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Sponsorship

The Festival is now the largest in the UK dedicated entirely to History. It is the only festival to combine interactive living history with flypasts, literary talks and panels.

“We all thought that this was the best festival yet. The organisation was immaculate and being a sponsor was the icing on the cake.” ~ GP

Our speakers are of an immensely high calibre and have included Niall Ferguson, Antony Beevor, Kate Adie, Mark Knopfler, Ian Kershaw, Jung Chang, Michael Morpurgo, Monty Don, Bettany Hughes, Dan Snow, Boris Johnson, Andrew Marr, WW2 fighter pilots, D-Day veterans and many others covering a wide range of topics which are complemented by the living history exhibitions, ancillary tents and stalls. In the evenings there is a long break for an excellent supper in the Dining Tent when the speakers, sponsors and their guests as well as much of the audience congregate.

“The green room was perfect, the food was great, the talks I saw were all very good, the planes were spiffing and the kids were rewarding. Congratulations” ~ Sebastian Faulks

The Festival is owned by the Chalke Valley History Trust which we have set up to promote the understanding, importance and enjoyment of history to the widest possible audience of all ages. The main Trust activity thus far is furthering the history education of children by running a concurrent Festival for Schools for which we have a bursary scheme to enable pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to attend. Started in 2013, this was extended in 2014 to include primary schools.

Key stats from 2017

38,000+

Tickets sold

470,751

page views by 76,874 unique web visitors from January to July 2017

1903

pupils attended Schools Festival

110 / 657

Speakers / Living Historians

187

Volunteers

Sponsorship opportunities

We have a broad array of sponsorship opportunities, ranging from £750 to £25,000 – from individual event sponsorship to naming the venues.

Benefits to sponsors include complimentary tickets with reserved seating for your clients and/or staff; the opportunity to distribute promotional material; and the placement of your logo on our website, in our programme and at the event itself. From January to July 2017, our website attracted 470,751 page views, while the programme is sent out to our database of over 13,000 with a further 17,000 copies available in Waterstones stores across the southwest.

”I wanted to let you know how much our clients enjoyed the two talks which we sponsored last week – both could not have gone better.” ~ JM

For the rate card and availability please email Jane Pleydell-Bouverie  [email protected]