Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA)
has announced that its Supporting Grants programme will be extended to allow
support for South African creatives infected or affected by the COVID-19
pandemic.
To this end, a funding campaign has been
launched at gogetfunding.com/bizartza/, to enable BASA to also consider
applications from individual artists for once-off, short-term financial aid for
COVID-19-related medical care and/or prescription medicines. The aid can also
be used to offset the loss of income due to the cancellation of confirmed
engagements, as a result of the nationwide lockdown or other emergency
measures.
(Left: Charmaine Soobramoney, Chairman of the
BASA Board)
Charmaine Soobramoney, Chairman of the BASA
Board says: "COVID-19 has forced the world to unite and fight against this
invisible enemy. The challenge and the fight are real as the virus impacts,
lives, livelihoods, the economy, and highlights the inequalities that need to
be addressed.
"The BASA Board of Directors acknowledges the continued challenges
artists are subjected to. We celebrate their resilience and appreciate the role
that they play in provoking thought and uplifting the energies of the consumers
of the arts."
BASA champions business investment within
the arts, cultural and heritage sector, and to date the BASA Supporting Grants
programme has disbursed more than R40 million to over 1,600 projects, which in
turn have leveraged over R515 million in sponsorship from the business sector –
that equates to R19 million in business support, for every R1 million of
Supporting Grants funds during the 2018/2019 financial year.
To apply for an Artists Relief Grant,
applicants submit a proposal letter via e-mail, together with specified
supporting documentation. Successful applicants are then invited to complete
the application online with a final outcome expected within two weeks.
Further details and eligibility criteria
are available from https://www.basa.co.za/home-page/growth/supporting-grants-2/artist-relief-grant/
For enquiries about Artist Relief Grants e-mail
grants.basa@icloud.com
To apply for a Supporting Grant, applicants
have to adhere to a process, which has been designed to add value to an already
existing partnership between an arts organisation and business sponsors. Both
the arts applicant and the sponsor must submit a joint application on the
prescribed forms and clearly demonstrate how the partnership benefits both the
sponsor and the recipient.
New, emerging and established arts projects
that already have sponsors on board are eligible, and forms are available for
download from (https://www.basa.co.za/home-page/growth/supporting-grants-2/supporting-grant/apply).
For enquiries about Supporting Grants e-mail sipho@basa.co.za
Constituted in terms of the Companies Act,
BASA is registered as a public benefit organisation (PBO) and is accountable to
its stakeholders. The BASA Board of Directors is chaired by Charmaine
Soobramoney, with Deputy Chair Mandie van der Spuy, and Kojo Baffoe, Kathy
Berman, Devi Sankaree Govender, Ashraf Johaardien (BASA CEO), Hilton Lawler,
Andre Le Roux, Khanyi Mamba, Zingisa Motloba, Carel Nolte, Dr Yacoob Omar, and
Mirna Wessels.
For more information visit www.basa.co.za;
to become a BASA member, click on the ‘JOIN US’ tab at the top of the home
page. Or click on the BASA logo to the right of this article.
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