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- Is This The Best It Can Be
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- Governance In The Arts And Creative Industries
- Eu Exit
- Cash For Culture A Guide To Fundraising
- The Illustrated Freelancers Guide
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- Managing Risk
- An Introduction To Scotlands Languages
- Primer Scotland
- The Performing Artists Audience Workbook
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Faqs
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Funding Faqs
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Open Fund For Individuals
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Literature
- My Book Has Been Published By An Established Trade House And Therefore Is Not Self Published But I Have Been Asked To Contribute To Reprintindexingother Costs For A New Edition. May I Apply
- Do You Support Self Publishing
- I Wish To Print A Small Run Of A Proposed Trade Book For Presentation To Professional Publishing Houses. May I Apply For Costs
- Can I Apply To The Open Fund For Individuals For Support For Any Kind Of Creative Writing
- Can I Apply To The Open Fund For Individuals For Support To Write A Book
- I Am An Independent Producer. Can I Have More Than One Application In The Assessment Process If They Are For Different Artists Projects
- I Offer Service Design Andor Creative Communications For An Established Market Can I Apply
- Can I Make Two Applications To The Open Fund For Individuals At The Same Time
- Why Has The Open Fund For Individuals Changed
- What Do We Mean By Partnership Working
- How Might I Consider Safeguarding Online
- My Project Is Due To Start Sooner Can You Fast Track My Application
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- How Can I Plan For Public Activity As Part Of My Application If I Dont Know When Social Distancing Restrictions Will Be Fully Lifted
- How Might I Consider Intellectual Assets And Intellectual Property Including Digital Ip
- Can I Have More Than One Project At Any One Time Funded Through The Open Fund For Individuals
- What Do We Mean By Artist Led
- How Far In Advance Can I Submit My Application
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- Im An Individual Working With A Company Structure Can I Make An Application To The Open Fund For Individuals
- Music
- Can I Apply If I Am A Student If My Project Involves Students
- Can Comedians Apply To The Open Fund For Individuals
- Funding Help And Advice Contact Information General Information Staff Contacts Media Enquiries Newsletter Sign Up Can My Project Include Plans To Engage With Other Sectors E.g. Sport Heritage Or Tourism
- Can I Reapply If My First Application Is Unsuccessful
- I Work For An Organisation Can I Make An Application To The Open Fund For Individuals On Their Behalf
- I Have Previously Received Funding Does This Affect My Chances Of Support%e2%80%af
- Can I Withdraw My Application
- What Should A Cv Or Biography Cover
- How Can I Access Support In Making My Application To The Open Fund For Individuals
- Can A Member Of Staff At Creative Scotland Read Over Or Review An Application To The Open Fund For Individuals Before It Is Submitted%e2%80%af
- What Activity In Schools Is Eligible For Funding
- Can My Project Include Plans To Work With Specific Communities Or Places I Have Not Worked Before
- Can My Project Include Plans To Engage With Cultures Or Languages That Are Not My Own E.g. Gaelic Or Scots
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Literature
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Multi Year Funding
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Stage Two
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Application Details
- As The Business Plan Should Cover The Multi Year Funded Period Of April 2025 To March 2028 If Other Financial Years Are Important For Our Organisation Should We Include Them As Appendices
- How Do I Supply My Business Plan And Appendices Should They Be Uploaded As One File Or Multiple
- How Detailed Does The Multi Year Funding Project Budgets Need To Be
- How Many Appendices Can I Include Within The Business Plan
- If During Stage 1 An Organisation Was Marked Highly For International Work But Lower On Climate Answers Due To Its International Work How Can Companies Balance This In The Stage 2
- At Stage 1 It Was Noted That Financial And Other Plans Might Change But In The Stage 2 Guidance It Outlines A Risk That If Changes Are Considered Significant Applications Might Be Deemed Ineligible. Can Clearer Guidance Be Provided On This
