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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
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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.
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Information for
Small Businesses, Charities and Sponsors
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.)
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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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