasgow's rich built heritage at local, national and international levels, by exposing a diverse audience to different aspects of Glasgow's built environment.

Organisers
Glasgow Building Preservation Trust is the well-respected charity behind the organisation and coordination of the event, and have been since its beginnings in 1990. When not organising Doors open Day that charity works hard to rescue, repair and restore historic buildings in and around Glasgow. To deliver Doors Open Day, GBPT work with a number of partners including; Glasgow City Council; Scottish Civic Trust; Historic Scotland and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.

Audience
As this is a large, diverse and free event it has a very broad appeal and something of interest for everyone. In 2014 there were 14,992 unique visitors in attendance. Attendees range from toddlers to those over 75 and include those living predominantly in Glasgow or Scotland. The motivations for attending are varied however many said they have a general interest in architecture and heritage and that they are likely to engage with more heritage and cultural activities in the future.

Promotion
Promotion of the event includes:
• Press campaign delivered by our Media Partner, The Herald and Evening Times
• In 2014, distribution of 105,000 brochures throughout Scotland, 79% of attendees saw the brochure, and 19,305 impressions made online
• Popular website
glasgowdoorsopenday.com with a total of 33,198 users and 262,076 page views in August and September.
• Posters distributed throughout Glasgow (circa 1,500)
• Social media channels including facebook, twitter, pinterest, youtube and Instagram.
• Regular e-bulletin updates sent to over 2,500 subscribers.
• Support from National Doors Open Day, VisitScotland and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.

Sponsorship
As the event is completely free for any member of the public to attend, we rely on the support of organisations like yours to help us increase the profile of the festival and enable citizens and visitors to enjoy Glasgow’s wonderful built heritage.
Sponsorship funds will be used for the core organisation of the festival. Funds will be invested in brochure production, printing & distribution, advertising & publicity, volunteer’s resources and website management.

Sponsorship Levels
Name on Website - Up to £249
Name on Brochure and Website - £249 - £499
Name and Logo on Brochure and Website - £500 - £799
½ page Advert in Brochure and Website - £800 - £1,499
Full page Advert in Brochure and Website - £1,500+
Logo’s of all sponsors contributing over £500 will also be included on promotional posters.

Why Sponsor?
There are a range of additional benefits including:
• Being associated with Glasgow Doors Open Day, an innovative and inclusive event credited as a legacy 2014 project and Regional Finalist at the Scottish Thistle Awards 2013 for Best Cultural Event
• Supporting an event that relates directly to Glasgow, its built heritage, architecture, community inclusion, involvement and access
• Gaining extensive brand exposure to a wide variety of audiences including cultural and heritage enthusiasts in Scotland

Why should you sponsor?

Ruth Morris

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