[cma-l] Funding News: Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2011 open for nominations (Scotland)

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Arts & Business Scotland is inviting arts organisations and businesses
to nominate their partnerships for recognition at the Arts & Business
Scotland Awards 2011.

There are seven categories in this year's Awards open to nomination:

- Community Award

- Young People Award sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management

- New or Returning Sponsor Award

- Sponsorship by a Small Business Award sponsored by Bank of Scotland

- Sustained Partnership Award sponsored by TAQA Bratani Limited

- Cultural Branding Award sponsored by Shell UK Limited

- Philanthropy Award

The Philanthropy Award is a new category this year, recognising
individual philanthropy as increasingly important in arts
fund-raising.

There are a further three Awards that will be selected through other processes.

- Aberdeen City Arts Award sponsored by Aberdeen City Council

- Leadership Award sponsored by Chevron Upstream Europe

- Creative Scotland Award for the Support of Talent sponsored by
Creative Scotland

The winners will be announced at a celebratory dinner at the Aberdeen
Music Hall on 26 October 2011.

Sponsorship partnerships that took place between 1 April 2010 and 31
March 2011 are eligible to be entered for the awards. The deadline for
nominations is 5pm on 6 May 2011.

Barclay Price, Director of Arts & Business Scotland, said: “With
concern about potential future funding cuts it is all the more
important to recognise the contribution by Scottish businesses and
donors in supporting Scotland’s vibrant cultural life. The Arts &
Business Scotland Awards achieve this by celebrating the most dynamic
and mutually rewarding partnerships between the worlds of culture and
commerce."

http://www.artsandbusiness.org.uk/scotland

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