AMA conference 2018 | 24 – 26 July 2018 | Liverpool
AMA Bursaries — General
Application Form
The AMA will provide sixteen AMA conference 2018 bursaries for people from diverse backgrounds, diverse-led organisations, in the early stages of their careers, leadership roles or from museums and heritage organisations. This AMA bursary will cover nearly 50% of your delegate cost and will save you up to £242 off the full member rate. If your application is successful, you’ll only need to contribute £276 + VAT towards your place (you’ll need to fund your own travel and accommodation).

To be considered for a bursary you must work in either the arts, culture or heritage sector, you must not have attended an AMA conference before and you must meetat least one of the following criteria.

Criteria:

  • You are within the first three years of your career within the arts, culture and heritage sector.
  • You are working in a leadership role (i.e. at Head of Department, Director, Managing Director, CEO level) within the arts, culture and heritage sector.
  • You are working within a museum, gallery or heritage organisation.
  • You come from a diverse background.
  • You work for a diverse-led organisation.

Please note:

  • You must also be a member of the AMA network. If you are not currently an AMA member and your bursary application is successful, we will ask you to join. For more information, visit
  • Bursaries won’t be awarded to more than one person from the same organisation.
  • If you’ve already booked your conference place and your application is successful, the AMA will refund you the difference.

How to apply:

Complete this application form and return it to Jemma, the AMA’s Senior Marketing Officer — Events, by Thursday 12 April 2018.

  • Email:
  • Post: AMA, 7a Clifton Court, Clifton Road, Cambridge CB1 7BN

Next steps:

  • The AMA will assess each application and will email all applicants with a final decision by mid May 2018.
  • If you are successful we’ll be asking you to share your AMA conference learning and experience (this could be in the form of a blog post, a CultureHive case study, etc.).
  1. Your contact details

Full Name:

Job Title:

Organisation:

Address:

Email:

Phone:

Are you an AMA member?

Yes
No
  1. How long have you worked in arts marketing / audience development?

Up to 1 year
Up to 5 years
Up to 9 years
Up to 14 years
15 + years
  1. Number of dedicated marketing / audience development staff in your organisation:

No dedicated person
One
Two
Three
Four or more
  1. Indicate your organisation’s annual turnover for the last full financial year:

Less than £49,999 / £1m –£1.5m
£50,000 – £99,000 / £2.5m – £5m
£100,000 – £249,999 / £5m – £10m
£250,000 – £499,999 / £10m – £15m
£500,000 – £999,999 / Over £15m

Working with as diverse a group of people as we can is an important and core goal we are currently working towards. We are doing all we can to ensure that participants of our programmes and all of our events are not overlooked or under-valued. To this end we request that you answer all the questions below. This will help us monitor our effectiveness in attracting a diverse range of both applicants and successful bursary recipients.

Please tick / highlight all of the following that apply to you:

  1. Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the terms given in the Equality Act 2010?
    You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long term’ (i.e. 12 months or more) negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.

Yes
No
  1. If you have answered yes, please indicate the type of impairment which applies to you.
    If you experience more than one type of impairment, please tick all the types that apply. If your disability does not fit any of these types, please mark 'Other' and specify.

Physical/mobility impairment, such as a difficulty using your arms or mobility issues which require you to use a wheelchair or crutches
Visual impairment, such as being blind or having a serious visual impairment
Hearing impairment, such as being deaf or having a serious hearing impairment
Mental health condition, such as depression or schizophrenia
Learning disability/difficulty, such as Down’s syndrome or dyslexia or a cognitive impairment such as autistic spectrum disorder
Long-standing illness or health condition, such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease or epilepsy
Any other (please specify):
………………………………………………………………………………………………......
  1. Please tick the ethnic category that best represents you.
    As you make your decision, please think about what ethnic group means to you, that is, how you see yourself.Based on the Census 2001 categories; ethnicity is a mixture of culture, religion, skin colour, language and the origins of yourself and your family. It is not the same as nationality. (These are listed alphabetically)

Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi
Asian or Asian British – Indian
Asian or Asian British – Pakistani
Asian (any other background):
………………………………….
Black or Black British – African
Black or Black British – Caribbean
Black (any other background):
………………………………….
Chinese
Dual heritage - Asian and White
Dual heritage - Black African and White
Dual heritage - Black Caribbean and White
Dual heritage - Chinese and White
Dual heritage (any other background):
…………………………………………..
White – British
White – English
White – Irish
White – Scottish
White – Welsh
White (any other background):
…………………………………..
Any other (please specify):
…………………………......
  1. Please tick your religion or belief

Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Judaism
Sikhism
No religion
Any other (please specify): ……………………………..
  1. Please tick the gender that best represents you

Female
Male
Please fill in the blank:
......
  1. Do you identify as transgender?

For the purpose of this question ‘transgender’ is defined as an individual who lives, or wants to live, in the gender opposite to that they were assigned at birth.

Yes
No
  1. Please tick the sexual orientation category that best represents you.

Bisexual
Gay
Heterosexual
Lesbian
  1. Why are you interested in attending AMA conference 2018 (up to 200 words)?
  1. Please state your reasons for applying for this bursary (up to 200 words):
  1. Statement of support — to be completed by a senior colleague or line manager, whichever is most appropriate.
    How will the applicant and the organisation benefit from attending AMA conference 2018 (up to 200 words)?

Full Name:

Job Title:

Organisation:

Relation to applicant:

Arts Marketing Association, 7A Clifton Court, Cambridge, CB1 7BN, UK

+44 (0)1223 578078

AMA registered in England, 2814725