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Sponsorship Package Options

On Thursday 21st May 2026 we had the best time celebrating our apprentices, employer partners and staff at our Apprenticeship Awards ceremony at The Imperial Hotel, Torquay.
The hard work doesn’t stop though, we have immediately started working on the details of the next awards and would like to give you the opportunity to show your support for our apprenticeships provision with some sponsorship opportunities, they come with a huge range of benefits for your business too!
We welcomed over 200 people to the Apprenticeship Awards ceremony. The audience at this event include apprentices, parents/carers, employers from small and large businesses, key college stakeholders and many other local organisations.
We also value our online community, which spans over 4 active social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok), with a collective following of over 26,500 people. Our organic social media posts leading up to and following the event in 2026 had a staggering 132,941 people see our posts across Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
To find out about our packages available, please read the below information:
Headline Sponsor
£3000
- Company name and logo with bio featured on awards programme
- Option to present Apprentice of the Year trophy and an additional category of their choice
- Option to present 5 mins keynote during the ceremony
- Company thanked in awards introduction speech by South Devon College Principal Laurence Frewin
- Individual thank you post on social media channels
- Company name with sponsorship acknowledged and thanked in pre and post event press releases
- Creation of video showcasing company to be shown at awards ceremony
- Logo added to certificates and ceremony presentation
- Logo added to event signage
- Six complimentary tickets to the event
Event Sponsor
£1000
- Company name and logo featured on awards programme
- Company thanked in awards introduction speech by South Devon College Principal Laurence Frewin
- Individual thank you post on social media channels
- Company name with sponsorship acknowledged in pre and post event press releases
- Company thanked in pre and post event news artticles
- Four complimentary tickets to the event
Refreshments sponsor x 4
£500
- Company name and logo on refreshment tables
- Thank you post on social media channels
- Company name and logo featured at the introduction of the awards ceremony
- Three complimentary tickets to the event
Category Sponsors x 17
£300
- Company name and logo in awards programme
- Company logo on certificates for their sponsored category
- Thank you post on social media channels
- Nominated person to go on stage and present the winning award for their sponsored category
- Two complimentary tickets to the event
Categories available to sponsor*:
- Automotive Apprentice of the Year
- Building Services Apprentice of the Year
- Business, Law and Management Apprentice of the Year
- Catering Apprentice of the Year
- Children and Society Apprentice of the Year
- Construction Apprentice of the Year
- Digital Media and Computing Apprentice of the Year
- Education and Teacher Training Apprentice of the Year
- Engineering Apprentice of the Year
- Health and Care Apprentice of the Year
- Marine Apprentice of the Year
- Sport Apprentice of the Year
- Higher Level or Degree Apprentice of the Year
- Best Large Employer
- Best Small Employer
- Employer Mentor or Line Manager of the Year
- South Devon College Apprenticeship Staff Member of the Year
*Categories may be subject to slight name changes nearer to the time of the event, these will be discussed with the individual sponsor of the category before changes are made.
Programme Sponsor
£350
- Company name and logo on the front of the awards programme
- Thank you post on social media channels
- Two complimentary tickets to the event
Get in touch
Let us know if you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact [email protected]



























