The Andrew Simpson Foundation's Flagship
Fundraising Race, Connecting Communities Across the World
Events
Bart's Bash
Bart’s Bash is the flagship annual event of the Andrew Simpson Foundation, inspired by Olympic Gold and Silver medalist Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson MBE who passionately believed that everyone should have the chance to try sailing and enjoy the many benefits that it brings.
Background
Bart’s Bash is the flagship annual event of the Andrew Simpson Foundation, inspired by Olympic Gold and Silver medalist Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson MBE who passionately believed that everyone should have the chance to try sailing and enjoy the many benefits that it brings. The largest sailing race connects sailing communities all over the world and to date, 1041 venues have taken part across 59 countries.
Salt Hub supports the Andrew Simpson Foundation with marketing support, fundraising strategies, sponsorship opportunities and partnerships for the annual Bart's Bash flagship event.
Core Requirements
Our first marketing activity back in 2019 was to give the event it's own microsite, enabling participants to input their own results from races across the world in a range of formats and allowing users to update and manage their own club account annually. All visitors to the site can select and view results year-round via the leadership boards. The website needed to have its own visual identity whilst remaining in keeping with the Andrew Simpson Foundation's core brand.
Thank you, once again, to everyone who took part in Bart's Bash 2020! We are excited to announce that we have now raised over £9,400 for the Andrew Simpson Foundation : The Sailing Charity . If you took part in Bart's Bash and still have money to pay in, please do let us know as we would love to reach £10,000! You can either donate via Just Giving or email the Foundation at enquiries@andrewsimpsonfoundation.org #bartsbash #sailonbart
Posted by Bart's Bash on Sunday, 20 December 2020
Marketing Support
We have supported the event with updating event logos and marketing in line with the updated ASF brand, partnerships, social media management, video production, email marketing, on-site marketing collateral, event materials and merchandise design.
Bart’s Bash 2019 was huge success and participation grew by 15%
1000s of sailors in 100s of different classes of boats from 264 venues from across 32 countries took part in the 2019 event this year on the 14th and 15th September, showing a growth of 15% in participation since the year before. Over £17,000 was raised for the Andrew Simpson Foundation (ASF) and sailing projects in communities across the world. This is a fantastic result for the mass participation sailing event.
