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Viva - the South Yorkshire Arts Consortium
We are delighted to announce that Viva – the South Yorkshire Arts Consortium will be officially launched on Tuesday 2 February 2010.
The consortium has been set up with the mission to develop a sustainable consortium of arts organisations within South Yorkshire in order to maximise funding opportunities, raise the quality of the cultural offer, share resources and work effectively together.
Our Director Clare McManus is one of the founding Directors of the consortium alongside:
Ashley Barnes (Dead Earnest Theatre)
Jon Maiden (Point Blank Theatre)
Mary Turner (Action Space Mobile)
Membership of the consortium is open to not-for-profit arts organisations who work predominantly in South Yorkshire. Invitations to the launch have already been distributed widely by email, but please contact us if you require any further information or would like to attend.
A Membership Prospectus will be available at the launch and there will be an open application process for membership. Members will also be able to make nominations to appoint additional Directors at the first members meeting later this year.
The key benefits to becoming a member of the consortium include:
• Quality Improvement
• Negotiating Power and Income Generation Prospects
• Image and Profile
• Resource Use
• Strategic Capability
The six key eligibility criteria for membership of the consortium are:
• Not-for-profit sector
• Organisation providing arts-based activities/services
• Commitment to consortium working
• Operation predominantly within South Yorkshire
• Information management capability
• Minimum threshold for quality assurance
Each of these criteria is defined in greater detail in the Eligibility Criteria document and we would urge you to read these to ensure you are eligible to join:
Eligibility criteria (Word document)
Eligibility criteria (PDF)