Outreach

We can support 

• Funding towards the development and delivery of educational and professional courses.  
• Advertising in our publications and all other communication channels, where possible and appropriate (e.g. website, social media, etc.)  
• Exhibiting at, or sponsorship of, educational and professional conferences, meetings and events (e.g. venue hire, catering, etc.)  
• Funding for print publications, and other event collateral.  
• Funding for online platform subscriptions to run virtual events. 
• Funding for prizes (e.g. poster competitions, essay prizes, etc.).  We can also provide judges for competitions.
• Speakers for events: Please provide as much information as possible as to the kind of speaker you are looking for and the topic of the presentation. We will always do our best to find an appropriate speaker. Please note: If we provide speakers who have volunteered to support your event, you will be expected to make contact with them whether you choose to use them or not.
• Funding for educational and teaching materials and consumables (such as suture kits). 
• Offering non-financial ‘offers in kind’ where possible (e.g. providing promotional materials).
• Events or activities with other sponsors or partners including other surgical Royal Colleges. 

We cannot support

• Societies, companies, institutions or organisations that are not affiliated with surgery.  
• Educational and professional conferences, meetings, events and courses that are aimed at other medical specialities.  
• Dental surgery and dentistry events and activities.  
•  Sponsorship of individuals (for this please educational grants and bursaries).  
• RCS England does not endorse, promote, or approve products, companies or services (medical or otherwise) unless research has shown a direct benefit and relevance to patients or our members. 
• No sponsorship or advertising will be given to companies or organisations where there is a conflict of interest (real or perceived) with our work. An example of this is alcohol and tobacco companies. 

Examples of where we may not offer support

• If the event or activity has already occurred. 
• If the request for funding is larger than RCS England is able to support. However, we may be able to provide a contribution towards the overall costs.
• If sufficient notice before the event or activity is not provided, e.g. insufficient time to find an available speaker or for RCS England to be included in promotional materials. 
• If the request is for other costs that do not contribute directly to the running or content of the event or activity. For example: gifts for speakers, promotional give aways, and paid social media marketing. 

We will ask you to provide details of the event or course, including:  

• information on how you plan to use the funding;  
•  a breakdown of anticipated costs;  
•  the number of attendees;  
•  a sponsorship booklet if you have produced one;
•  information on how this will support your members / students / colleagues, and; 
• any other details of how the RCS England can support the activity.  

Please provide as much of the above information in your initial sponsorship request as possible. If we have agreed to sponsor an event than please refer to the support as a sponsorship rather than a partnership, affiliation or accreditation.

If you are interested in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation please contact our Quality Assurance team qa@rcseng.ac.uk