British Dodgeball is recognised as the National Governing Body for dodgeball in the UK by the World Dodgeball Federation and the European Dodgeball Federation. British Dodgeball are a non-profit organisation whose sole purpose is to develop the of dodgeball in the UK. We offer support and services to national teams, clubs, players, coaches, officials, educational institutions and organisations. Dodgeball is the 2nd most participated in schools and over 50,000 young adults play regularly due to its alternative and inclusive nature. We are passionately driven to develop the sport of dodgeball for all. We are the leading national dodgeball federation throughout Europe and the world.

We go further to work with our partners and generous sponsors to help them achieve their objectives, including: New business Increased profile Strategic marketing Corporate social responsibility

We develop dodgeball throughout the UK. Next season, we will coordinate over 20 competitive leagues in England, host the WDBF World Championships 2020 in Scotland, work with Sport Wales to develop new clubs and set up a tutor delivery team to increase coach education provision in Northern Ireland.

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See British Dodgeball Status Report 2019 for sources + more details.

Dodgeball is a huge sport amongst young people; it is the 2nd most participated team sport in schools and 4th most participated team sport amongst young people aged 5-16. 70% of actively participating adults are aged 16-24, with a strong student demographic. Dodgeball was officially recognised as a sport by Sport England in 2008. We aim to develop the well-known game into a standardised, high quality sport.

After just two years of our organisation being founded, dodgeball is growing at an incredible rate in the UK. Due to our development team’s high quality, participant-centred approach which involves partners where appropriate to strengthen our brand and increase impact, we can present numerous opportunities for you to get involved and become affiliated with one of the fastest growing sports at both grass-roots and international level.

We have laid the groundwork for our most ambitious season yet, with new competitions and international events acting as a catalyst for growth. Please click on the following links for information about the impact on specific aspects of our operations we had during the previous season, and how our development work may lead to opportunities for valuable partnerships going forwards.

Dodgeball is the 4th most participated team sport in the UK amongst young people (8.7% of all 5–16 year olds played it at least once in the past week, amounting to 613,00 individuals). Over 400,000 adults aged over 16 have played dodgeball at least once in the last year. There is a strong under 16 and young adult demographic (70% of all playing adults are aged 16-24 years old) however the sport is known for its inclusivity and provision of opportunities for older people to get active. Under British Dodgeball, the community side of the sport is flourishing.

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Currently applying for Sport England National Governing Body (NGB) recognition. We aim to secure official NGB status in Winter 2019/2020. Long term goals include gaining core funding in the 2021 sport funding cycle.

Coordinating over 30 community leagues & over 20 open events, ranging from the Super League down to regional & local leagues. • British Open (Jan 2020): 400+ participants • Men’s and Women’s National Leagues: 800+ participants • British Championships – pinnacle of the season (Jun 2020): The best 12 teams + media attention (last year’s winners featured on BBC Sport)

New junior league pathway: 4 regional leagues, under 16’s national league & over 15 junior open events. • National and Regional Junior Leagues: 500+ participants • British Junior Open (Jan 2020): 200+ participants • English Junior Championships (Jul 2020): Best 8 teams in each age category + media attention

Your opportunity to reach an extremely strong under 16 and 16-24 demographic through affiliation with a rapidly growing inclusive sport via website affiliation, social media promotion, equipment branding, product promotion, stalls at events and more. Check out our sponsorship approach page, price list and contact page to find out more.

Dodgeball is the 2nd most participated team sport in schools with 613,000 young people playing at least once every fortnight. Ofsted found dodgeball to be the most in-demand sport in schools, with 33% of young people wanting to play more dodgeball over any other sport, including , , rugby, and . “We found one activity pupils wanted to do more of was dodgeball,” Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Feb 28th 2019 @ YST Conference

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Project work with schools to increase Continue work with Youth Sports Trust Work with the Association of Colleges participation in physical activity: 5000+ and School Games to grow delivery (AOC) to launch the National Schools pupils engaged across the UK. Competition Pathway

Your opportunity to become affiliated with one of the most popular team Use Premier Education as our official National Schools Competition sports in schools in the UK via website delivery partner in 2,500 schools in the Pathway: 1600+ pupils affiliation, social media promotion, UK. 12,000 British Dodgeball-branded equipment branding, product school dodgeball sold annually by National Schools Championships (Jul promotion, stalls at events and more. official supplier Bishop Sports. 2020): 300+ pupils + media attention Check this out for more details.

