Working with the BDA
Sponsorship & Commercial Partnerships
Sponsorships and collaborative partnerships with industry are important to the BDA and we have a dedicated Partnerships and Sponsorship Officer to help organisations identify the channels which most appropriately suit your objectives.
These collaborations are designed to increase capacity for our work by providing alternative income and resourcing for the BDA - and raise the profile of the BDA, either through better funded promotions or by association with other prominent partner organisations.
Our commercial partnerships are governed by the BDA Sponsorship Guidelines which provide a framework for navigating each collaboration in a transparent and consistent manner.
- Download the Partnerships & Sponsorship Guidelines.
Current services and collaborations
- Endorsement of patient / health professional information.
- Focus Groups.
- Joint research – the BDA’s General and Educational Trust can provide a vehicle for organisations wishing to provide research funding to the profession.
- Awards to recognise achievement within the profession and their clients.
- Public health and lobbying campaigns.
Partnerships and Sponsorship Ethos
- The BDA will support health messages only.
- Any claim used in the collaboration must have a sound, scientific evidence base.
- Health messages must be consistent with BDA policy, or recognised policy from a bone-fide professional or government body.
- The BDA is committed to improving the health of the population and promoting sound nutritional messages and practices worldwide. This creates the context within which any acceptable collaboration might take place.
- All material which receives support from the BDA will be of an educational nature.
Contact Information
For more information on developing a partnership with the BDA, contact Jo Lewis the Partnerships & Sponsorship Officer on j.lewis@bda.uk.com, Tel: 0121 2008030 / 07818 597001.