To be considered for sponsorship, your event or organisation should:

• reflect SERVICE ONE's values in community support and development
• possess and maintain a high level of professionalism
• provide a means to reach our target audience (SERVICE ONE offers financial and community solutions to a broad age spectrum)
• be local to our primary areas of operation (Australian Capital Territory, South Coast and/or Snowy Mountains regions)
• provide an effective communication channel to your network and where appropriate, facilitate for SERVICE ONE representatives to deal directly with this network
• pride itself in the work that is carried out resulting in positive public feedback
• be willing to work closely with the SERVICE ONE marketing department in order to produce effective leveraging strategies
• provide assurance that no SERVICE ONE competitor will be involved in the activity (this includes all financial and banking providers), and
• allow SERVICE ONE to develop and implement an effective marketing communications program tailored specifically to the event (for larger events).

While you are free to submit a sponsorship request, generally, SERVICE ONE will not approve sponsorship requests for any of the following:

• sponsorship of organisations linked to controversial or contentious issues
• organisations driven by particularly divisive social issues
• those promoting anti-social disruptive activities such as gambling, alcohol or drugs
• international events
• events sponsored by competitors
• individuals, and/or
• requests from SERVICE ONE staff or relatives/friends.

The following information is required to assess sponsorship requests

• description of the event or organisation
• date, location and time frame of proposed activities
• demographics of attendees, audience, participants, members
• estimated number of attendees where applicable
• benefits to SERVICE ONE including access to databases, direct mail opportunities, direct sale activities, signage opportunities etc.
• total investment cost to SERVICE ONE
• list of other sponsors involved
• business generation opportunities to SERVICE ONE, and
• contact details for the applicant (phone, address, email etc.).

All requests are reviewed by the Sponsorship Committee. As a general rule, all applications take a minimum of two weeks to process. Applicants will be contacted as soon as the outcome is determined.

All applications should be mailed or faxed to:

SERVICE ONE Mutual Limited
Attention: Sponsorship Committee
Locked Bag 1
DEAKIN ACT 2600
Fax: (02) 6215 7171

Alternatively, applications and enquiries can be emailed to the Sponsorship Committee.