Dodgeball is extremely popular amongst students – 6.3% of all students in the UK (1 in every 16) played dodgeball at least once in the last year, amounting to 100,000 students. 11,000 of these (0.7% of all students) play dodgeball more regularly, at least twice in the last 28 days. Many people began playing competitively at university level; competitions are more popular than ever before, having grown from just one national competition per year in 2008 to 9 leagues and 6 national competitions in 2019.

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University dodgeball has grown at a Extended University Regional Student demographic: tremendous rate; from one League: 700+ student participants 90% Undergraduates competition 13 years ago to multiple New Men's University Super League: 10% Postgraduates regional leagues, opens and 100 top level student participants championships today. Opportunity to promote your brand University Fresher’s Open (Nov We will complete the recognition to a strong student demographic by 2019): 200+ student participants affiliating with one of the fastest process with BUCS in 2020 (British University and College Sport) for the University Championships – the growing sports in the UK via website 2020-2021 season. This will lead to pinnacle of the season (Apr 2019): affiliation, social media promotion, new clubs, a greater awareness of 400+ student participants equipment branding, product the sport and further support for promotion, stalls at events and more. Check out our sponsorship existing university clubs through student/ athletic unions. approach page, price list and contact page to find out more.

Dodgeball is growing at a tremendous rate not only in the UK, but at a world level. British Dodgeball are members of the European Dodgeball Federation and World Dodgeball Federation. Both organisations aim to make dodgeball an Olympic sport in the near future.

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Hosts of the WDBF World Championship in Glasgow (September 2020). First ever combined cloth and foam

dodgeball world competition, held in Emirates Arena (1,100 seats) over 6 days. 4 competitions involving 48 national teams.

GB targeting gold medals in all events. The pedigree is there as home nations teams have won & medalled at

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World Championships social media engagement targets: 500,000 people reached & 500,000 livestream minutes watched.

Opportunity to promote your brand to over half a million people by sponsoring the World Championships event or the Great Britain Dodgeball team via website affiliation, social media promotion, branding on balls, stalls at the event and more. Check out our sponsorship approach page, price list and contact page to learn more.

We like to begin partnerships in the same way that we wish to maintain them – personably, with clarity and consideration of the benefits to both organisations. For that reason, we do not have a prescriptive approach to sponsorship. Our director of development, development manager or head of partnerships will visit you to create a bespoke partnership plan. This tailored approach will create a clear, objective-led pathway to joint success.

To give you some ideas of the opportunities available, we have listed some of the prime ways which your organisation could capitalise on in order to reach your targets. Please have a read and let us know what you are interested in. For metrics concerning the size and popularity of the sport, demographics, national team rankings and social media reach, please refer to the British Dodgeball status report 2019.

Once you sponsor an aspect of our operations, we will work with you to assess your priorities and understand how we can help you achieve them. This could consist of the following: Event naming rights Your logo on all promotional materials Website recognition Product / service promotion to targeted groups at Social media channel promotion events Your logo on event match balls / project equipment Your logo on livestream and video footage Your logo on clothing (staff teamwear, official kit and ???: if you can think of other ways we can help you merchandise) achieve your objectives, let us know

Community: Our 2019-2020 season will have 6 prestigious adult open events, and 5 junior open events. Key events include the British Open & British Junior Open, where almost 100 teams will battle it out. Other events include our Championship series, the pinnacle of which are the British Championships and English Junior Championships; the best 12 men’s, women’s and junior teams from the UK clash for the titles in Liverpool (Jul 2020), attracting 300 spectators through the weekend.

School: For the first time, our 2019-2020 season will contain a comprehensive schools competition pathway consisting of 8 regional schools opens and over 1,000 pupils participating. Run in partnership with local colleges, over 120 students will get the opportunity to earn a leadership qualification and gain experience in event management and officiating. The school calendar will culminate in the Schools National Championship, where 32 schools and over 300 young people will compete for the title in Manchester (Jul 2020). Expect media interest at this event.

University: We will coordinate 5 national university opens in the 2019-2020 season. Each university open event will see 200 students from up to 40 universities competing. The pinnacle of the university competitions calendar is the University Championships (April 2020) with over 300 students competing.

We will coordinate 25 adult and 5 junior leagues in the 2019-2020 season. These range from local & regional leagues up to top- flight men’s, women’s and mixed Super Leagues. Leagues consist of 6-9 meets throughout the Sep-Jun season.

