Application Form

For applicationsover £3,000 and up to £40,000 (excluding VAT)

Please read our Application criteria, eligibility guidelines and terms and conditions document to assist you, before completing this application.

  • Applicationsmust be made by the arts or heritageorganisation as the lead partner, although both the arts or heritageapplicant andthe business sponsor must agree and sign the Declaration in Section 6 of this form.
  • There are no closing dates, however,the fund is limited.
  • Applications will be assessed as they are received and a decision will normally be given within six weeks of receipt by Arts & Business Scotland.
  • A fully completed application form, a signed and dated sponsorship agreement and a project budget showing all income and expenditure must be received by Arts Business Scotland at least threemonths before(and nomore thannine months before) the start date of the sponsored and proposed match-funded activity.
  • We will not match fund sponsorships retrospectively.

If you need any advice or assistance in completing this form, please contact Arts & Business Scotland on 0131 556 3353 or email .

New applications to the Culture & Business Fund Scotland can be made for 100% match funding.

Subsequent applications for years two and three can be made for 50% and 25% respectively.

Please tick to confirm the sponsorship year for which this application is being made.

Year 1 (100%)Year 2 (50%)Year 3 (25%)

Submitting your application

From the beginning of May 2017, all Culture & Business Fund Scotland applications will be completed and submitted online via the website

Until the website and online application forms are available, please download and complete the application and submit as follows:

Applying by email

In line with Arts & Business Scotland’s environmental policies in supporting a Greener Scotland, we encourage applications and associated documents to be submitted by email with electronic signatures to (please note both a PDF and Word version of the application form must be supplied).

Applying by post

If the arts or heritage applicant, or business sponsor, do not have an electronic signature then hard copies should be submitted to: Culture & Business Fund Scotland, Arts & Business Scotland, Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ.

Please note, if submitting by post then a word document copy of the completed application form, the sponsorship agreement and budget must also be emailed Section 1: Business sponsor eligibility

Please select one of the following

The business has never sponsored the arts or heritage.
The business unit has never sponsored the arts or heritage, although the parent company or other business units have.
The business or business unit has sponsored the arts or heritage before, but not in Scotland.
The business has sponsored the arts or heritage in Scotland, but not within the last two years.
Please give date oflast Scottish sponsorship
The business unit has sponsored thearts or heritage in Scotland, but not within the last two years, although the parent company or other business units have sponsored the arts or heritage in Scotland within the last two years.
Please give details and the date of the last sponsorship in Scotland by the business unit

Please ALSO tick the following statement to confirm

The business has not been promoted in association with the arts or heritage organisation or the arts or heritage activities detailed in this form. Promotion should only commence once a decision has been made as to whether the application for funding has been successful.

Section 2: Project details

Project title

Proposed impacts of arts or heritageproject and activities(please tick all that apply)

Community & social
empowerment / Education & learning / Environment
Equality, diversity & inclusion / International engagement / Health wellbeing
Older people / People with disabilities / Tourism
Young people
Other (please specify)

Business’s reason for sponsoring the arts or heritage project and activities (please tick all that apply)

Business and/or brand
name awareness / Corporate social
responsibility (CSR) / Creative development
Developing community links / Direct access to target
audiences / Enjoyment
Entertaining / Image enhancement / Marketing
PR opportunities / Staff relations &
development
Other (please specify)

Art form (please tick all that apply)

Animation / Art & health / Combined arts
Craft / Dance / Design
Fashion / Festival (including youth,
community, film, general,
literature, military, music,
ethnic) / Film & TV
Galleries / Literature / Music
Street arts / Theatre / Visual arts
Other (please specify)

Heritage form (please tick all that apply)

Archaeology / Archives & collections / Community heritage
Historic buildings &
monuments / Industrial, maritime &
transport / Intangible heritage (such
as stories, traditions &
concepts)
Land & biodiversity (including urban green spaces & parks) / Libraries / Museums
Other (please specify)

Business sector of sponsor (please tick the one that applies)

Business services / Creative industries / Education
Energy & utilities / Engineering / Financial services
FMCG / Health, pharmaceuticals &
biotech / Legal
Manufacturing / Media & entertainment / Public sector (but not arts or
heritage related)
Property & construction / Retail / Technology
Telecommunications / Transport & distribution / Travel & leisure
Wholesale distribution
Other (please specify)

Please state where the sponsored and funded activities will take place

Town(s) or city(ies)

Region (please tick all that apply)

