Frequently Asked Questions

Q. We are a charity. How do we get our own webpage on your site like the others – and is there a cost for this?

Q. Are the charities listed on the ‘Charities’ page ranked and if so, how do we ensure our charity gets top billing?

Q. How do you chose your Charity of the Year?

Unlike most dragon boating events where the charity has a financial risk liability if they can’t get sufficient teams to cover the event costs, the costs in the Salford Dragon Boat Festival are underwritten by the festival organisers and recovered through team entries direct. If there is a short fall in the number of teams needed to cover costs, the losses will be born by the organisers and NOT the charities.

The Salford Dragon Boat Festival therefore offers a highly cost effective ‘no risk’ annual fund raising opportunity to all charities. Invest time (not money) approaching companies etc. to enter teams supporting you in the next Salford Dragon Boat Festival (Use the pictures and stories on the website as a marketing tool to help you). The teams you get each pay their own entry fee direct via the organisers whilst all the sponsorship money collected by each team member goes to you.

Very simple … EXTREEMLY effective! (Over £100,000 raised for charity so far via our Dragon Boat Festivals).