CS in The Times

[AndrewGreen]

There was an article in The Times recently about Chess Scotland losing its funding from the government. For anyone that is interested, you can read it here. 

I thought members could maybe come up with some ideas on how we could improve CS to try encourage funding. One quick idea: could we add pictures and a blurb to the contacts page? If I was a sponsor, I would want to know who was running the organisation before I backed it.

Only positive contributions please.

[Alan McGowan]

There was an article in The Times recently about Chess Scotland losing its funding from the government. For anyone that is interested, you can read it here. 

I thought members could maybe come up with some ideas on how we could improve CS to try encourage funding. One quick idea: could we add pictures and a blurb to the contacts page? If I was a sponsor, I would want to know who was running the organisation before I backed it.

Only positive contributions please.

From Scottish Chess 118, September 1990:

"...we are pleased to announce that Friends of Scottish Chess group has been established by the magazine editors. Initially our aim is to raise funds from Scottish companies, to assist with the development of chess at all levels, by offering Patron membership for a minimum annual subscription of £150. Lists of current Patrons will be published in future issues of the magazine. Our first Patron was W.A. Fairhurst & Partners, closely followed by C.F. Boyle & Co. [Chris Boyle]."

Another Patron was the late George Livie of Cathcart CC, who contributed through his law firm McDougall, Livie & Graham.

Perhaps this idea could be revived. There could be many companies that could be attracted by the educational possibilities of chess, and may be attracted by the idea of their support helping the development of chess in general, and individual, promising players in particular.

[MikePScott]

If I was to do it for business reasons I would want to know what value there was to my business and the classic thought is obviously publicity but perhaps that can be targeted through scholarships for top juniors: top chess juniors must make good employees?

Or perhaps Social Impact Bonds, whereby funding is raised against the future benefits to be gained. If chess truely does turn improve life outcome then this may be an option though requiring significant work I would guess.