CORPORATE SPONSOR

Membership Overview

The following information decribes the membership options available to individuals and companies when joining the BFRS network. It includes details on free regular membership as a user of the BFRS network, corporate sponsorship packages, and additional roles available for building closer relationships with BFRS.

Regular Membership

Member

Corporate Sponsorship Packages

Supporter
Partner
Recruiter
Sponsor

Additional Roles

Adviser
Associate

Regular Membership

BFRS Member

Member

Regular membership of the BFRS Armed Forces network. Members are current and former Armed Forces personnel who are making the transition from military to civilian life. Their main aim in using BFRS is to find new career opportunities.

Features

Access to real-life BFRS events, the online BFRS Virtual Event, the BFRS website and the BFRS Social Network.

Engagement with BFRS

Monthly emails to members keeping them apprised of current issues, news, views and corporate partner offers.

Pricing

Membership is free and open to all. Register now.

Corporate Sponsorship Packages

The following overview provides details of the sponsorship opportunities available to corporate partners when working with BFRS. BFRS provides many opportunities for corporate partners to engage with the ex-military community. The sponsorship packages below are tiered in increasing order of functionality and opportunities for engagement with the ex-Forces audience.

For more information including screen-shots of functionality, you can download this document as a PDF.

BFRS Supporter

Supporter

Becoming a Supporter gives your company its own Supporter page on the BFRS Social Network and inclusion in the BFRS Companies Directory giving you opportunities to promote your company to BFRS’s user base of over 10,000 members.

Features

Supporter page on the BFRS Social Network with your own corporate branding plus BFRS Supporter badge
Inclusion in the Companies Directory
Company description
Contact details
A link through to your company’s website
Supporters are able to include jobs on the site for an additional fee

Engagement with BFRS

Monthly Supporter emails are issued talking about what BFRS and its Supporters are achieving with special advertising opportunities for Supporters.

Pricing

£100+VAT per year.

Supporters are able to include jobs on the site for an additional fee.

BFRS Partner

Partner

Becoming a Partner with BFRS allows you to truly engage with members. As a Partner you will receive your own stand in the BFRS Virtual Event, our online job fair which is available to our 10,000 members all day, every day. In addition to looking for jobs, members will be looking for additional products and services which Partners can advertise through our network.

Would you like free interns for your organisation? Part of the redundancy package for ex-services includes internships, where the individual continues to receive redundancy pay from the Forces while they work for your organisation for a short period. This helps the individual gain additional experience, gives your organisation more manpower for a specific project and allows you to give a new candidate a trial run as a potential addition to your team.

Features

Partner page on the BFRS Social Network with your own corporate branding, company description and link through to your website, plus BFRS Partner badge
Entry in the BFRS Companies Directory
A virtual booth in BFRS’s Virtual Career Transition Environment, our online event which is available to 10,000 members 24/7
Scrolling banner on the BFRS website
Add unlimited posts about your company, events and special offer notifications to members’ walls on the Social Network and in the online directory
Advertise internships and placements

Engagement with BFRS

Receive a BFRS user guide to getting the most out of the website
Quarterly account management calls to help you get the most from BFRS
Monthly emails to show ongoing activity and tips on making the most of BFRS

Pricing Indication

£1500+VAT per year or £150+VAT per month.

BFRS Recruiter

Recruiter

BFRS is the perfect place for Recruiters to promote their jobs as the primary aim of people coming to BFRS is to find work. Within weeks Recruiters could easily recoup their investment cost.

Recruiters have additional features to regular Partners, including the ability to search for candidates on our members database using career preference matching, viewing candidates’ CVs at the click of a mouse, and the ability to submit unlimited job vacancies to the Social Network and online jobs directory.

Features

Recruiter page on the BFRS Social Network with your own corporate branding, company description and link through to your website, plus BFRS Recruiter badge
Submit unlimited job posts to the Social Network and to the online jobs directory
Search for candidates on the BFRS website based on their career preferences set in their Job Seeker Profile
Read candidates’ CVs on their Job Seeker Profile
A virtual booth in BFRS’s Virtual Career Transition Environment, our online event available to 10,000 members 24/7
Scrolling banner on the BFRS website
Entry in the BFRS Companies Directory
Unlimited posts about your company/industry on the BFRS Social Network
Advertise internships and placements

Engagement with BFRS

Receive a BFRS user guide to getting the most out of the website
Quarterly account management calls to help you get the most from BFRS
Monthly emails to show ongoing activity and tips on making the most of BFRS

Pricing Indication

£2500+VAT per year or £250+VAT per month.

BFRS Sponsor

Sponsor

The ultimate way to make an impact with the ex-military community. With the number of Forces leavers growing rapidly, now is the perfect time to come onboard with BFRS and make a splash by becoming a Sponsor.

A Sponsor is an existing Partner or Recruiter who retains all the existing functionality of their current package and also receives exclusive advertising privileges on the website, the Virtual Event and in communications sent to members.

The Sponsor position is limited to one organisation per month who will receive exclusive advertising rights for the entire month. These exclusive rights are outlined below.

Features

In company search results you will always feature first as the headline sponsor.
High-profile branding opportunities – you will be given a virtual billboard, messages to the Social Network will be branded with your company message, and there will be one major campaign in the year featuring your company as the main organisation.
BFRS will give priority time to managing your account, tweaking your campaign and contacting you more frequently with updates and recommendations.
The four newsletters sent out that month to Members, Associates, Supporters and Partners will be co-branded with your company branding and key message and you will feature in an article in the newsletters and on the BFRS website.
Your advertising will feature prominently in the backdrop of the website on all pages and in the Virtual Career Transition Environment.

Pricing Indication

This offer is open to Partners and Recruiters and the cost is an additional £1000+VAT for the month.

Additional Roles

BFRS Adviser

Adviser

Advisers belong to the BFRS Advisory Group (BAG) which meets quarterly to give advice and direction to BFRS activities. The BAG is a group of experts from a variety of backgrounds and sectors who have an interest in improving the transition process for service leavers from military to civilian life.

Advisers are a small number of individuals who are critical to the direction of BFRS and invest their time and energy to form part of a steering group. It is far from a free ride and they are passionate or committed to the aims of BFRS which is why they go that extra step. They are all Recruiters or Partners who have decided they would like to be more actively involved in shaping the direction of BFRS. The Advisory Group changes regularly in order to keep ideas fresh and momentum going.

Requirements

In addition to the joint function of improving the transition process, a company or individual enrolled as an Adviser will be expected to:

Offer free advice in their respective field of expertise
Promote BFRS and its activities
Promote corporate membership of BFRS

All Advisers will be expected to adhere to the BFRS Code of Professional Conduct.

Features

By joining the BAG, an Adviser can expect an enhanced level of exposure to the Armed Forces community, which incorporates service personnel and their families from up to two years before they leave HM Forces and beyond.

Advisers can also feature in either of the bulletins below.

Engagement with BFRS

Quarterly meetings of 2.5 hours
BFRS monthly e-bulletin to its member database
Fortnightly Adviser update bulletin

Pricing

Advisers are Recruiters or Partners who have decided to become more involved with BFRS and meet the requirements above.

BFRS Associate

Associate

BFRS works with Associate organisations who have a lot to offer ex-service personnel.

Features

Associates get access to BFRS’s user base when working with BFRS on joint initiatives.

Pricing

There is no charge for becoming an Associate. The aim is working together and supporting each other in the common goal of servicing the ex-military community.

The Associate role is available to not-to-profit organisations who serve the ex-military and Armed Forces community.