Deadline: March 3, 2014
Business and Arts South Africa is issuing a
call for arts organisations to become a recipient of the BASA | Middel &
Partners SED Programme.
Inaugurated in 2013, the programme provides
a simplified on-line platform for businesses to channel their Socio-Economic
Development (SED) contributions towards arts and culture, thus maximising their
SED points on their B-BBEE scorecard.
The beneficiaries must be arts
organisations that are both registered as an NPO and have 85% or more black
beneficiaries.
During the first year of the BASA | Middel
& Partners SED Programme the beneficiaries were:
- Drama For Life, Africa's leader in the
interdisciplinary approach to Applied Drama
- Drama in Education and Drama in Therapy;
Sibikwa Arts Centre, which focuses on art education, vocational training and
job creation
- The Keiskamma Art Project, which is based
in the Peddie South District of the Eastern Cape and enjoys a strong
track-record of innovative and multi-faceted community development projects.
All three organisations report the positive
impact of being recipients of the BASA | Middel & Partners SED Programme.
Nomfusi Nkani, Art Project Assistant
Manager at Keiskamma Art Project reports: “Being part of the programme allowed
us to finalise the creation of the first Keiskamma Arts interdisciplinary
production (Keiskamma Carnival) at the National Arts Festival in 2013. We were
able to support the creation of original wire and felt masks for a drama group
composed of unemployed youth from our village, who performed for disadvantaged
populations of Grahamstown at Fingo Village.”
Munyaradzi Chatikobo, Drama For Life
Programme Manager says: “In the face of global recession and shrinkage in
funding opportunities in the Cultural /Creative Industries, the SED Funding
Programme has gone a long way, particularly in providing institutional support
where most funders prefer providing grants which directly benefit targeted
communities. The SED Funding Programme has made us realise that every cent
counts, because the small amounts provided by different companies have
cumulatively built a fund enough to cover important budget lines in our annual
budgets.”
Arts organisations wanting to apply to be a
recipient of the BASA | Middel & Partners SED Programme must submit a one
page motivational latter along with a certified letter stating that they have
85% or more black beneficiaries on the organisation’s letterhead.
Applications must be submitted to info@basa.co.za no later than March 3, 2014.
For more information call 011 447 2295 or
visit www.basa.co.za
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