![[ad] Empower free webinar 9 September](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Banner-Ad-728x90-1-1.png.webp)
Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2011 open for nominations
Howard Lake | 1 March 2011 | News
Arts & Business Scotland is inviting arts organisations and businesses to nominate their partnerships for recognition at the Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2011.
There are seven categories in this year’s Awards open to nomination:
* Community Award
Advertisement
![[ad] The Great Fundraising Masterclass, Revolutionise. Dublin and London, September 2026](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GFM-Series-26-UKF.png.webp)
* Young People Award sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management
* New or Returning Sponsor Award
* Sponsorship by a Small Business Award sponsored by Bank of Scotland
* Sustained Partnership Award sponsored by TAQA Bratani Limited
* Cultural Branding Award sponsored by Shell UK Limited
* Philanthropy Award
The Philanthropy Award is a new category this year, recognising individual philanthropy as increasingly important in arts fundraising.
There are a further three Awards that will be selected through other processes.
* Aberdeen City Arts Award sponsored by Aberdeen City Council
* Leadership Award sponsored by Chevron Upstream Europe
* Creative Scotland Award for the Support of Talent sponsored by Creative Scotland
The winners will be announced at a celebratory dinner at the Aberdeen Music Hall on 26 October 2011.
Sponsorship partnerships that took place between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011 are eligible to be entered for the awards. The deadline for nominations is 5pm on 6 May 2011.
Barclay Price, Director of Arts & Business Scotland, said: “With concern about potential future funding cuts it is all the more important to recognise the contribution by Scottish businesses and donors in supporting Scotland’s vibrant cultural life. The Arts & Business Scotland Awards achieve this by celebrating the most dynamic and mutually rewarding partnerships between the worlds of culture and commerce.”
www.artsandbusiness.org.uk/scotland
Related posts
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.