- If We Are An Organisation Which Is Part Of A Larger Body How Should We Address This In The Business Plan Do We Present A Business Plan Based Only On Our Organisation And The Activity We Are Seeking Funding For Or Do You Want To See Information On
- Can Creative Scotland Provide Financial Contributions For Non Salaried Individuals In Companies Applying To Stage 2 To Ensure The Playing Field Is As Level As Possible
- What Is Required From The Business Plan Given That Organisations Will Have Already Shared Certain Aspects Of Their Organisational Vision And Plans In The Stage 1 Application. What Level Of Detail Are You Expecting
- As An Organisation We Work Internationally And Plan To Include International Activity Within The Multi Year Fund Period However We Were Marked Down For Our Answer To This Criterion At Stage 1. Can We Opt Out At Stage 2
- In Relation To The Optional International Criterion Can We Opt Out Of This At Stage 2 Even If We Answered It As Part Of Our Stage 1 Submission
- Should In Kind Income Expenditure Be Included In The Financial Proforma
- In Our Financial Proforma Should We Include All Pending Project Income From Other Funds Outside Our Multi Year Fund Programme
- Can We Make Changes To The Layout Or Structure Of The Financial Proforma
- Are Letters Of Support A Requirement For This Fund
- Applying For Other Funding Routes Alongside And Outwith Multi Year Funding
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Assessment Details
- Can You Clarify How Answers Were Assessed Marked In Stage 1
- Will The Score Achieved In Stage 1 Be Carried Over Or Are All Stage 2 Applications Now Judged Afresh On Their Business Plans Alone
- Will Stage 1 And Stage 2 Applications Be Read Side By Side Understanding This Helps Applicants Understand How To Deal With Comments In Assessments And Questions Of How Much Needs Repeated Or Carried Over From Business Plan
- How Has Creative Scotland Ensured That The Stage 1 Assessment Was Fair When Assessing Building Based And Non Building Based Applications
- Where An Applicant Has Scored A 3 During Stage 1 And The Comments Are Positive How Can An Organisation Improve On This For Stage 2
- How Did Creative Scotland Ensure That Stage 1 Assessments Were Fair And No Unconscious Bias Took Place When Assessing
- If Weaknesses Were Flagged As Part Of The Stage 1 Assessment Will The Assessors Be Checking If These Have Been Addressed
- During Stage 1 Were All The Assessors Creative Scotland Staff Or Were External Assessors Used
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Application Details
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Stage One
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Application Process Details
- When Completing The Online Form Is It Possible To Move Between Questions Rather Than Going Through The Form In Order
- Where An Organisation Has Multiple Strands Of Activity Should They Be Highlighting All Of Their Work Or Only That Which They Are Looking To Support With Multi Year Funding
- Governance And Management Section Application Form How Does Your Organisation Ensure That Your Internal Structures For Financial And Operational Management Support Your Aims
- When You Ask If An Organisation Is Diversity Led What Are You Looking For
- Will Each Part Of The Application Be Assessed By The Same Person Or Should Information Be Repeated In Different Sections In Our Answers
- Are There Any Stipulations Around What Is Required In Terms Of Governance Of The Organisation I.e. Should There Be A Minimum Number Of Directors On The Board
- How Should An Applicant Consider Sustainability In Their Application
- Is There A Limit To The Number Of Different Art Forms You Can Cover Within One Application
- Does The Art Form An Applicant Chooses Influence The Decision Making Process
- Would A Programme That Includes International Artists Performing In Scotland Qualify For The International Work Section
- Does International Include International Reach And Reputation Through Recordings Or Broadcasts For Example
- Quality And Ambition How Will You Create The Conditions To Generate And Develop Your Activity And Explore Innovative Practice
- Should An Application Include Plans For One Year Of Activity Or All Three Years And How Broken Down Should This Be
- What Is The Overall Word Count In The Application Form
- What Do Core Costs Entail And Can This Include Any Building Development Or Capital Costs
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Requirementsresource Of Organisations
- Can We Provide Any Advice That Will Allow Applicants To More Effectively Calculate For Yearly Inflation In The Next 3 4 Years For The Purpose Of Their Budget Request
