# Arts Business & Community Award winner announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/02/23/arts-business-amp-community-award-winner-announced/
- Published: 2004-02-23T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Manchester City Galleries and Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd (CIS) received 
the

RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) Arts Business & Community Award at last week’s Arts
and Business Gala Awards ceremony at the Barbican in London.
The prize was awarded“
in recognition of a business/arts partnership that has successfully stimulated community
cohesion and regeneration through engagement with the arts”.

The sponsorship deal with CIS is worth £250,000 over five years. CIS sponsor Manchester
Art Gallery’s CIS Manchester Gallery, which celebrates creativity in the city, bringing
together works of art from the 18th century to the present day, alongside work by
school children and community groups.

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One of many aspects of the relationship between the two organisations is the opportunity
for CIS employees to become more involved with the Galleries’ activities. Last year,
a group of CIS employees were trained to provide tours of Manchester Art Gallery
for visually impaired visitors. Future plans include staff working with artists 
to create their own artworks and also volunteering as guides and helpers for Gallery
events.

The partnership beat off stiff competition from other entrants including Barclays
Plc’s sponsorship of four national arts organisations – The British Museum, the 
National Gallery, Tate Britain and the National Theatre.

The annual awards celebrate excellence in business in the arts. The five other arts
organisations which were announced as award winners this year were Tate, City of
London Sinfonia, the National Theatre, Welsh National Opera, and Salisbury Playhouse.

Colin Tweedy, Chief Executive of Arts & Business, said: “It is wonderful to see 
such inspirational and innovative partnerships recognised and rewarded for the good
work they are doing. When businesses and the arts work together they can make a 
significant and enriching impact on the lives of employees, children and the local
community, and the partnerships honoured tonight are shining examples of this.”

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