Telephone Glasgow Kelvin College +44 (0)141 630 5000 Springburn Campus 123 Flemington Street Fax Glasgow G21 4TD The Board of Management of +44(0)141 630 5001 Glasgow Kelvin College is a Scottish Registered Charity, Registration no. SC021207 Email [email protected] www.glasgowkelvin.ac.uk LC: 1940117 + 13 January 2017 4 4 ( mailto:[email protected] 0 Ms Jennifer Kelly ) 1 Dear Ms Kelly 4 1 6 Thank you for your request for an internal review based on the information we3 provided in response to your request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 0(2002). 5 I can assure you that there were no attempts to be evasive in our response to0 you; it was a mis- interpretation of your request. I have provided a response below and overleaf0 which, I trust, will meet your information requirements. 1 E m Glasgow Kelvin College pays £5k per year as a sponsor and partner of the Glasgowa Rocks Basketball Team. The College receives a wide range of benefits from this relationship suchi as 52 free tickets for each of 18 home matches and 212 free tickets for 2 other specific games duringl the season. The College receives no income from ticket sales for the game. Other benefits fromi this relationship include marketing, work placements for College students to gain experience, ninvolvement of professional athletes in sports programmes and health and well-being events.f Please refer to overleaf for an extract from our College newsletter in relation to this sponsorship.o @ I trust the above response meets your request for information in full. g l Should you be unhappy with the College’s response you are entitled to seek aa review of the response. To seek a review, you should apply, in writing, to Alan Sherry, Principal, statings the grounds for seeking a review. g o I also wish to advise you that the Scottish Information Commissioner has launchedw a new online appeals service via their website – the link is as follows: k e www.itspublicknowledge.info/appeal. l v i Other contact information for the Scottish Information Commissioner is listed below: n . Tel: 01334 464610 a Email: [email protected] c . Thank you for your interest in the College. u k Yours sincerely www.glasgowkelvin.ac.uk Lisa Clark Director of Corporate Services Enc Extract from Glasgow Kelvin College – Newsletter – January 2017 1. Basketball: Glasgow Rocks in BBL Cup Final The Rocks, Scotland’s only professional basketball team, have been enjoying their best ever start to a season in the British Basketball League’ and are currently sitting 5th in the Championship table. Although their last two matches have ended in defeat, the Rocks still have the chance to grab the season’s first silverware at the BBL Cup Final on Sunday 15TH January. The Final takes place at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, when the Rocks will face Newcastle Eagles who are sitting second top in the BBL Championship. The Rocks’ last met the Eagles in October at the Emirates, where the Eagles came out on top. Hopefully the Rocks will fare better on Sunday. You can watch Rocks and Team GB co-captain Keiron Achara’s take on Sunday’s final at https://www.facebook.com/GlasgowRocks/ As well as exposure through the Rocks social media channels, and courtside advertising at each home game, the College enjoys other benefits from the relationship with the Rocks: As many staff will be aware, we have a number of free arena tickets for staff and students at each home game, as well as12 reserved seats in our courtside box. Discounted match tickets are also available for GKC students and staff, over and above our sponsor’s free allocation. GKC events, hospitality and sports students can also gain valuable work experience through volunteering opportunities with the Rocks. Rocks playing and coaching staff are available for College activities (such as lecture guest spots) and events. For example, we will hopefully see the Rocks play some demonstration games at the re-opening of the Springburn games hall. The College also gets to choose one fixture per season where we are the featured sponsor. As well as giving us more coverage at the event, we also get 200 free tickets for students, staff and College guests. This year’s match will be against Cheshire Phoenix and will take place at the Emirates on Friday 17th February; tip-off 7.30pm. More information on this game and how to request tickets will be emailed out nearer the time. .