25-11-2013, 04:37 PM
Getting sponsors is very difficult. I imagine that the original questioner was looking for relatively modest sponsorship. I would suggest there are really three possible sources
1. Chess charities eg SCJAET
2. Businesses connected to parents of the children involved
3. Businesses who want a 'local' footprint. McDonalds always used to good for this. The local manager was allowed to give out £50 or £100 without referring up the chain. Additionally you could get free vouchers which might serve as prizes.
I know we have got sidetracked talking about Hamilton, but £5370 is a lot of money for a chess club and I think it would be useful for future reference to know what was required to secure such funding and a broad outline of what happened with the money. I looked up the Hamilton Chess Club online and the section on Junior Chess seemed pretty scant.
1. Chess charities eg SCJAET
2. Businesses connected to parents of the children involved
3. Businesses who want a 'local' footprint. McDonalds always used to good for this. The local manager was allowed to give out £50 or £100 without referring up the chain. Additionally you could get free vouchers which might serve as prizes.
I know we have got sidetracked talking about Hamilton, but £5370 is a lot of money for a chess club and I think it would be useful for future reference to know what was required to secure such funding and a broad outline of what happened with the money. I looked up the Hamilton Chess Club online and the section on Junior Chess seemed pretty scant.