Aberdeen City

/

Aberdeenshire

/

Angus

/

Argyll & Bute

Scottish Borders

/

Clackmannanshire

/

West Dunbartonshire

/

Dumfries & Galloway

Dundee City

/

East Ayrshire

/

East Dunbartonshire

/

East Lothian

East Renfrewshire

/

Edinburgh, City of

/

Falkirk

/

Fife

Glasgow City

/

Highland

/

Inverclyde

/

Midlothian

Moray

/

North Ayrshire

/

North Lanarkshire

/

Orkney Islands

Perth & Kinross

/

Renfrewshire

/

Shetland Islands

/

South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

/

Stirling

/

West Lothian

/

EileanSiar

If any of the sponsored project is taking place outside Scotland, please specify (please note that CBFS funding cannot be used for arts or heritage activities outside of Scotland)

Section 3: Arts or heritage applicant (the ‘lead applicant’)

Full name of organisation

Address

Town or city

Postcode

Region

Legal status of organisation

Date of registration

Number of staff

Annual income

/

£

Name of Chief Executive(or equivalent)

Job title(if not Chief Executive)

Name of contact for this application

Job title

Direct telephone

Email

Website

VAT registered

/

Yes

/

No

Please detail other sources of funding which the organisation receives (please tick as appropriate)

Awards for All

/

Big Lottery Fund

/

Creative Scotland(Regular)

Creative Scotland (Open)

/

Creative Scotland (Targeted)

/

Heritage Lottery Fund

Local Government

/

Scottish Government

Other (please specify)

Section 4: Business sponsor details

Full name of organisation

Address

Town or city

Postcode

Region

Legal status of business

Date of registration

Parent company (if applicable)

Parent company region

Number of staff

Annual income

/

£

Name of Chief Executive (or equivalent)

Job title (if not Chief Executive)

Name of contact for this application

Job title

Direct telephone

Email

Website

VAT registered

/

Yes

/

No

Section 5: Sponsorshipand match fundingapplied for

(Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary)

Overall cost of the arts or heritage project which this sponsorship will go towards

Total sponsorship value

/

£

Includes VAT

/

Yes

/

No

Cash sponsorship

/

£

In-kind sponsorship

/

£

Please provide a detailed breakdown of the in-kind sponsorship at cost price

Amount of funding being applied for

/

Year 1 (100%)

Year 2 (50%)

Year 3 (25%)

If the cost of the project is more than the sponsorship and match funding being applied for, please explain where the balance of funding will come from, detailing all income sources

Does the project or any of its activities involve children?

/

Yes

/

No

Section 6: Details of sponsored activity

Details of sponsored activity within the project

Start date

/

End date

Estimated number of people who will see or take part in the project and its activities overall

Please outline the benefits, crediting and promotional opportunities which the business sponsor will receive in return for the sponsorship.

If the employees of the business will be involved in any of the project’s activities, please give details

Please state the commercial reasons for the business sponsoring this project or its activities

If the project will include any non-arts or non-heritage based activities, please give details and the estimated percentage of this

Please explain how the sponsorship come about and how you attracted the business sponsor

Section 7: Details of match-funded activity

Overall cost of the arts or heritage activity that the match funding will go towards (if different from section 5)

/

£

Please provide details of the arts or heritage activity the match funding will go towards (if different/additional to the activity in section 5)

Start and expected end date of the match-funded activity (if different/additional to the activity in section 5):

Start date

/

End date

Estimated number of people who will see or take part in the activity overall

If your application is successful, what additional sponsorship benefits will the business sponsor and the Culture & Business Fund Scotland receive in return for match funding?(N.B. This is an essential requirement of the application.)

If the employees of the business will be involved in the match-fundedactivity or any part of it, please give details

If the additional match-fundedactivity will include any non-arts or non-heritage based elements, please give details and the estimated percentage of this

Arts & Business Scotland is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland (SC406905) and a Scottish charity (SC042631). The registered office is Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ.

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Section 8: Declaration (this section is to be completed by both parties)

Arts or heritageapplicant (the ‘lead applicant’)By signing this form, I confirm that the information contained within this application is accurate.

Name

Job title

Signature

Date

Business sponsorBy signing this form, I confirm that the details given in this application are correct and, if successful, that the funding should be paid to the arts or heritage applicant.

Name

Job title

Signature

Date

Please complete the application checklist in the next section before submitting.

Arts & Business Scotland is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland (SC406905) and a Scottish charity (SC042631). The registered office is Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ.

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Section 9: Application checklist

Please check that you have completed the form correctly and are sending all the required information for your application. Incomplete application forms will be rejected.

Please attach a signed sponsorship contract with the application.

Please attach a budget showing all project income and expenditure.

Please attach a child protection policy(if the project involves children).

Arts & Business Scotland is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland (SC406905) and a Scottish charity (SC042631). The registered office is Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5EZ.

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