1. Creative and Media: Level 2 Higher Diploma Unit 6: Festival
Level 2 Higher Diploma Creative and MediaUnit 1: Scene
6.1.3 Funding
Student Book
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Find out how the festivals you are investigating are funded.
You could begin by looking for evidence of business sponsorship and/or public funding
(from arts organisations or local authorities) in the promotional materials.
Name of festival Funding from public sources Business sponsorship
None Virgin Media
The V Festival
None None.
The Glastonbury
festival
Tower Hamlets: lets make it Ballymore, Channel S,
happen, Tower Hamlets: Canary Wharf; group PLC,
Baishakhi Mela home borough, RichMix. O2, BBC Radio, Asian
Network, brac, GLL, Riney,
Medialink, Veolia
Arts council England, City Barclaycard, coin street
of London community builders,
Thames Festival Thames water, Shell, M&G
investments, Port of London
Authority, Transport for
London, Network Rail, EDF
Energy London Eye.
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