SPONSORSHIP
Benefits of sponsoring all or part of the canoe marathon
Your name would be printed all along the deck covers and displayed on both sides of two 5 metre canoes, and on the vehicle transporting them to beaches and rivers from Plymouth in Devon, to Poole in Dorset, and Europe overland to Greece.
Mainly, the canoes are put ashore on most fine days upon the packed beaches of the cosmopolitan Torbay area known as the “English Riviera”. Here they are seen by countless local, national and international tourists. Their unusual design attracts attention and I could promote your name by giving leaflets or samples. Your advertising would continue free beyond the year of the marathon.
Any media reports featuring the canoes would also show your name. In the past there have been countless media reports and some samples follow. Three film companies have expressed an interest in this venture.
Best wishes continue to be received including ( either in person or on behalf of ) BBC’s “Countryfile” team. Neil Oliver, contributor to BBC’s series “Coast”. Ellen MacCarthur, world record yachtswoman. Stephen Fry, broadcaster, conservationist. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, tv chef and animal welfare campaigner. David Suchet, actor and others. Excerpts from some letters follow.
The estimated cost for which sponsorship is needed is between three and four thousand pounds. This will be a repeat of, but further than, a three month canoe journey which I made in a remote area of Greece in 1988. Rest assured that although some parts of Greece have holiday areas what I do and the way I do it is no holiday. Last time it was more alarming than a lone three month trek through the Himalaya and the jungles of Nepal.
Only one canoe will be use on the marathon. Advertising space on the canoe will be allotted proportionally to the sponsorship sum donated. Ultimately, ICAN needs about £50,000 for land. If anybody wants to sponsor THAT their name would be permanently on the site.
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A RANDOM SELECTION OF SOME PRESS CUTTINGS PROVING TO ANY POTENTIAL SPONSOR THAT THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE OF PUBLICITY.
SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND SPONSORS
David Suchet plays Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. In Britain David is a famous actor with profound ability which he has polished to perfection. I wrote to him after seeing a TV film of him saving turtles. Thank you David. Doug Scott had previously donated two pictures of Mount Everest which are not done justice by my black and white poster. One is a photo by Doug, a leading photographer of mountains. They are personally hand signed by the late Sir Edmund Hilary, Sir Chris Bonnington, Doug Scott CBE, Rebecca Stephens and Graeme Lothian. Hilary was the first to summit Everest. These pictures are now fetching very high prices. Money from the sale of these MUST be an investment for the future. Offers are invited.
From the Secretary to Neil Oliver
Robert Searle
Factual Management Ltd
Excerpt from a letter from the above
“Your cause is definitely a worthy one. I cannot count how many times I have seen a television programme that concludes without letting the viewers know how they can help!
I wish you every success in the future and Factual Management is spurring you on”
Why do I do this? Answer; BBC Radio4 – 720am 10th May 2010 quote: “Virtually every species on Earth is threatened, 1% of species extinct annually”. My concern attracted “Devon Life Publications” to help by printing A4 2000 colour posters and Doug Scott’s tickets free of charge.
Speedfit sponsored I.C.A.N. We can’t speak highly enough of the versatility and flexibility of “John Guest Speedfit Systems” or the unbelievable generosity of this international company. Without Speedfit we could not have made our giant solar panels year after year or educated school children on how to make smaller versions. Frankly we do not honestly know why Speedfit is not used for all plumbing everywhere. We tried other brands including copper but none were anywhere near so good.
Inadvertently we subjected John Guest’s fittings to tests of endurance far beyond anything they could have been designed to do. We took apart and reconnected the joints and bends time and again for over ten years. They were exposed to direct sunlight and every stress plus all kinds of water pressure and heat and used throughout our kitchens. There was never even one single failure. Actually we had decided Speedfit was the best before they helped us and after they had helped they never asked for anything in return. Sincere thanks.
WAYS TO HELP AND SUGGESTIONS
“Click” here for more photos of unique leatherwork.
To help raise funds, can I make you a canoe like this or leather craft like this ? I made the above collection of bags for the British Archery Champion in the 1980s. I was invited to join the Guild of Master Craftsmen.
CANOE MARATHON
1: If you are a well known person please endorse the canoe idea in writing.
2: Find a film company for me.
3: Help get my canoe to Greece. Make no mistake, just because some parts of Greece are holiday resorts, where I go and the way I do it, it’s no holiday. Would you like to share costs or transport to Greece? Or do you know any person, company or group who could help in some way? Thank you.
4: Sponsor a certain amount of money per kilometre paddled.
5: Sponsor some aspect of the venture and your name or company logo will go on the canoe. Previous exploits have had endless publicity. Some examples follow. I would exhaustively endeavour to publicise this for any sponsor. Also on the trip I would “push the envelope” to gain as much publicity as possible for any sponsors and I.C.A.N.
6: I would put myself in harms way to secretly film illegal environmental or animal harm.
Estimated cost of getting the canoe and myself to Greece and back by road including ferries, fuel and some help £2500.
I.C.A.N. LAND
I.C.A.N. land will be put in trust to form a “Nature Centre” to make a practical and realistic contribution to environmental conservation through and with the many activities outlined here and on the main websites and other literature.
1: If you are a well known person please endorse the I.C.A.N. idea in writing.
2: We need land ( about 5-10 acres minimum ) and everything is a means to that end. Can you donate money for this? Or buy it and keep it in your name allowing us to use it with the option to purchase from you when we can. Some money has already been raised.
3: Organise awareness and fund raising events such as shown above eg; musical events, fun bike or canoe runs, stalls, sporting events, computer work, photocopying or any idea of your own. The I.C.A.N. constitution allows us to pay you for help.
NOTE: I was once employed by Bristol College to get official recognition for volunteers under the ASDAN scheme. 70% of employers prefer those who have previously done voluntary work. This can improve your CV. I can advise you.
In 1992 I attained a 2:1 environmentally related honours degree.