The ADSS Cymru Members’ Summer Festival is a virtual event for our members and invited guests from across strategic partner organisations. It is an opportunity for the leadership of social care in Wales to reflect on and discuss the opportunities and challenges we face as a sector, to network with colleagues and share good practice that has taken place across social care and health over the last year.
The Festival will also focus on workforce well-being and will include discussions, opportunities to participate in activities that support your own well-being and to explore how you can support colleagues.
Potential Collaborations
ADSS Cymru welcomes working in partnership with a range of external organisations, we also seek opportunities for income generation through sponsorship. For suppliers of services and products to this important sector, the ADSS Cymru Members’ Summer Festival offers an exceptional opportunity to engage with delegates and explore ways in which you can collaborate to achieve shared objectives. There are several ways you can get involved, which are detailed below. We would also welcome enquiries by organisations interested in establishing an ongoing partnership arrangement.
1. Members’ Summer Festival Sponsor (Contribution £3,000 Ex VAT)
- Named the ‘Members’ Summer Festival Sponsor’
- Opportunity to run a 45-minute workshop at the Members’ Summer Festival
- Theme to be mutually agreed (linked to ADSS Cymru objectives/priorities)
- Logo displayed on the conference webpage
- Company logo included on all main conference literature and documentation
- Access to all open sessions (not the AGM, policy or regional meetings)
- Acknowledgement of sponsor’s support at the Members’ Summer Festival including logo on holding slide
- 150-word profile on the conference webpage
- Link to your website on the conference webpage
- Delegate list (on request, subject to GDPR rules and delegate consent)
2. Sponsored Live Workshop (Contribution: £1,250 Ex VAT or £1000 Ex VAT for third sector)
- Opportunity to run a live 45-minute workshop at the Members’ Summer Festival
- Theme to be mutually agreed (linked to ADSS Cymru objectives/priorities)
- Access to all open sessions (not the AGM, policy or regional meetings)
- Acknowledgement of sponsor’s support at the Members’ Summer Festival including logo on holding slide
- 150-word profile on the conference webpage
- Link to your website on the conference webpage
- Delegate list (on request, subject to GDPR rules and delegate consent)
3. Sponsored Recorded Seminar (Contribution: £750 Ex VAT, or £500 Ex VAT for third sector)
- Opportunity to run a 30-minute pre-recorded seminar at the Members’ Summer Festival
- Theme to be mutually agreed (linked to ADSS Cymru objectives/priorities)
- Access to all open sessions (not the AGM, policy or regional meetings)
- Acknowledgement of sponsor’s support at the Members’ Summer Festival including logo on holding slide
- 150-word profile on the conference webpage
- Link to your website on the conference webpage
- Delegate list (on request, subject to GDPR rules and delegate consent)
Notes and Guidance:
Partnerships
ADSS Cymru welcomes working in partnership with a range of external organisations, we also seek opportunities for income generation through sponsorship. However, it is vital that we maintain our independence and do not allow external partnerships to bring the name of ADSS Cymru into disrepute. This section has been devised to ensure clarity and openness to all stakeholders.
ADSS Cymru seeks to:
- Establish productive relationship with business partners
- Generate income from those partnerships
- Be open and transparent in its dealings with external organisations
- Work on initiatives that do not compromise the independent status and reputation of ADSS Cymru
- Work with organisations who are consistent with our values
- Ensure no company/organisation can expect exclusive relations with ADSS Cymru or one that is designed to give that company/organisation an advantage over its competitors
ADSS Cymru endorsement / use of logo:
ADSS Cymru does not endorse or approve products or companies, a statement to this effect will be included alongside promotion associated with products (such as roundtable debates and ‘think pieces’).
No partner organisation should infer that acknowledgment of its support by ADSS Cymru represents endorsement of its policies, actions or products.
Any use of the ADSS Cymru name or logo by any other organisation must have prior explicit and written consent from ADSS Cymru. Press release which refer to ADSS Cymru cannot be issued without its prior approval.
ADSS Cymru will normally only endorse events and publications which it has written, organised, commissioned or where it is a partner with another organisation which is jointly producing the event or document.
In cases where ADSS Cymru does endorse an event or publication it is essential that:
- ADSS Cymru retains some control over how the logo is used on the relevant page/screen/website and how it relates to other logos (to ensure that its “premium” status is respected in design terms).
- Published ‘think pieces’ must be brand neutral while recognising the support provided by business partners
- Our logo is a fundamental component of all ADSS Cymru communication. To maintain a strong and consistent visual identity, it must be reproduced correctly at all time. (see separate sheet).
Exclusions:
- ADSS Cymru will not offer for use or sale as part of any sponsor arrangement personal data, which it holds under the Data Protection Act or General Data Protection Regulation
- ADSS Cymru insists on the retention of complete editorial control over its published work and, whilst happy to receive suggestions, does not allow sponsors to decide the content of publications, conferences, seminars or other events
- ADSS Cymru will not work with or accept donations from organisations whose activities policies, aims or objectives contradict or distract from its own In particular, partnerships with companies involved in any of the following activities will be avoided:
- Criminal activity;
- Weapons or weapons systems manufacture, sale or distribution;
- Tobacco or alcohol manufacture;
- Payday loan companies;
- Pornography;
- Human rights violation;
- Unacceptable environmental or ecological harm.
Transparency
A full list of corporate sponsors will be published in the ADSS Cymru annual report which is available to download on the ADSS Cymru website.
Process:
- The ADSS Cymru Board of Directors has overall responsibility for sponsorship contracts
- All contracts must be approved by the Board of Directors
- For all sponsorship, a detailed written agreement on the specific support offered will be agreed by both parties.
For further information or to discuss any of these opportunities, please contact:
Louise.sweeney@adss.cymru, ADSS Cymru Business Unit