Business Partnership Grant

Applying to this fund
The scheme aims to foster a positive relationship between business and the arts by providing Hampshire County Council endorsement for sponsors of the arts and by increasing the value of the sponsorship for arts organisations supported by Hampshire County Council. Sponsorship is payment by a business to an arts organisation for the purpose of promoting the business name, products or services.

Who can apply for a Business Partnership Grant?
To be eligible for support the applicant must

• be an organisation and not an individual
• be a non profit making group/organisation
• be an organisation that has made a new partnership with a business which has NOT engaged with the arts before.
• have secured partnership investment of between £200 and £500. (If you have secured business partnership of over £500, you may still apply for a grant of up to £500)

Who can't apply?
We cannot fund

• individuals
• profit making organisations
• organisations that have already received £500 in Business Partnership grants from Hampshire County Council in that same financial year.
• partnerships with businesses that have previously supported or currently support the arts. This scheme is about fostering NEW, first time, partnerships between business and the arts.

What activities do we fund?
To be eligible for support the activity must

• benefit Hampshire people in Hampshire
• contain a community focus
• be a non profit making activity
• not be part of the curriculum and not part of the normal school day, if taking place in a school or involving school children

It is also preferable that activities should

• be of an innovative or developmental nature
• where appropriate, involve Hampshire based professional artists, musicians or performers

What we can't fund
We cannot fund

• capital schemes - i.e. buying musical instruments, equipment or mending a roof
• activities that are primarily fundraising activities for a third party
• travel and performance costs for Hampshire arts organisations performing outside of the county
• setting up an organisation e.g. a play scheme
• further or higher education, personal development or training for individuals
• production or rehearsal stages for films or performances unless it contains high quality outreach work that is of genuine benefit to the piece and the participants
• ongoing organisational costs unless they are part of the costs of running the activity
• activities taking place outside of the County, e.g. in Southampton or Portsmouth.

When to apply
We ask for organisations to apply to us well in advance of their event. The grant fund for 2009/10 is now closed, so we are now accepting applications for activity in the financial year of 2009/10.

There are two decision days per year for which you can apply for a Business Partnership Grant. You can apply for this grant after your event/activity, but you must submit your application at the next available round after your event has taken place.

Please tell us in advance of your event that you are either looking for sponsorship or have secured sponsorship and are planning to apply for a grant.

Round 1	15 September 2008 application deadline	13 November 2008 decision day	April 08 payments made from
Round 2	23 March 2009 application deadline	21 May 2009 decision day	May 08 payments made from

You can also apply for this fund as well as the arts activity fund, however, first priority will be given to those with only one application.

Further advice and information on business sponsorship and the arts can be obtained from Arts and Business, an organisation which aims to build links between the arts and business. Further details can be found on their website www.aandb.org.uk, tel. 023 8061 9172.