Hampshire Arts Service

Business Partnership Grant

Applying for a Business Partnership Grant

Please ensure you read these notes carefully before applying for a Business Partnership Grant, they include both useful and important information.

The Arts Service is committed to maintaining its support for local arts activity through a variety of ways, including grant giving. The Business Partnership grant scheme match funds sponsorship from local businesses who have not supported a Business Partnership application before.

We can match fund business sponsorship up to £500. The sponsorship you are receiving must be monetary, we can not match fund any in kind sponsorship, e.g. free/subsidised marketing. We can accept up to three Business Partnership requests from your organisation in one financial year but they must all be for different business sponsors. Match funding must be a minimum of £200 per business.

NB Our definition of sponsorship includes financial support in return for promotion of the business alongside the activity or donations to the event as part of Corporate Social Responsibility in the community. If in doubt please contact the Arts Resources Administrator, tel 01962 846966.

We fund a wide range of arts activities and events such as, festivals, exhibitions and workshops which must meet the following criteria.

  • the event/activity must be of artistic merit
  • the event/activity must directly benefit Hampshire residents
  • the activity must contain a community focus
 
  • an organisation (not an individual) that is non-profit making
  • schools – who are providing arts activities in addition to the curriculum
  • Other Hampshire County Council departments applying for a project that is separate from their usual programme of activity
 

Before making an application to the scheme, we ask that you first discuss your proposal with the Arts Resources Administrator to provide a basic overview of the activity/event you intend to apply for.

Business Partnership Grant Downloads

What is the deadline for application?

There are 2 deadlines per year for which you can apply for an Business Partnership Grant. These are referred to as Round 1 and Round 2.

Round Date of Activity/event Application Deadline
1 Between April 2012 – March 2013 2 September 2011

2 Between June 2012 – March 2013 2 March 2012

 

Once your application is submitted you will receive an acknowledgement from the Arts Resources Administrator.

All the applications received for a particular round will be summarised and presented to the Executive Member for Culture, Communities and Rural Affairs, who then agrees the final grant amounts at the Decision Day. You will then be informed if your application has been successful.

Decision Day Payment Date
3 November 2011

 April 2012
TBC May 2012

NB Partnership projects where Hampshire County Council is taking a lead role should check with The Arts Office that their project is eligible for funding before applying.

 
 

Business Partnership Grant Downloads

Arts grants deadlines

  • Round 2: 2 March 2012
 
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