Canterbury Arts & Business Enrichment Partnership Programme

“When we gift to culture

we enrich ourselves.”

Founding Partners

An alternative model of support for the arts

and creative industries that is based on

the practical giving of skills, expertise and

resources, rather than sponsorship.

“Match Maker to the Arts”

Enrich engages practical help from the business sector for creative entrepreneurs and arts organisations so they can thrive and develop.

Acting as a "match maker to the arts" Enrich matches the needs and resources of compatible organisations to create and facilitate successful partnerships between the arts and business.

Development through Engagement and Partnership

• Many arts organisations are chasing the same limited sources of philanthropic funding and sponsorship.

• Enrich does not ask companies for money• Enrich invites companies and their employees to

gift their skills, resources, expertise, and volunteers to help arts organisations develop and thrive.

• Enrich promotes longer term, sustainable engagement and partnerships between the arts and business.

Cultural Intervention & Entrepreneurship, Special Report,City of London Corporation

"The most successful partnerships go beyond traditional forms of sponsorship and arebased on a more collaborative approach where both parties bring their expertise,experience, network and resources to the table to work together withcomplementary skills, and create something which neither could have achieved ontheir own. Essentially then, an effective partnership involves genuine collaborationrather than solely the exchange of money for branding."

Practitioners –Emerging Arts Leaders

• Enrich assists arts organisations, creative practitioners,and emerging creative leaders and entrepreneurs, many of whom who are developing contemporary “new wave” creative works, often with a social enterprise focus.

• They are artistically talented, highly trained and innovative, but may lack business know-how.

• An enrichment partnership with the private sector will provide a practical boost to enable these organisations operate more successfully.

Process

• Enrich acts as a facilitator and mentor between arts organisations and companies

• Enrich identifies resources needed and skills available• Enrich introduces prospective parties who could

mutually benefit from the partnership, and then“makes the match”

• Enrich supports and monitors the partnerships and showcases success stories

• No formal contracts• Partnership strategic objectives and timelines are set

Examples of Enrich practical gifting partnerships

• Tin Palace/Harbour Arts Collective – Duncan Cotterill

• Christchurch School of Music – Walker Consultants/Buddle Findlay

• Neat Places – Avatar Web Design

• Rubble Artists Editions – G&A Creative, CarterSmith Architects

• Auricle Sonic Gallery – Enlightened Solutions

• Music Theatre Web Series “A Long Way to Broadway” – Gary Lee Partners

• Christchurch Youth Choir – C Creations

• Toi Te Karoro New Brighton – Duncan Cotterill

Examples of Practical Giving

• Services and Expertise:• Governance (become a Board member/Trustee)• Legal• Financial Management• Business plans• Feasibility reports• ICT support• Organisational development• Web site design and development• Database/CRM management• Marketing• Publicity through companies’ own web site/newsletters/social media• Expertise secondment and mentoring by management/staff• Volunteers• Hospitality – hosting functions and events

Examples of Practical Giving

• Resources:• Office space• Rehearsal space• Storage space• Transport• Loan of equipment• Materials• Products• Construction

Young Professionals Governance Roles

• Enrich to encourage their talented young professionals to volunteer for governance roles on the boards of fledging arts organisations.

• They will gain governance experience while injecting their valuable skills into the arts.

• The creative sector will also gain from a new generation of emerging business leaders who understand and appreciate the arts.

“Quote”

• Stephen Wainwright, CEO, Creative New Zealand

“Post-quakes the arts community in Christchurch has been resilient, and highly inventive in finding fresh ways to respond to the circumstances that exist, and new ways of working. Enrich furthers this excellent trend by matching philanthropic giving of skills and time with committed arts enterprises. As a result we expect to see thriving arts practitioners and a more interesting community for Christchurch people to live and work in.”

“Quote”

• Councillor Jamie Gough, Christchurch City Council: “

“Enrich will enable the blending of business and organisational skills with creativity, fostering innovation and enhancing the city for residents and visitors. The Christchurch arts community has responded dynamically to the challenges of the post-earthquake environment, finding new approaches to doing business in the arts and engaging with the rebuild of the city. Enrich represents a tangible way that arts and business can come together to achieve vibrant outcomes for the city."

“Quote”

• Gary Lee, CEO, E2 Digital

"When Gillian approached E2 DIGITAL about the concept of Enrich, we immediately saw the value such a concept would contribute to the arts and businesses. It is a concept that we feel may fundamentally change the way business and arts organisations interact with each other, so we decided to embrace it.”

How to Register

• www.enrichnz.com

• gillian@enrichnz.com

• www.facebook.com/enrichnewzealand

• Speak to me today

• Any questions?