Blake
Lapthorn Shortlisted for Hollis Sponsorship Award for Support
of Planet Earth Season through Oxford Inspires!
27 February 2009
Blake Lapthorn is pleased
to announce that its joint submission with Oxford
Inspires has been shortlisted for the nationally
recognised Hollis
Sponsorship Awards 2009. The joint entry has been shortlisted
in the Best
Low Budget Sponsorship (under £50,000) category
for the Awards.
Blake Lapthorn, one of
the leading law firms in the UK, and the charity Oxford
Inspires, the cultural development agency for Oxfordshire,
have built a strong partnership through collaboration on a
number of projects in recent years. Oxford Inspires offered
the firm the opportunity to sponsor the Earth
from the Air at Oxford Castle exhibition and the
Planet
Earth Season, which has resulted in this award shortlist.
As part of the sponsorship, Blake
Lapthorn was prominently acknowledged as the Major Local
Corporate Supporter of the Earth
from the Air at Oxford Castle exhibition and the
Planet
Earth Season. This opportunity provided Blake
Lapthorn with a high visibility association with a comprehensive
and multi-layered season of work that encouraged individuals
to think about Oxfordshire’s commitment to the environment.
It also provided the firm with a link to the University
of Oxford Environmental Change Institute resulting in
a Green
Breakfasts series attracting over 150 business people
in the area.
The Green
Breakfasts were held at the firm's offices in Oxford
and proved to be one of the most successful parts of the sponsorship.
Developed via new links forged with the University
of Oxford Environmental Change Institute, the breakfasts
took place at the end of 2008. Topics included 'jargon' in
the climate change sector presented by the Environmental
Change Institute, carbon offsetting, technology and energy
management. The firm is running a second
series of Green Breakfasts throughout March 2009
and will look to also conduct the series in other regions.
Through the sponsorship, Blake
Lapthorn was also able to focus on internal awareness,
staff morale and Corporate Social Responsibility. An internal
staff 'green' awareness week was carried out by the firm,
which included office pledges and an electronic discussion
forum called 'ECOjam' via the firm's Oxford office intranet.
Kathelene Weiss of Oxford Inspires said:
“We are delighted to have been shortlisted for this
award, which highlights the successful collaboration between
us and Blake Lapthorn for this exhibition and the Planet
Earth Season. We are fortunate to be working with a partner
with a long history in Oxford, a record of strong support
for arts and culture as well as expertise in a full range
of environmental and climate change issues."
Jonathan Lloyd-Jones, Senior Partner at Blake
Lapthorn said: "My firm recognises the increasing
importance of environmental and climate change issues not
only for our clients but also for our staff. Consequently,
we are extremely pleased to have been shortlisted for this
award."
For more information, contact Daniel Baber, Public Relations
Manager at Blake
Lapthorn:
DD – 020 7814 5489
Mobile – 07771 930 084
Email – daniel.baber@bllaw.co.uk
www.bllaw.co.uk
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