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The Festival of Spirituality and Peace 2013

The Festival of Spir ituality and Peace (FoSP) is a programme of around 300 events taking place each August. Now in its thir teenth year, it features top-quality speakers, conversations, per formances, films, food, exhibitions, family activities, workshops, art and much more.

Ou r even t s a im t o p romo t e peace , d ivers i ty, pos i t i ve c hange, c ha l lenge inequality and injustice while encouraging audiences to engage with their own and other people’s spirituality and lived ethics.

Our audiences have grown from a few hundred in 2001 to circa 10,000. Such an increase shows that there is a clear role for such a festival. The programme has grown not only in size but in depth and reach.

FoSP is based at St John’s Church on a prime location at the west end of Princes Street, Edinburgh’s principle street. We have an established reputation as an Edinburgh Festival venue which delivers high quality events from all genres.

Due to its professional, dedicated staff FoSP has a community atmosphere and great relations with performers both in Edinburgh and across the world.

New beginnings in 2013 FoSP will be launching an engaging new name and logo for the 2013 Festival. From the 18th June 2013 our organisation will be known as Just and the Festival of Spirituality and Peace will become the Just Festival. We are very excited by the possibilities the new name will create in terms of increased publicity and a broader audience.

Background In August 2001, St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street organised the first Festival of Spirituality as a contribution to the August festival scene in Edinburgh. The intention was to affirm human creativity and the prophetic insight of much that goes on in the Edinburgh festivals – and to add a faith based perspective on topical issues. The first programme was modest – a series of lunchtime conversations and evening hours for contemplation and meditation called Sacred Space. One month later, in September 2001, events took place which moved the role of faith in our world to centre stage, for the worst of

reasons. It is surely no coincidence that, since then, this Festival has grown as we seek to comprehend the forces at work and how, in the shadow of violence, we can redouble our efforts to work for peace. From 2005, working with the Scottish Governmen t , Ed inburgh In te r - Fa i t h Association and others, the Festival of Spirituality and Peace was established in its present form: interfaith, multi-genre, topical, participative. It quickly established itself as an important part of the Edinburgh scene becoming a festival in its own right in 2007. Target Audience Our Festival appeals to a wide range of individuals, professionals and organisations. Anyone who has dreamed of positive change or has an interest in the issues of the day is attracted to our Festival. With affordable ticket prices to free events our Festival is open to all. Sixty-eight percent of our circa 10,000 audience are from Edinburgh. A further twenty-five percent are from Scotland and the rest of the UK. Our audience range from very young children and families to sixty-five plus.

Aims Our Festival aims to address the need for inclusiveness and diversity in communities. It recognises the need for faith communities, minority ethnicities, refugees to participate and be fairly represented during Edinburgh Festival period. Similarly, it aims to encourage communities of different cultures, faiths and non-faith in Edinburgh to work more formally in collaboration, with stronger inter-community contact, friendships and working relationships; giving forums for prevention and resolution of racist and religiously motivated crime and social discord. Through our Volunteer Programme, we strive to design a platform for local and international young adults and adults, including those from an ethnic minority, asylum seeker and faith communities, to increase their skills, knowledge and enable them to engage with global, local and personal issues relating to equality and sustainable peace. We also aim to train volunteers to help them increase their employment prospects. We are renewing our Investing in Volunteers status to ensure that the volunteers are getting back as much as they are putting in.

Benefits of Sponsorship •Positioning your organisation with a leading, innovative world-class

Festival with a reputation for high quality conversation, arts and performance events.

•The opportunity to be involved in the programming of Festival and its events outside of August.

•Access to networking opportunities with over forty local and national organisations we are collaborating with to produce the 2013 programme.

•Invitations with reserved seating to our Programme and Renaming Launch event in June and our exciting Festival Opening and Closing events in August.

•Invitations to exclusive events and networking events taking part in August and throughout the year.

•Increased awareness of your organisation to a wide range and growing number of individuals, professionals and organisations.

•The opportunity to launch initiatives and campaigns at our events in collaboration with us.

•Our central Edinburgh venue means that our Festival signs and printed programmes can seen by thousands of people each day in August with high footfall and a large number of bus routes going past the venue.

•Up to sixteen free tickets (depending on sponsorship level) to conversations, performances or events of your choice.

Name and Logo Platinum £10,000

Gold £5,000

Silver £2,500

Bronze £1,000

OnlineWebsite with hyperlink to your website X X X XFacebook, Twitter, YouTube with hyperlink to your website X X X XMailing List Emails and Newsletters X X XFestival Team Email Footers X X Videos XIn PrintPress Pack and Annual Report also published online X X X XLaunch, Opening and Closing Leaflets print run of c. 300 at each event

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Festival Programmes print run of c. 20,000

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Festival Posters print run of c.1000 XFestival Letter Footers XPromotional Fliers for conversations and talks only X

Name and Logo Platinum £10,000

Gold £5,000

Silver £2,500

Bronze £1,000

VisualPop-ups/ Fantasy Boards 3 for main venue and 1 for other venues X X

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T-shirts 250 for volunteers uniform and for sale X X

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Launch, Opening and Closing Slideshow X X

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Flag Poles 4 Princes Street side of St John's Church XLanyards 300 given to Contributors and Volunteers X Box Office and Venue Signs XFestival Charity Donation Buckets 4 for retiring collections XIn WordLaunch, Opening and Closing Events XConversation Events XPostage Privileges Leaflets in Programme Mail Out XFree Tickets 16 8 6 4

Contact Us Katherine Newbigging St. John's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ E. katherine@festivalofspirituality.org.uk T. 07854322113 W. www.festivalofspirituality.org.uk