Sponsors and Supporters

Thanks to our sponsors

The Mela could not exist without corporate and trust sponsors. We are happy to work directly with corporate donors to ensure appropriate recognition on site and in promotional literature and online. We continue to place sponsors logos and links on our home page.

List of our sponsors

Logo Description Contact details

Arts Council - South East

Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.

Mailing Address:
Sovereign House
Church Street
Brighton BN1 1RA

Phone: 0845 300 6200
Fax: 0870 242 1257
Textphone: 01273 710659

Tourism Malaysia

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West Sussex County Council

West Sussex County Council serves more than 750,000 residents, provides a huge range of local government services and has an annual budget of more than £500 million.

Our services include: education, the fire brigade, planning and countryside services, social services, libraries, roads and transport, waste management, archives, trading standards.

Your District or Borough Council provides more localised services such as waste collection, environmental health, leisure services, housing and determining planning applications.

Phone: 01243 777100
24 Hour Helpline: 08457 581232
Ethnic Minority Helpline: 08457 581649

Post: County Hall, West Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1RQ

Opening hours:
08:15 - 17:30 Monday - Thursday 08:15 - 17:00 Friday

View A-Z of Local Council Services

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BBC Southern Counties

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Crawley Borough Council

Crawley Borough Council serves a vibrant and growing town of over 100,000 people. Our 750 employees work closely with local people and partners to deliver the best possible services. Find out about the Services we deliver and how we monitor our performance to make sure they are efficient and offer best value.

Tel:
(01293) 438000 (office hours)
(01293) 551636 (out of hours emergency)
Fax: (01293) 511803
Email: comments@crawley.gov.uk

Address:
Town Hall
The Boulevard
Crawley
West Sussex RH10 1UZ

The Hawth

The Hawth Theatre is one of the south's liveliest arts venues playing host to an exciting and diverse mix of theatre, dance, music, comedy, concerts, film and visual arts.

Mailing Address:
Hawth Theatre
Hawth Avenue
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 6YZ.

Telephone:
Box Office 01293 553636
Administration 01293 552941
Minicom 01293 539418
Fax 01293 533362
Email info [at] hawth.co.uk

Sussex Newspapers

  • Crawley Observer
  • Weekend Herald
  • West Sussex County Times Advertiser
  • Mid Sussex Times
  • Citizen
  • Sussex Express Series

Crawley Observer

The award winning Crawley Observer is a two-edition weekly newspaper serving Crawley, Gatwick, Charlwood, Smallfield and Horley.

The Observer prides itself on being at the heart of its local community, which it has served since 1881.

Observer Group editor, Lesley Hixon said: “We are tremendously excited to be a key media partner at this year’s Mela.

The two day event is a wonderful celebration of our town’s vibrant multi-cultural community and we are very proud to be involved.

“We will be providing extensive coverage of the Mela including a glossy A5 programme before the event, and a 16 page picture special afterwards.”

The Observer is a campaigning local newspaper, packed full of news, sport, views, leisure, listings, property, motors and jobs.

It is published every Wednesday and is part of the Sussex Newspapers group.

Crawley Observer's write up of the Crawley Mela

Telephone: 01403 751200

Fax: 01403 751291

Editorial team: 01293 562929

To advertise in our Mela 2007 programme call Richard Harmer on 01293 845071

Bharat Lukka Newspaper Sales & Marketing on 01403 751262

Gatwick Community Trust

Gatwick Airport Community Trust is an independent charity set up by the legally binding agreement between West Sussex County Council, Crawley Borough Council and BAA Gatwick, following publication of the airport’s Sustainable Development Strategy.

Telephone: 01892 826088

Mailing Address:
Gatwick Airport Community Trust
c/o Room 642,
6th Floor,
Norfolk House,
Gatwick Airport,
West Sussex RH6 ONP

PJ Jones

PH Jones is a specialist heating and property maintenance contractor and provides the gas servicing and maintenance contract for Crawley Borough Council. The company is proud to be supporting the Crawley Mela and wishes it every success.

Mailing Address:
PH Jones Ltd
Aqua House,
Hampton Heath Ind Est,
Malpas,
Cheshire. SY14 8LY

Email info@phjones.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1948 820244
Fax: +44 (0)1948 820484

Scarman Trust

The Scarman Trust is a national charity committed to helping citizens bring about change in their community, in the way that they want. We fund and give practical assistance to hundreds of remarkable people with a 'can do' attitude.

These 'can do-ers' in their turn mobilise many thousands of others, within their own communities and across the major institutions of society - working to make fundamental life chances available to all.

NATIONAL OFFICE, LONDON

Charles Jardine Interim Chief Excecutive
Titus Alexander, Director of Learning Communities
Lutfur Rahman, ICT Officer
Adebola Boboye, Senior Office Manager

The Scarman Trust
Kemp House
152- 160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NP

Tel: 0207 689 6366
Fax: 0207 689 6125

NATIONAL OFFICE, MANCHESTER

Rinika Grover, Head of Information Systems and Services
David Egan, Head of Programmes Management
Keisha Taylor, Co-ordinator & Can Do Exchange Moderator
Marion Gattens, Training Assistant

The Scarman Trust
424-426 Royal Exchange Buildings
St Ann's Square
MANCHESTER
M2 7FE

Tel: 0161 834 7841
Fax: 0161 833 4253

Please note that for all regional enquiries we ask that you contact your local Regional Office.

email: info@thescarmantrust.org

GlaxoSmithKline

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Sussex Police

Policing Sussex is a team effort and we look to you and other partners to play their part in making Sussex safer.

Postal Enquiries:
Sussex Police Headquarters Church Lane, Lewes East Sussex, BN7 2DZ

Link to map

Important: In an emergency always dial 999. If your call is a non-emergency dial 0845 60 70 999 or send us a fax: 01273 404274. Please note that all calls are recorded for policing purposes.

Sussex Black Police Association

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