2018

WHAT VISITORS SAID: WHERE FROM:

Shetland

Stockholm

Paris

MADE ME MORE LIKELY TO VISIT THE FORUM OR NSF VENUES IN THE FUTURE

OF VISITORS TRAVELLING TO NORWICH CAME SPECIFICALLY FOR NSF

61%

59%

A Partnership Event

Thank you!

Norwich Science Festival is a partnership initiative, co-ordinated by The Forum. The Festival is made possible thanks to the support and input from all partners, sponsors and funders.

A huge thank you to everyone involved in the 2018 Festival – the NSF team, sponsors, partners, funders, venues, volunteers and contributors. We’re already working on the programme for October 2019 – we hope to see you there!

IMAGE CREDITS: Norwich Science Festival, UEA DESIGN: designpod.info

PARTNERS

SPONSoRS

Headline sponsor

Sponsor of Engineering Day

Sponsor of Chemistry Day

MEDIA PARTNERSPRINT PARTNERS

Website PARTNER

Funders

Additional Sponsorship from

‘‘Anglian Water, headline sponsorWe’re so pleased to have sponsored the Norwich Science Festival again this year, it’s a fantastic way to inspire young people to follow a career in science, engineering and technology – all skills which are vital for our region.

‘‘ ‘‘Briar Chemicals, sponsors of Chemistry DayA big thank you and well done for organising such a wonderful event. The Chemistry Day itself was a huge success, this year was the busiest we have experienced yet.

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NORWICH RESEARCH PARK PARTICIPANTS MET THEIR OBJECTIVES

AND WOULD TAKE PART AGAIN100% MORE INTERESTED IN

LEARNING MORE ABOUT EARLHAM INSTITUTE82%

Partner feedback

Sponsor feedback

Get In-volved

VOLUNTEER HOURS

VOLUNTEERS

93448

Volunteers

PLUS MANY MORE VOLUNTEERS THROUGH OUR PARTNER ORGANISATIONS. A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DEDICATED THEIR TIME TO MAKING NSF A SUCCESS!

GET INVOLVEDWe’re working on building the 2019 Norwich Science Festival programme and would love to hear from you if you’d like to be involved, whether as a partner, contributor, sponsor, supporter or volunteer.

CONTACTNatalie Bailey Norwich Science Festival Event Producer natalie.bailey@theforumnorwich.co.uk

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Celebrating Science in Norwich

Learning Sponsor

Sponsor of Technology Day

NUMBER OF VISITS:AGE IN YEARS TIMES VISITED

65-74 7%

25-34 8%

0-24 46%

55-64 7%

75+ 2%

45-54 12%

35-44 18%

Once 42%

4-5 10%

5+ 7%

2-3 38%

visitor info

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Based on 69% of activity leaders

The Learning ProgrammeOur dedicated three-day learning programme featured explosive shows, hands-on experiments and outreach events, to inspire young people and encourage them to get involved with STEMM.

Events were held at The Forum, OPEN Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich Cathedral, UTCN, Sir Isaac Newton, Norfolk Record Office and The Kinesis Centre, as well as outreach events that brought science fun to schools.

Our headline learning event, ‘Fireworks – Real Science or Just Bangs?’, engaged 857 school children, youth group members, home-educators and family members over four shows.

Festival themes

YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

Norwich Science Festival (NSF) 2018 was the third city-wide science festival, featuring nine days of inspirational talks, sensational shows, cutting-edge research, and an abundance of hands-on science activities for

all ages and all levels of knowledge, plus a dedicated learning programme.

Norwich Science Festival 2018

Co-ordinated by The Forum and working with partners and venues across the city, the Festival built upon the successes of the previous two years, whilst striving to be innovative and respond to demand.

The overall theme for the 2018 Festival was ‘Our Future World’ and included events exploring topical issues such

as plastic pollution, the future of travel and artificial intelligence. Themed days included water/oceans, nature and the environment, physics, astronomy and space, engineering, technology, chemistry, medicine and health, and a day dedicated to the ground-breaking science from Norwich Research Park.

The successful Festival featured sold-out headline events from Chris Packham, Prof Alice Roberts, Maddie Moate, Gastronaut Stefan Gates, Mark Thompson, Robert Newman and Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

The Forum was the hub venue for the Festival, supported by other city venues including Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form, University Technical College Norfolk (UTCN), Norwich Cathedral, Norwich School, Norwich Playhouse, OPEN Norwich and EPIC Studios.

VENUES AROUND THE CITY

DAYS OF SCIENCE FUN, PLUS A DEDICATED LEARNING PROGRAMME

EVENTS135+239

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Thank you so much to all involved for all their hard work in making the Festival as fantastic as it was. It was brilliant to see so many people from so many walks of life taking part.

Excellent festival. So proud that Norwich hosts such an event.

‘‘Thank you so much for a lovely day of science. It was such a well-organised visit and the children loved it! Staff and parents mentioned how much they enjoyed it and how well-organised it was.

42%

BROCHURES20,000

WEBSITE PAGE VIEWS IN THREE MONTHS BEFORE FESTIVAL

MEDIA COVERAGE INCLUDING, NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, TV AND WEBSITES

3,875

5913145

STUDENTS, SCOUTS, GUIDES AND HOME-EDUCATED LEARNERS

SCHOOLS TOOK PART

YOUTH GROUPS AND HOME-

EDUCATED LEARNERS

9 STUDENTS FROM CITY COLLEGE NORWICH CREATED NOVO WAVE

100%

we spread the word BY

‘‘ Super spectacular scientific celebration, well done to all involved.

10 Young Communication Team members reported on 27 events and spent 138 hours on Norwich Science Festival events – training, reporting on events, writing blogs and undertaking interviews. They undertook training with UEA’s Concrete newspaper, Jeremy Webb (photography) and BBC Voices (radio).

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Figures

98,750++

32% INCREASE

180% INCREASE

VISITS TO THE FESTIVAL

FROM 2016-2018

FROM 2016-2018

2016

FESTIVAL VISITS

NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED

VISITS TO NSF WEBSITE VED

2017

2018

7,500+TICKETS BOOKED

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#NorwichSciFest2018

Headline Events

After Hours

Science on Show

Water – Into the Deep

Nature and the Environment

Physics Fest

Astronomy – Stars and Space

Engineering

Technology

Chemistry

Medicine and Health

Science Without Borders

98,752

201870

82,000

201750

75,000

201625

201685,128

KNOWN ITEMS OF

GROWTH

53% SOCIAL MEDIA

GROWTHIN FACEBOOK FANS SINCE 2017

IN TWITTER FOLLOWERS SINCE 2017

2017

2018

101,240

153,071

DISTRIBUTING ACROSS NORFOLK AND BEYOND

MEDIA – DESIGNING, CREATING AND PRODUCING A NORWICH SCIENCE FESTIVAL TV SHOW ‘SLICE OF SCIENCE’ INTERVIEWING FESTIVAL CONTRIBUTORS AND SCIENTISTS.

153,000+

180+

Festival feedback

88%82%

82%

70.5

RATED THE EVENT EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD OR GOOD

INCREASED MY KNOWLEDGE AND TAUGHT

ME SOMETHING NEW

LIKELY TO RECOMMEND NSF TO A FRIEND OR COLLEAGUE

ARE LIKELY, VERY LIKELY OR EXTREMELY

NET PROMOTER SCORE

113% INCREASEFROM 2016-2018

201870.5

201766

201633

‘‘The most amazing, positive, inspiring event for all ages.

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