# Best arts and culture fundraising campaigns sought for 2017 Emcees

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/06/nominations-2017-emcees-open/
- Published: 2017-03-06T16:17:08+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Nominations for the second annual Emcees – the Arts & Culture Awards for Excellence
in Fundraising – are now open.**

 

Run by The Management Centre (=mc) and The National Arts Fundraising School, the
awards recognise and celebrate best practice in arts and culture fundraising.

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Winners at the [inaugural Emcees](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/02/winners-inaugural-emcees-awards-announced/)
in 2016 included Battersea Arts Centre, Hallé, Royal Opera House and Artichoke.

 

You can nominate your own organisation, or another campaign or partnership in the
sector that has impressed you. To be eligible, the campaign/partnership must have
been active at any time between 1st January 2014 and 31st December 2016.

 

Winning campaigns and partnerships will show strong evidence of having:

 

• a donor-centred approach

 

• a strong underlying strategy

 

• an innovative or creative approach to engaging prospects and supporters

 

The deadline for [nominations for the 2017 Emcees](http://www.nationalartsfundraisingschool.com/the-emcees)
is 5pm on **Friday 24th March 2017**.

 

The Emcees 2017 Awards are sponsored by [ProActive Solutions](http://www.proactiveresolutions.com/).

 

 

 

![Emcees awards winners in 2016.](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2017/03/winners-
of-2016-emcees-awards.jpg)

_Winners of the first Emcees in 2016_

 

## Emcees award categories

 

There are seven categories in this year’s awards:

 

• **The [Richmond Associates](http://richmond-associates.com/) Award for Best Campaign**–
£100,000 and above

 

• **The [Brown Creative](http://browncreative.co.uk/) Award for Best Campaign** –
under £100,000

 

• **The [UXB London](https://www.uxblondon.com/) Award for Best use of Digital Channels
in a Fundraising Campaign**

 

• **Best Corporate Partnership**

 

• **Best Individual Giving Campaign**

 

• **Award for Innovation**

 

• **The National Arts Fundraising School Award for Outstanding Achievement** (this
award is open only to Alumni of NAFS)

 

Howard Lake, publisher of UK Fundraising and Emcees Awards judge, said:

 

> “We need to learn how to celebrate fundraising success in the arts and cultural
> sector, not just artistic achievement. The Emcees Awards are an excellent way 
> to do this, recognising those who work to protect the future of our vibrant cultural
> industry.”

 

 

 

## Judges panel

 

The winners will be decided by a panel of judges, including

 

 * Bernard Ross, =mc and [National Arts Fundraising School](http://www.nationalartsfundraisingschool.com/)
   Founder-Director
 * Anamaria Wills, Cultural & Creative Consultant at Evans Wills Partnership
 * Howard Lake, Director of Fundraising UK Ltd;
 * Miranda Rowlands, SHARED Enterprise Project Officer with Norfolk Museums Service
 * Ian Tabbron, NAFS alumnus.

 

=mc Director, Bernard Ross describes the importance of the awards:

 

> “=mc has been supporting arts and cultural organisations for almost 30 years though
> consultancy and training, helping them raise over £300 million. We believe there
> are some outstanding campaigns as arts organisations become better and better 
> at innovative ways to engage private donors, individuals, companies and foundations.
> This award scheme is our way of identifying and celebrating the very best in existing
> practice and sharing it with the rest of the arts community.”

 

The winners will be announced on Thursday 4th May 2017 at an event held at LAMDA
in London.

 * **[Engaging Young Fundraisers at the IoF Cultural Sector Network Conference](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/06/engaging-young-fundraisers-iof-cultural-sector-network-conference/)**(
   6 March 2017)
 * **[Snailspace trail launches as follow-up to Snowdogs by the Sea for Martlets](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/17/snailspace-trail-launches-follow-snowdogs-sea-martlets/)**(
   17 October 2017)
 * **[Deadline for Emcees Awards fast approaching](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/07/deadline-emcees-awards-fast-approaching/)**(
   7 March 2018)

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