London’s First Maker Faire

Sponsorship Pack

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Hello,

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire.

The first ever Maker Faire in London is back, being held in Elephant & Castle on Saturday, 15th

November 2014 at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. The Elephant &

Castle Mini Maker Faire is a day of family friendly making, learning, crafting, inventing and tinkering in

the heart of London.

Running an event of this size requires the generosity of donors like you to cover the costs. We look to

sponsors like you for this support because we want this event to be inclusive. By offering free entry to

under-16s and students we hope ensure that no one is disadvantaged and that everyone has an

opportunity to discover something new and ultimately join the rich maker community we are all apart

of.

Kind Regards

Tom, Ben, Eva, Irini, Marc and Tiago

Organisers – Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire

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Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire kicked off in 2013 with well over

1,500 attendees. Over 70 Maker exhibits and a fantastic response

from all of our sponsors who were very satisfied.

We produced a short film about the event, we would encourage you

to watch this in order to get a better sense of our event:

https://vimeo.com/70500359

2013

Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire has receieved significant press coverage:

BBC Click (from 13:20)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b037b4dp

BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23255975

Make Magazine

http://makezine.com/2013/07/08/londons-first-mini-maker-faire-a-success

http://makezine.com/2013/07/30/every-city-should-have-a-maker-faire

http://makezine.com/video/cory-doctorow-every-act-of-making-begins-as-an-act-of-unmaking

Gizmodo

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/07/just-scream-to-trigger-the-camera

V&A Blog

http://www.vam.ac.uk/b/blog/news-learning-department/va-mini-maker-faire

Wired UK

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/10/airpi

Press

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Attendees

Feedback

In 2013 we were very pleased to have received over 1,500 attendees, further more our attendees had

an unprecedented dwell time, with the fast majority staying over 2 hours.

Since launch we’ve seen over 18,000 unique visitors to the site, and almost 28,000 visits to the site.

The vast majority of these took place in the two months running up to the event, and month following.

18,597 visits, and 11,606 unique visitors, and we’ve seen thousands of impressions on Facebook and

Twitter

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The Maker Faire was a awesome dayout.

Well done to all! Had a great time.

Thank you for making a difference!

Gender Dwell Time

There were lots of families with enthusiastic kidslooking for making and doing activities.

Really enjoyable event, and really friendly organisers running it!

Male71.59%

Female25%

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Previous Partners

We have a number of sponsorship tiers available and are open to customising these to suit your

requirements.

Please get in touch by email sponsorship@makerfaireelephantandcastle.com so we can discuss your

requirements.

Commercial Sponsor

£600

– Small Booth (1 table)

– 2 staff passes

– 5 guest passes

– Branding on website

– Public thanks via Twitter & Facebook

Supporting Sponsor

£1,200

– Medium Booth (2 tables)

– 5 staff passes

– 10 guest passes

– Branding on website

– Public thanks via Twitter & Facebook

Headline Sponsor

£2,500

– Large Booth (custom space)

– 10 staff passes

– 25 guest passes

– Branding on website

– Public thanks via Twitter & Facebook

All prices exclude VAT

Sponsorship Tiers

Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly

showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a

celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show

what they are making, and share what they are learning.

Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers.

They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow

this community.

The original Maker Faire event was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2012 celebrated its seventh annual

show with some 800 makers and 110,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the

other flagship event, has grown in three years to 500+ makers and 55,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas

City, Newcastle (UK), and Tokyo are the home of “featured” Maker Faires (200+ makers), and

community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the

United States and the world–including right here in London.

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About Maker Faire

London College of Communication is a pioneering world

leader in design and media education. The College works

at the cutting edge of new thinking and developments to

prepare students for successful careers in the creative

industries of the future.

Our courses are known for being industry focused with students taught by an inspiring community of

experienced academics, technical experts and leading specialist practitioners.

LCC students are often commissioned to work on live briefs for major companies such as Nike, The

National Trust, British Film Institute and Nokia. Graduates go on to lead and inform the creative

industries of their generation.

Generations of award-winning photographers, filmmakers, screenwriters, journalists, broadcasters,

designers, advertising and PR professionals have started their careers at LCC and today’s graduates

continue to be highly sought after and win prestigious international awards.

About London College of Communication

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Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire is independently organised and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.

Lets have a chat...sponsorship@makerfaireelephantandcastle.com

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