A few weeks ago, I sent an email as a call for help for sponsorship. I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who put in a word with their boss, friends or dug deep into their own pocket. It’s with great pleasure (and much excitement) that I can announce that we have secured key sponsorship to allow us to go ahead with it.

My thanks go out to the Equality & Human Rights Commission and Vodafone for offering their support for the event by sponsoring key aspects of the event. We are now confirmed to go ahead with Saturday, and should shortly hit the next few targets to allow us to hold the Sunday workshop day as well.

About our sponsors

The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (@ehrc) digital team will be taking part as well as sponsoring. Newly appointed Head of Digital, Helen Aspell (@hel_razor), is keen to join the digital social media scene of London and hopes to bring a preview of a mash-up project, which the EHRC is hoping to launch later in the year. For those that are intrigued by a body like the EHRC being in this scene you can catch Helen at the Tuttle Club and London Blogger meet-up over the next few weeks.

Vodafone is the world’s leading international mobile telecommunications company and regularly takes part in community activities, and we’re thrilled to have them on board as well. Terence Eden, who did a cracking presentation on presenting to Big Scary Companies at the first SMCLondon, is the one you need to thank for this contribution. Hat tip to you, Terence!

Event details

So the big question, when do tickets go on sale?

The first batch will be made available on Tuesday 31st March at 11am UK time. You’ll be able to pick whether you’re attending both Saturday and Sunday, or only one of the days. We’ll then put a second bath out on Monday 6th April at 11am UK time. Set a reminder in your calendar, as you won’t want to miss grabbing one of the hundred tickets!

Meanwhile if you’d like to volunteer for either or both days, please drop me an email on vero@thatcanadiangirl.co.uk and we’ll find something fun and useful for you to help with. Have a look at this list if you’re not sure how you can help. If you’ve already emailed me, I’ll follow up soon!

Coming from out of town?

As there will be many out-of-towners wanting to attend, we’ve setup a “couchsurfers” thread in the SMCLondon Google Group so that those living in London who have a spare bed/sofa/floor can offer a place to stay to those who come from out of town.

Keep your eyes open for a follow-up post/email next week.

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