If you don’t already know, Sponsors Club have been doing a Dragons’ Den style event for the past three years.
We hope to do it all again in 2011, so please contact Adam, al@communityfoundation.org.uk for more information on how to take part whether you want to put yourself forward to pitch to the dragons or if you fancy becoming a dragon yourself!
Have a look at the lovely people who took part last year on Flickr.
The next Introduction to Sponsorship seminar is scheduled to take place Monday 14 February. For more information please contact Adam al@communityfoundation.org.uk
Tuesday 15 February 2011 is the date for the next Arts Members meeting taking place at… (OK we haven’t sorted anywhere yet, if you have a space for about 30 of us between 9.30am and 12pm, please get in touch!) – EDIT, the Theatre Royal have generously offered to host us in the Olivier Room.
As part of the meeting we will be having the marvellous Paul Smith over to talk about social media. This will be a great opportunity to hear more about the benefits of using social media for those yet to take to Web 2.0. For those of your who regularly tweet to your friends, followers and audience it’s a chance to hear Paul’s remarkable story; how he travelled the world using social media.
If you would like to reserve a place please contact Kathryn or ring the office 0191 222 0945 and get your name down.
Breakfast will be provided so please let us know if you have any allergies or special diets, and if you have any access requirements please mention it when you get in touch.
Arts members meetings are as ever free to Art & Business members, if you aren’t already a member please get in touch if you are interested in joining ranks with these fine organisations. You can find out how to apply online but if you would rather talk to a human, call Adam or Kathryn – 0191 222 0945
The Bruntwood Awards for Arts & Business North has extended the submission deadline for its annual award ceremony to 14th January 2010.
The awards ceremony, which will be held at Manchester Town Hall on 23rd March 2011, celebrates the best partnerships between business and arts organisations throughout the year.
The Awards comprise six categories embracing the innovation and variety of arts-business projects throughout the region. Categories include: Young People Award, Cultural Branding Award sponsored by Potts Print (UK), Sustained Partnership Award, sponsored by HFL Building Solutions, People Development Award, Environmental Partnership Award, sponsored by Bruntwood and Arup, and finally one board member will be recognised for their outstanding contribution to an arts organisation throughout the year.
On the Awards, Michael Oglesby, Chairman of Bruntwood, main sponsor of the awards, said: “In these challenging times, business support of the arts is more important than ever. Such collaborations add vibrancy to cities and stimulate creativity. Supporting the arts has always been part of our philosophy, coming alive through projects such as The Bruntwood Playwriting Competition with The Royal Exchange Theatre. Through The Bruntwood Awards for Arts & Business North, we want to recognise other successful collaborations, encourage bold and innovative partnerships and celebrate the world class culture we have in our region”.
Brenda Parkerson, director of Arts & Business North, added: “”We are delighted to be teaming up with Bruntwood in our celebration of inspiring partnerships between culture and commerce across the North of England. The Bruntwood Awards for Arts & Business set the standards for arts and business partnerships in the North West, Yorkshire/Humber, and the North East and provide a platform for the recognition they deserve.
“This year we also have the great honour of celebrating the Lever Prize in collaboration with the North West Business Leadership Team.
“Arts and business partnerships encourage creativity, advance innovation and add value in surprising and remarkable ways, and the ceremony at Manchester Town Hall is a great opportunity to get inspired and meet like-minded in business and the arts.”
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Notes to editors:
• Arts & Business is a non-profit Prince’s Charity that sparks new partnerships between commerce and culture. We connect companies and individuals to cultural organisations and provide the expertise and insight for them to prosper together.
• Arts & Business North Awards are an annual celebration of innovative arts and business partnerships across the North. Next year they will be held at Manchester Town Hall on 23 March 2011.
• The Lever Prize is an annual award given to an outstanding arts organisation. Each year it is judged by the North West Business Leadership Team, which comprises of the 30 largest companies in the region, in partnership with Arts and Business North West.
Arts & Business (A&B) is a registered charity in England (274040) and in Scotland (SC039470).
Who would you give away books to?
In March next year World Book Night is giving away 1 million books, and you can apply to give them out. Successful givers will be handed a box of 48 books on Saturday 5 March 2011 to give out to those you deem worthy.
Have a look at the books taking part and see if you would like to apply to become a giver.
Lovely things that people who have attended Sam’s One to One sessions have said so far:
“Thank you so much for your time. I feel you may have opened up a door for me to enable me to move on as an artist.”
“Thanks so much to you and Adam for taking the time to meet and advise me. It was an incredibly helpful session.”
” I really enjoyed meeting you and Sam yesterday and found it very useful in terms of focusing our strategy for corporate giving.”
“Meeting was extremely helpful with lots to follow up…felt good contacts made and will keep in touch.”
“Has opened my eyes up to many new possibilities.”
“It was a very useful and relevant meeting. I received a lot of ideas that could prove helpful to my future career.”
“I left the meeting with a much cleared idea of the possibilities for my work and have this has made me determined to produce more quality pieces of work.”
“The only way this meeting could possible be of more use to me is if some of the proposals become reality, other than that I could not fault it.”
“A luxury to receive art-specific advice rather than the generic kind.”
“One of the most useful and encouraging consultations that I have had since setting up in business.”
“‘Insider’ knowledge very helpful.”
There are still a few dates available, please contact Sam for one near you.
The latest recepients of the Sponsors Club award.
We hope to have more on the project soon, but in the meantime catch up with the shenanigans at Norham House and follow Popup on Twitter.
