Criteria and principles:

• We only sponsor clubs/teams from Oulu that play in the top division.
• We also sponsor large local clubs with a large number of members, through which the support goes to both adults and children.
• We emphasise nationally influential sports that are of interest to broad target groups. 
• Cultural and sport events must be regionally significant both in terms of visibility and number of visitors.
• The visibility provided by the partner must be measurable.
• The key partner must either be a club or a registered event/cultural operator or equivalent. We do not give support to individuals.

Applications are processed four times a year, after which we will notify the contact person of the decision. Please note that the financial support is not granted automatically; each applications is carefully evaluated based on established criteria and the current budget.