Commercial opportunities at the 2008 Festival
Almost 150 local businesses supported the 2007 Bedford Park Festival, making it a real community event – their names are listed below. Thanks to them all.
Particular thanks to our Diamond sponsors, who donated £1,000 or more: Bushells, Chesterton, Fletchers and MoveTo. Details of their contributions are below.
...and to our gold sponsors, who each donated cash or goods worth £500 or more: the Bedford Park Society, Andrew Nunn, Andreas Georghiou & Co, Chiswick Volkswagen, Faron Sutaria, Hartswood Property Management, Hamptons, High Road House , Savills, Solnick & Co and WestSide.
...and to our silver sponsors, who donated £250 or more: Comfy Class travel, greentomatocars, Happy Times Nursery, Hogarth Health Club, Howard Russell & Co, Oliver Bonas, SweatyBetty, and Whisk Cooking Solutions.
GREEN DAYS
Andreas Georghiou in Turnham Green Terrace donated the strawberries and cream and boxes of fruit and vegetables. Andrew Nunn & Associates sponsored the Coconut Shy and Skittles. Disney, Green Trading Company and Waterstone's provided prizes for children's events. Bushells sponsored the Five-a-side Football competitions and the Big Balloon Race. Chesterton sponsored the Circus Skills workshop by Albert & Friends. chiswickw4.com supported the Win-a-Meal contest. Faron Sutaria sponsored the Refreshment Marquee and MoveTo the Bandstand. Fletchers sponsored the Beer Tent, with beer from Fullers. Hamptons sponsored the St John’s Ambulance first aid tent. Happy Times Nursery sponsored the Children's Corner. Howard Russell & Co sponsored the Champagne Lottery, with champagne from Duval-Leroy. Independent Audio operated the sound system, with power by Inglewood. Macken Brothers supplied the meat for the Barbecue. SweatyBetty sponsored Pop Idol. Whisk Cooking Solutions of Devonshire Road sponsored the Cakes stall and International Food stall. Greentomatocars sponsored the Plants Stall. Several organisations helped us 'Keep Green Days Green' by providing recycling facilities and helpers: Grundon, West London Composting, Latymer Upper School, 3rd Chiswick Scouts, St Paul’s Christian Union, and Ealing and Hounslow boroughs. Chiswick Volkswagen sponsored the Win-a-Car competition.
FESTIVAL EVENTS
Andrew Nunn & Associates supported the 40 Years of Bedford Park architecture exhibition. Fletchers supported the Treasure Hunt in Turnham Green Terrace. Solnick & Co supported the Poetry Evening. Lad's Newsagents distributed leaflets and entry forms. Hartswood Property Management sponsored the Bach Cantatas and Rosalind Leney’s concerts. Oliver Bonas in the Terrace supported the Thai cookery evening. Biblioweb Design produced the Festival website. Jane Davies designed the Festival leaflet and MoveTo sponsored and printed it. Snappy Snaps in Chiswick High Road provided the prizes for the Photographic Competition and Vibeke Dahl Photography and Jo Gambi the raffle prizes. WestSide magazine sponsored the Bedford Park Summer Exhibition and its Preview Party. Transport for London provided access for posters at tube stations. High Road House sponsored the Champagne Piano Recital. The Hogarth Health Club sponsored Two Generation Jazz. Chesterton sponsored the Open Gardens and the Bedford Park Walk, which was also supported by the Victorian Society. Savills sponsored the Neil Brand film evening and the Bedford Park Film Festival. My Home sponsored the Junior Choir musical, Into The Woods.
COMPETITIONS
40 restaurants donated meals for two for the WIN A MEAL contest, supported by chiswickw4.com: Annapurna, Annie’s, Barley Mow Pub (enquiries@barleymowchiswick.com), Carluccios, Chez Gerard, Chez Kristof, Chris's Fish Bar, Connolly’s, FishWorks, George IV, Ground, High Road Brasserie, Hole in the Wall, Hothouse Café, Kalamari, La Mirage, La Trompette, Le Vacherin, May's Chinese Cuisine, Mow's, Nando's, Pissarro’s on the River, Pizza Express, Plum Duff, Revolution, Sam's Brasserie & Bar, Shakology, Silks & Spice, Strada, Tarantella, The Bollo House, The Swan, Tiffin Box, Tootsies, Turnham Green Café, Turnham Green Chinese, Zagora.
42 businesses gave prizes for the HIGH ROLLER TOMBOLA:
Action Bikes, Beauty Bar, Boardwise, Carluccios, Cath Kidston, Clever Wally's Raw Pizza, Comfy Class, Cowshed, De Joli Ltd, Elaine Carew, Floatopia, Frivoli, HAIR, Insider dealings, Jads, LA, London Zu, Marmalade, Melburys, Mr Kleen, Myhome, Oliver Bonas, People Hair, Polomo, Pot Pourri Flowers, PR2 hair, QPR, Red Chat, Snapdragon, Sofa Workshop, Something Nice, Sperling Chemists, Sports Centre, Tanners Leather Goods, The Bay Tree, Tops Hairdressers, Turnham Arts and Crafts, W4 Bridge Club, Wild Swans, Woolseys of Acton, and Zecca.
And 21 businesses displayed pictures for the TURNHAM GREEN TERRACE TREASURE HUNT: Chiswick Cobblers, Covent Garden Fishmongers, JoJo Maman Bebe, Liza Lopez, Mortimer & Bennett, Natural Food Store, Theobroma Cacao, Tots and Whitman & Co and others named above.
To see the 2006 Festival sponsors go to: www.bedfordparkfestival.org and click Sponsors FestivalLink.