Crawley International Mela 2010

"From Andalucia to the Punjab: A North African Musical Romance"

July 15 Parade at Memorial Gardens, Crawley
July 30-August 1 at The Hawth, Crawley

 

Browse this website for details, news, progress reports on the developing plans for community events and the Mela Season, programme details, helpful hints on parking, locations of stalls and workshops, special offers and links to our bands and acts' websites.




Information for Small Businesses, Charities and Sponsors




Small Business On Display

We welcome interest from businesses considering the potential benefits of a 'shopfront' visited by 10,000  people over the Mela weekend.  This is a unique opportunity to bring small community businesses together with a varied West Sussex market for mutual benefit.     

Priority is 'first come, first served' although preference may be given to two-day bookings and SMEs.

To apply for a pitch please see the application pack:

There is more detailed information on the Stalls Forum . If you have not registered for the Mela Forums before please follow the instructions to set up your own secure login.

 






 

Hire Rates

Hire rates for pitches have changed little since 2006 - many rates are unchanged. See the location sheet for a guide to stall locations.

Rates vary and there are concessionary rates for retail and non-commercial charities. A rate card is available but please contact the Stalls Team c/o the Hawth (01293-552941), by email to deven [at] crawleymela.org, or via the confidential Stalls Forum to find out how we can best support you. If you have not registered for the Mela Forums previously, please follow the instructions to set up your own secure login.

We remind stall-holders that there are evening activities on Saturday which could make it cost-effective to extend stall opening until 8pm or later. Full weekend pitch hire includes evening operations.
Note: Do not leave valuable goods overnight. Overnight security is the stallholder's sole responsibility

 

 

 

Quality and Diversity - Commercial Pitches

We also encourage commercial sponsors to help us improve the quality and diversity of the Mela. Active community support is essential for the stability and future of this valuable and unique event. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the Mela's support from and for local business.

 

 

 

 

 

Charities

Charities are an essential part of the Mela festival mix. As a not-for-profit community service, we recognize the vital role played by charities and voluntary organisations in making our society a better place to live and grow.

Translating that into action, we offer reduced rates for charitiex of two types. For those with retail arms who wish to fundraise over the weekend, we offer a substantially reduced retail rate. For charities wishing only to bring their service to public attention we ask for a £40 contribution to cover our own operating costs and loss of revenue from making space available which could otherwise generate revenue for our own charitable projects such as Community Outreach.

To qualify for a charity pitch, you need a registered charities number from the Charities Commissioners. Click here to contact us. (If you have not registered for the Mela Forums before please follow the instructions to set up your own secure login.)

Sponsorship

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 offer sponsors a dedicated website page to present to the public their corporate social responsbility programmes, interest in the Crawley Mela and similar multicultural initiatives. We continue to place sponsors logos and links on our home page.

 

 

 





 

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