British Dodgeball will host the first ever combined foam and cloth dodgeball world championships (Sep, 2020). 48 teams from the best dodgeball nations on the planet will compete over 6 days in the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, in the biggest dodgeball competition the world has ever seen. The Great Britain Dodgeball team will be targeting gold medals in all 4 categories, increasing public awareness.

Before the WDBF World Championships 2019 Over 2,000 spectators will witness the event begins, over 100 local young people will take unfold live whilst half a million minutes of part in workshops ran by international frantic action will be viewed online. Expect players in order to raise aspirations. Further mainstream media exposure in the build-up and legacy work will engage over 3000 young throughout the event. people.

The Great Britain Dodgeball team has been newly set up in 2019 to compete at world-level events. Containing many World and European Championship medallists from the home nations alongside the best players from the UK’s top leagues, GB can only be described as a super-team.

In 2019, the Great Britain men’s team will compete at the WDBF World Foam Dodgeball Championships in Cancun before preparing to field competitive teams in all 4 categories at the upcoming WDBF World Dodgeball Championships in Glasgow (Sep, 2020). Support the team by providing finance for training, equipment, kit and talent scouting and associate your brand with one of the best dodgeball teams in the world.

The Home Nations League was created to broaden our high-performance player pathway. The Home Nations League is for adult 1st and 2nd teams from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to compete in mixed, men’s and women’s matches. Each match draws a crowd of 100 spectators. 5th Oct 2019: Wales v Scotland 21st March 2020: England v NI 7th Dec 2019: NI v England 23rd May 2020: Scotland v Wales

Investing in our dodgeball projects, initiatives and programmes is investing in the long-term success of the sport. Sponsorship could go towards funding a range of area-specific or demographic-specific project work such as community/school/university- centred dodgeball development, or larger national scale initiatives depending on your objectives.

Our development work creates enjoyable opportunities for young people and adults to become physically active through education and leadership, increased competitive provision, club formation and ongoing support.

Adult/Junior Open Event £1000 GB Team Training £1000 British Open £1500 GB Team Equipment £1000 British Junior Open £1500 GB Team Athlete Support £300 Championship Event £1000 GB Team Primary Sponsor £10,000 British Championships £1500 GB Team World Champs 2019 Prep £2000 English Junior Championships £1500 GB Team World Champs 2020 Prep £5000 Championship Series £6000 Home Nations League £1500 Regional/Junior League £1000 National League £1500 Community League Pathway £20,000 Balls & Kit £2000 Development Project £5000-£50,000 Legacy Project Sponsor £5000 Primary Community Sponsor £50,000 Livestream £10,000 Primary British Dodgeball Sponsor £100,000 Primary Sponsor £20,000

University Open £1000 Schools Competition Pathway £6000 University Championships £1500 National Schools Championship £1000 Men’s University Super League £1500 School Development Project £5000-£50,000 University League Pathway £8,000 Primary School Sponsor £25,000 University Development Project £5000-£50,000 Primary University Sponsor £25,000

WDBF World Champs 2020 Livestream Schools Competition Pathway Sponsor Sponsor Target: 160 schools and 1600 pupils engaged + mainstream Target: 500,000 minutes viewed + 500,000 reach on social media exposure at National Schools Championship media channels Sponsorship Cost: £6000 Sponsorship Cost: £10,000 Return on Investment: £3.75 per pupil engaged / £37.50 per Return on Investment: Approximately 1p per minute viewed + school reached / less than £0.01 per actively participating 1p per person reached via social media (your logo highly pupil in the UK visible)

University Championships Event Sponsor The value of sponsorship will only increase as

Target: 400 students engaged from up to 40 Universities we grow our brand. Sponsorship Cost: £1500 Return on Investment: Approximately £3.75 per student Over half a million people play dodgeball regularly in engaged at the event / £37.50 per unique university engaged / the UK, and we are bringing more of them into the 1.5p per participating student in the UK British Dodgeball community every day.

To discuss any aspect of partnership with British Dodgeball, we will arrange for our partnership development manager or development staff to meet with you for a no obligation chat in order to develop a bespoke partnership plan and set out clear targets and objectives which benefit both organisations.

To find out more, please contact:

Ben Hoyle Aden Woodall Director of Development Development Manager [email protected] [email protected] 07784 048079 07834 971950