The 2009 awards ceremony takes place at the IT Training Awards Dinner held on 5th February 2009 at The Dorchester, Park Lane, London. It is a glittering evening that is the annual highlight in the IT training professional's calendar. The event includes pre-event Champagne & Bucks Fizz, a 4-course meal, the IITT Charity Auction, and of course the Awards Ceremony itself, hosted by international TV breakfast show presenter, Lucy Alexander.

We are now taking bookings for the 2008 awards and we offer a range of opportunities for companies to support the event through sponsorship.

The main packages are to sponsor an individual award. The cost of the package is £9,995 + VAT and the package includes:

• Your company's name on the award.
• Your company representative will make the presentation to the winner at the awards dinner.
• A complimentary table at the Awards Dinner for up to 10 guests (worth £1,950+VAT).
• Promotion as a sponsor in the extensive publicity programme for the event, which will include a major advertising campaign in IT Training & Learning Technologies magazines as well as regular press coverage through a series of Press Releases.
• Promotion as a sponsor on the full colour brochure, distributed widely to all corporate and training provider senior management.
• Sponsor's logo will be prominently promoted on the night, including on the menus and on stage throughout the evening as well as during the awards presentation itself.
• Sponsor's logo will be promoted on the Awards section on the Institute's dedicated IT Training Awards website for a full year.
• One full colour page advertisement in the official IT Training Awards Winners publication (worth £1,000+VAT).

For this package, which costs £2,500+VAT, the Awards Dinner Menu Sponsor will receive:

• Prominent promotion as a sponsor on the front cover of the prestigious Awards Dinner Menu, a copy of which is on every table place setting.
• 50 word description of the Sponsor's organisation within the menu itself.
• Promotion as a sponsor on the full colour brochure, distributed widely to all corporate and training provider senior management.
• Sponsor's logo will be prominently promoted on the night, including on the menus and throughout the evening as well as during the awards presentation itself.
• Sponsor's logo will be promoted on the Awards section on the Institute's dedicated IT Training Awards website for a full year.
• One full colour page advertisement in the official IT Training Awards Winners publication (worth £1,000+VAT)
• One free ticket to the Awards Night (worth £205+VAT)

For this package, which costs £2,000+VAT, the Awards Entertainment Sponsor will receive:

• Prominent promotion as a sponsor in the Reception Suite (where the disco is situated).
• Promotion as a sponsor on the full colour brochure, distributed widely to all corporate and training provider senior management.
• Sponsor's logo will be prominently promoted on the night, including on the menus and on stage during the awards presentation itself.
• Sponsor's logo will be promoted on the Awards section on the Institute's dedicated IT Training Awards website for a full year.
• One full colour page advertisement in the official IT Training Awards Winners publication (worth £1,000+VAT)
• One free ticket to the Awards Night (worth £205+VAT)

For this package, which costs £3,995+VAT, the Awards Pre-Event Reception Sponsor will receive:

• Prominent promotion as a sponsor in the Reception Suite.
• Promotion as a sponsor on the full colour brochure, distributed widely to all corporate and training provider senior management.
• Sponsor's logo will be prominently promoted on the night, including on the menus and on stage during the awards presentation itself.
• Sponsor's logo will be promoted on the Awards section on the Institute's dedicated IT Training Awards website for a full year.
• One full colour page advertisement in the official IT Training Awards Winners publication (worth £1,000+VAT)
• One free ticket to the Awards Night (worth £205+VAT)

Full payment must be made by 31st December 2008.

You should email Ed Monk, IITT Business Development Manager to obtain the latest position regarding Awards Sponsorship/Charity Auction Sponsorship availability.

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Over the past six years we have raised in excess of £135,000 for ChildLine, of which every penny goes to the charity to pay for the training of much needed ChildLine Counsellors.

We are looking for sponsors for the 2009 IITT Charity Auction now. We are asking each sponsor to donate £3,000 to the Auction so that we can fund the prizes on offer which are bid for during the Awards Night.

For that, the Auction Sponsors will receive:

• Promotion as a sponsor in the extensive publicity programme for the event, which will include a major advertising campaign in IT Training & Learning Technologies magazines as well as regular press coverage through a series of regular Press Releases.
• Promotion as a sponsor on the full colour Awards brochure, distributed widely to all corporate and training provider senior management.
• Sponsor's logo will be prominently promoted on the night, including on the menus and on stage throughout the evening as well as during the Charity Auction presentation itself.
• Sponsor's logo will be promoted on the Awards section on the Institute's dedicated IT Training Awards website for a full year.

If you would like your organisation to be the Headline Sponsor of the IITT Charity Auction, which is exclusive to one company only, the fee for this donation is £3,500. The event will be billed as The IITT Charity Auction 2009, sponsored by [your company name].

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Call or email Colin Steed (csteed@iitt.org.uk) today!