TEAM BATH RACING is the University of Bath s Formula Student racing team. What We Do: Team Bath Racing is an educational project led by undergraduate students, who design and build a racing car to compete in Formula Student competitions across Europe. Team Bath Racing is more than a project to build a fast racecar. By supporting us, you will be supporting the education of the next generation of engineers and will enable us to take the experiences gained during this project into the workplace. To us, this project is about: Maintaining the Best of British: We are incredibly proud of Team Bath Racing s history as being the top ranked British team for a number of years. By winning Formula Student Czech Republic 2016, we became the first UK team to win any Formula Student competition. Teamwork and Collaboration: As a team of 21 Mechanical and Automotive engineers, we believe that effective teamwork is the best way to work and prepare for working in industry. We also enjoy discussing design solutions with other teams from around the world. Real World Experience: Team Bath Racing facilitates the invaluable learning that comes through hands-on experience and genuine competition. Inspiring Others: Team Bath Racing is a unique opportunity for us to encourage involvement in engineering and other STEM subjects. Through school visits and participation at local educational festivals, we help to inspire young people of all ages. Email: teambathracing@bath.ac.uk 1
Sponsorship Team Bath Racing is partly funded by the University, but to be able to design, manufacture and compete with a car of the standard that we aim for, we need much more support. In 2016, our most successful year to date, approximately 85% of our funding was through sponsorship. Why Sponsor Team Bath Racing? Sponsoring Team Bath Racing is an opportunity for: Brand Promotion The car and project provide an exciting platform for promoting your brand at the University of Bath, at events we attend and online. This means exposure to an audience of more than 15,000 University of Bath Students, 6,000 Facebook followers, 2,000 Twitter followers and attendees of all the events and competitions at which we participate in throughout the year. Additionally, one of our Facebook posts in 2016 reached over 42,000 users. TeamBathRacing.com /TeamBathR @TeamBathRacing /TeamBathRacing team_bath_racing Association with the University The University of Bath is a top UK university and represents cutting-edge research and learning. You can be recognised for supporting education and innovation, and also have the chance to work with our students to participate in research beneficial to you. Access to Students More than 100 students of all year groups and engineering disciplines are involved in Team Bath Racing. Additionally, Team Bath Racing has a permanent display of a previous car displaying sponsor logos in the Department of Mechanical Engineering foyer, on show to over 1000 engineering students. Sponsors have the chance to build a relationship with our team as potential placement students, graduate employees and future brand-loyal customers. Email: teambathracing@bath.ac.uk 2
What We Can Offer You All of our sponsors are vital to the team; this project could not be run without them. Regardless of the size or type of sponsorship, each contribution has a huge impact on our team and success. As such, we offer the following benefits to all sponsors, irrespective of the financial value of their sponsorship: Logo and profile on our Website Logo on TBR17 the 2017 race car Posts on all of our Social Media Logo on pit boards for Race Events Invite to TBR17 Launch Event Scale of Benefits The benefits that our sponsors give to Team Bath Racing are vital to the running of the team, and we aim to give back so that all of our sponsorship relationships are mutually beneficial. We appreciate that each of our sponsor relations is unique and we tailor each of our relationships individually. The next page gives an indication of the benefit that your contribution could give to us, and what we could offer you in return. If you would like to help the team or think that we could help you, please contact us and let us discuss what it would take to have your support. Email: teambathracing@bath.ac.uk 3
Benefits to You: Examples of what the team could offer you in return for the value of your sponsorship. Larger Logos on TBR17 and Pit-Boards Large Prominent Logo on TBR17 and Pit-boards Potential for Title Sponsorship Hard Copies of our Team Newsletter Tour of Team Bath Racing s Workshop Logo on Team Polo Shirts Visit and Presentation from the team with TBR16 The UK s first competition winning car Feature in Technical Articles in Newsletter Promotion of Your Brand via on Campus Events 1,000 2,000 6,000 10,000 14,000 18,000 Team Kit Promotional Materials 2 Days of On- Track Testing Car Launch Event Final Year Project Prototyping Formula Student UK Competition Attendance Out-Sourced Machining of Complex Components European Competition Attendance (e.g Formula Student Germany) Benefits to Us: Examples of what the cash equivalent value of your sponsorship would enable the team to do. Attendance of 2 European Competitions (e.g Formula Student Germany & Czech Republic) Email: teambathracing@bath.ac.uk 4