POLICY 8

Sponsorship

A sponsorship is a mutually beneficial exchange whereby the sponsor receives value in return for cash or goods or services-in-kind provided to, for instance, the Community Organisation.

Sponsorships are between the Community Organisation and the Sponsor, not Buddying UP.

We understand how important partnerships and sponsorships are between the corporate business world and community organisations. Sometimes, this could be the difference between whether a club or organisation can afford to continue or not.

This policy outlines the considerations that need to be addressed prior to any sponsorship agreements between community organisation and businesses.

Community Organisations

• must honour promises offered the sponsor in exchange for the sponsor's support.
• will ensure that the sponsorship agreement maintains the professional image of all parties
• will develop and maintain a positive relationship with the sponsor through regular communication

Sponsors

• must fulfil the duration of the sponsorship.
• must be reputable organisations.
• must work with Community Organisations to uphold the brand and reputation of the Community Organisation who they sponsor.

Sponsorship Levels	Offer Details	Price Per Month	Price Per Year
Supporting
Major
Principal

Responsibilities

Is it the responsibility of both parties “Community Organisation” and "Business” that there is a clearly defined outlines and benefits that will be received once payment has been received by Buddying UP.

At Buddying UP, we advise the Community Organisations to create sponsorship contracts between themselves and businesses that wish to sponsor. This will create defined outcomes from both parties of what is expected.

The responsibility of Buddying UP:

1. Give Community Organisations the online tools for them to create custom sponsorship tiered packages for businesses to purchase.
2. Give online technical support for the Community Organisations
3. Once payment has been made by the businesses for a tiered package to make sure that any sponsorship advertisement is placed in the correct location (banner location) on the Community Organisation online store from which they are purchasing the sponsorship package.
4. The Sponsorship advertisement will be on the Community Organisation online store for the duration of the sponsorship agreement package. The starting date will commence from when the advertisement is first placed on the store.

It is not the responsibility of Buddying UP to:

1. Adhere to any requests or resolve any issues that fall outside of the Buddying UP Platform. For example: Business Logo’s not be placed on Sporting Clothes, signage around playing fields etc..
2. Reimburse any money collected as sponsorship unless the business seeks written permission from Buddying UP, upon which it is at the discretion of Buddying UP to determine whether funds are reimbursed. This will be case by case scenario.
3. To follow up or investigate whether both parties are adhering to the sponsorship agreement.