The Riverside Festival is run entirely by volunteers on a

 not-for-profit basis.

Please help us in whatever way you can.

 We have set out details below of some of our schemes but would be happy to talk to you about any other ideas you may have to support us.

 The information below is split into two sections Businesses/Organisations & Individuals.

Businesses / Organisations

Individuals

 Businesses/Organisations

Please see below to download a copy of our Event Partnerships Pack which sets out a wide range of options which are designed to meet the needs of any size of organisation or business and any budget.

Packages range in price from just £50 upwards - with our online fundraising option not even costing you a penny to implement and it may even save you money!

Of course we would also be very happy to look at providing a package tailored specifically to meet your needs.

Our Event Partnership pack contains factsheets on :

1           Festival Introduction and facts

2           Tax benefits

3           Sponsorship – a great way to ensure high profile involvement

4           Advertising in our programme, banners on the festival site or in our members newsletters

5           Friends of Riverside membership

6           Payroll giving and Pennies from Heaven

7           Employee volunteering

8           Donations of Money, Goods, Services and Expertise

9           On-line fundraising

10        Stalls and Catering

11        Sponsor a Barrel at our Real Ale and Cider Festival

Alternatively please contact Jenny on 01778 343337 or Martin on 07787 554 894 for more information and to discuss your requirements.

 Individuals

There are a number of ways you can support us :

1           Volunteering to help

2           Using our Search Engine and Shopping on-line

3           Becoming a Friend of Riverside Festival

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  Volunteering to help

 We rely on volunteers to help us both at the event and year round, and the more volunteers we have the easier it is for everyone.

 For more information please follow this link

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  Using our Search Engine and shopping online

 If you use a computer you could help us to fundraise for the festival every time you go online without it costing you a penny!

 easysearch – our very own search engine – if you register to use this search engine instead of your usual one you could earn us about a penny for every search you make.

By making just 10 searches a day with easysearch, you could raise around £20 a year.

When you log on for the first time simply register ‘The Riverside Association of Music & Arts Limited’ as the cause you want to support, it’s as simple as that, then bookmark the link so you can use it every time you need to search the internet.

 easyfundraising - another simple to use fundraising scheme that doesn’t cost you a penny extra to make the most of on-line shopping with your favourite stores and retailers, and as many retailers now give extra discounts when you buy on line, you may even save money!

 You can use easyfundraising to shop from over 2,000 of the UK’s best known retailers including many popular names such as Amazon, Next, Argos, John Lewis and HMV, and when you shop using the Riverside link a cashback donation of up to 15% of what you spend will be made by the retailer to Riverside. Importantly, you will still be shopping directly with each retailer as you would normally and the donation will come from the stores profits rather than the price you pay.

 For example if you make any purchase from Amazon.co.uk, 2.5% will be donated to Riverside. Insure your car with Direct Line and help us raise £35.00, or purchase a mobile phone from O2 and earn us £17.50, and so on. (examples correct as at 11.4.10)

 If you shop online anyway then why not help us raise valuable extra funds by using this fantastic scheme. All you need to do is visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk/good-causes/rama  and when you register, select  ‘The Riverside Association of Music & Arts Limited’ as the organisation you wish to support.

 Please don’t keep these fabulous fundraising ideas to yourself but tell your friends, families and work colleagues all about it.

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  Becoming a Friend of Riverside

 Our friends are important to us and you can support the work of the festival year round. By joining our friends scheme your name will be added to our roll of honour and you will receive a twice yearly newsletter to keep you up to date with the festival news and a  Friends of Riverside membership certificate.

All our members make a donation for a year's membership, we recommend a modest sum - but of course you are welcome to donate more if you want - and if you are a UK tax payer and ‘Gift Aid’ your donation we can even claim back the tax you paid making your donation go even further.  Every little helps!

The recommended Friends donations are just :

Individuals £10

Couples & Families £15

Bands and Artists £20

Businesses/organisations £50

DOWNLOADS

download an Advertisement form

download a Banner form

download a Pitch Application Form

download an Event Partnership pack  

download a Riverside Friends leaflet

download a Volunteer application form , to help on the day

download a Volunteer application form , to help year round

If you have any problems in downloading these forms, please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will send you a copy directly. 

If you prefer to print a copy of the form and post it to us, please send it to: 

The Riverside Association of Music & Arts

Rutland House

Minerva Business Park

Lynch Wood

Peterborough

PE2 6PZ