Business Partners

There are exciting opportunities to take the lead in your business sector, and your business community by becoming involved in this dynamic participatory arts-led national, socially engaging project

The Opportunities - The Partnerships

Imagination Our Nation could help deliver elements of your organisation’s business strategy, communicate your values and help deliver your marketing strategy, by engaging with this aspirational cultural initiative that dynamically connects with the youth of today, and helps their development to become citizens of the future. A variety of departments could get involved from Human Resources and Learning and Development; Marketing and Corporate Communications; to Business Development.

We will work with each business partner on an individual and bespoke basis to ensure your involvement with Imagination Our Nation achieves your objectives.

“There are strong and lasting legacies of this work, including the training, employment and development of artists and communities in the region, and bringing different groups and communities together from across the city. We built new partnerships and links to different cultural festivals in the City - Asian Mela, Caribbean Carnival. We are developing intercultural links, - an Artists in Exile programme. ION has given us a structure around which we have developed new work, the evolution of which is faster and the quality of which is higher than if we were not part of the ION family"

Madeleine Holmes, CEO City Arts, Nottingham

Business Development and Marketing

To raise brand awareness, enter a market, or connect with new consumer groups. 

Engaging with ION to deliver aspects of the marketing strategy for example: the digital campaign, onsite events, community activity, or generating media coverage. This could encourage customers to visit their premises or encourage a positive feeling about the company.

Joint Marketing Initiatives

This project could be an opportunity to form new partnerships within the community; or to maximise budgets by co-funding relevant marketing activities, for example a business and local authority co-funding workshops as a community engagement project. 

Learning and Development

Fulfilling personal development plans, from team building to confidence building through community, event and project participation.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Co-funding projects as part of CSR by engaging in the community in which they trade and by encouraging employee voluntary participation in community projects.