Sponsors
The Prowess Awards are for those paving the way for women starting and growing businesses in the UK. They uniquely celebrate the holistic range of role models, supporters and thinkers who are changing the face of UK enterprise.
The Awards have grown exponentially in impact, attracting over 300 nominations last year and achieving over 80 quality media hits and an even higher level of on-line coverage. The value of media coverage exceeded £1million.
Sponsors to date inlcude: HSBC, Yellow Pages, The Office of the Third Sector, the West Midlands Women's Enterprise Centre of Expertise which is supported by Advantage West Midlands, the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology and WEConnect.
Prowess gratefully acknowledges the support of The British Library:
Prowess will be happy to discuss how we can work with sponsors to fully meet their objectives. Some highlights of sponsoring an award are listed below. To discuss your particular needs contact Julia O'Rourke at j.orourke@prowess.org.uk or on 01603 762355.
Highlights for 2008
- High profile launch event
- Celebrity entrepreneur judges (last year's included Sahar Hashemi, founder of Coffee Republic and Penny Newman of CaféDirect).
- Awards networking ceremony
- Dedicated Prowess Awards website for online nominations and inspiration.
- Opportunity for a headline sponsor.
- Updated Awards categories, focusing on key current issues in women’s enterprise.
Benefits of sponsorship
- An association with the leading national Women’s Enterprise support network and fellow national sponsors
- Exposure to the UK female business owner sector, central and regional government sectors, and national sponsor organisations
- Association and exposure to other sponsors, judges, finalists and members of Prowess
- Editorial opportunities linked to the launch of the award nominations, the announcement of the shortlist and the presentation of the Award
- Opportunity to present an Award and logo positioning at the Awards dinner.
- Attendance at the Awards ceremony
- Profile and logo in Awards brochure and on the Prowess website