Marlborough Lines' sponsorship mission is to Grow Marlborough Together through supporting Marlborough initiatives which focus on:

• Youth education and employment;
• Regional events; and
• The environment.

Criteria for evaluating sponsorship requests

Marlborough Lines will consider sponsorship of initiatives that meet some, but preferably all, the following criteria:

• Are from Marlborough organisations or people.
• Are associated with the education and advancement of youth.
• Provide environmental benefits to Marlborough.
• Promote the Marlborough region in either a commercial, educational, sporting, cultural or historical sense.
• Benefit greater, rather than fewer, numbers of people.
• Provide Marlborough Lines with recognition of its community role and commercial presence in the local economy.

Sponsorship application process

Marlborough Lines considers sponsorship applications in November and May each year (sponsorship funding rounds).

• Applications received during 1 May to 31 October will be considered in November.
• Applications received during 1 November to 30 April will be considered in May.

If you’ve got a sponsorship proposal that aligns with our mission and evaluation criteria we’d love to hear from you. The application process is:

1. ​Prepare your sponsorship application including the following information:

• Organisation name and address
• Contact person
• Contact number and email
• Nature of the request
• How the request aligns with our evaluation criteria
• Amount applying for
• Event date (if relevant)
• Benefits to Marlborough Lines as a sponsor
• Your organisation or event’s website and Facebook page details if applicable
• Any additional information to support your application

2. Email your sponsorship application to sponsorship@mll.co.nz. You will receive confirmation that your request has been received and advice of which sponsorship funding round it will be considered in (e.g. November or May) within three working days of submitting your application.
3. Before a final decision is made Marlborough Lines may contact you for further information.
4. Marlborough Lines will contact you to advise of the outcome of  your application by:

• 30 November (for November sponsorship funding round)
• 31 May (for May sponsorship funding round)

Our current sponsorships include:

• Blenheim and Picton Christmas Parades
• Life Flight Community Partner
• Marlborough Lines Stadium 2000
• Marlborough Schools Tertiary Study Awards
• Marlborough Lines Science and Technology Celebration
• Marlborough Sounds Restoration Trust Wilding Pine Eradication Programme