engage press releases
May 2005
Festival launches sponsorship initiative
BUSINESSES are being called in to tune up for the Harrogate International Festival.
Organisers today launched the Festival Forty Partners with its first member to sign up - engage Mutual Assurance. The sponsorship initiative aims to boost the profile of the 16-day event while tailor-making a benefits package to enhance the festival experience for companies and their staff.
Festival Director William Culver-Dodds said: "We are delighted to have engage Mutual Assurance on board and to launch the Festival Forty Partners.
"This is an excellent opportunity for local businesses to support us during our 40th festival. In return for organisations' membership of the Festival Forty Partners, we are able to 'tailor-make' a range of benefits designed to not only enhance a company's profile but also to bring employees and guests in direct contact with the festival itself."
Andrew Haigh, Chief Executive at engage Mutual Assurance, said: "The Harrogate International Festival is a great and prestigious event which brings a unique focus to this town. engage Mutual Assurance is proud to be the first of the area's businesses to sign up for the Festival Forty Partners initiative and we are looking forward to being a part of this exciting event."
Running from July 21 to August 5, the festival has brought together a programme of some of the best musicians in the world. With headliners as diverse as Van Morrison, Youssou N'Dour, Pinchas Zukerman, Evelyn Glennie and the Afro-Cuban All Stars.
In celebration at being the first Festival Forty Partner, engage Mutual Assurance will be giving away three pairs of tickets to see Van Morrison perform in the Harrogate International Centre on July 30.
Any business wanting to find out more about the festival or the Festival Forty Partners should contact William Culver-Dodds at the Harrogate International Festival Office on (01423) 562303.
For more information contact:
Lizzie Forbes-Ritte (office) 01423 562303 Marketing and PR Manager (email) lizzie@harrogate-festival Harrogate International Festival
Alexander Cowen Wright: (office) 01423 855013 Corporate Affairs Manager (mob) 07976 876346 engage Mutual Assurance
- Harrogate International Festival was founded in 1966. This annual multi-arts festival is held in July and August. It has been acclaimed by The Times as “the North of England’s leading arts festival” and by Opera Now as “one of the greatest celebrations of culture in the North of England, a leading light in presenting new talent and world-class performers from home and abroad”.
- engage Mutual Assurance is a trading style of Homeowners Friendly Society. It was launched this year and is the primary sponsor of the Rugby Super League – now renamed engage Super League. Homeowners Friendly Society Limited is Registered and Incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992, Reg.No.964F, and its wholly owned subsidiary Homeowners Investment Fund Managers Limited, Registered in England No 3224780 are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Homeowners Friendly Society Limited's FSA Register number is 110072, and Homeowners Investment Fund Managers Limited's FSA Register number is 181487. You can check this on the FSA's Register by visiting the FSA's website www.fsa.gov.uk/register or by contacting the FSA on 0845 606 1234.
engage Mutual Assurance is a trading name of Homeowners Friendly Society Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary engage Mutual Funds Limited. Both are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.