- How Can Organisations Ensure Theyre Meeting Climate Requirements
- What Support Will Creative Scotland Give To Smaller Organisations Who Do Not Have The Same Level Of Resources That Larger More Established Organisations Have
- Are Children And Young People A Protected Characteristic For Creative Scotland
- What Access Support Is Available To Applicants
- Are Smaller Organisations Able To Use This Funding To Expand Can They Propose New Programmes And Projects As Part Of This Funding
- What Will The Documentation Requirements Of Stage 1 Be
- What Will The Documentation Requirements Of Stage 2 Be
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Stages Of Application
- Should Applicants Submit Full Edi And Sustainability Plans At Stage 2 Or Alongside The Edi And Sustainability Sections In Stage 1
- When Applying To The Multi Year Fund How Much Can An Organisations Application Vary Between Stages 1 And 2
- Will There Be A Recording Of The Information Sessions And How Will This Be Communicated2
- Is It Possible To Submit A Late Registration Of Intention To Apply
- Will Creative Scotland Be Asking Applicants For Their Current Accounts And Financial Position In Order To Assessunderstand Scale Of Ask To Multi Year Fund
- For The Pre Application Information Sessions Running In September Can More Than One Representative From An Organisation Attend These Information Sessions
- Could Organisations Be Offered A Smaller Funding Amount Than What They Applied For
- Whilst Additional Supporting Documents Are Not Requested Can An Applicant Still Provide These As Additional Materials Such As Weblinks To Websites Testimonials Videos Or Business Plans
- Will The Questions And Supporting Documents For Stage 2 Be Published Before February 2024
- Will There Be A Recording Of The Information Sessions And How Will This Be Communicated
- After An Application Is Submitted If An Answer Needs Any Clarification During Assessment Will Creative Scotland Enter A Dialogue With Applicants During The Stage 1 Process
- What Is The Timeline For The Fund
- How Do I Sign Up For One Of The Information Sessions
- Who Will Be Involved Through Each Step Of The Assessment And Decision Making Process
- Do You Have More Information About What Will Be Needed For The Stage 2 Application Process
- Is There Any Indication At This Point As To How Many Organisations Creative Scotland Expects To Take Through To Stage 2
- The Application Asks For Organisations To Upload An Outline Programme Plan What Is Creative Scotland Looking For In This Document And How Much Detail Is Expected
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Funding Amount Request And Budget
- What Is The Maximum Funding Available In Creative Scotlands Current Budget To Meet The Demand For Multi Year Funding
- How Much Of An Organisations Overall Budget Can Multi Year Funding Make Up Is There A Recommendation Or Expectation Of What Percentage Of Overall Expenditure Multi Year Funding Should Be
- How Should Budgets Be Presented By Organisations Whose Delivery Of Activity Is Not Just In Scotland But Across The Uk Or Wider Scottish Whole Activity
- In Stage 1 When Filling Out The Budget Tables Will Applicants Need To Include A Detailed Breakdown For Each Budget Line Of How Costs Have Been Calculated For Example How Staffing Costs Have Been Reached
- Are Applicants Expected To Include Information On Carbon Offsettinginsetting Within Their Budget
- Should Applicants Include Projected Funding Targets From Other Sources In The Budget
- Proportion Of Funding Applicants Should Be Allocating To Different Areas Running Costs Creative Output
- Can Applicants Submit A Budget Template As A Separate Pdf
- How Will Creative Scotland Assess The Budget Submitted In Stage 1 Compared To The Detailed Budget And Business Plan In Stage 2 Considering These Will Likely Change
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Applying For Other Funding Routes Alongside And Outwith Multi Year Funding
- Applying For Other Funding Routes Alongside And Outwith Multi Year Funding Organisations Applying Other Funding Programmes Timescales Around Decisions Overlap How Do Organisations Balance Multiple Funding Applications
- Will Multi Year Funding Replace Both The National Lottery Open Fund For Organisations And Regular Funding For Organisations
- The Touring Fund Stipulated That Theatrical Touring Must Reach A Minimum Of 12 Venues Across Scotland. Is A Minimum Number Of Venues A Recommendation As Part Of Any Programme Of Multi Year Funded Activity
- If An Applicant Is Successful For Multi Year Funding And Cant Apply To Touring Fund What Venue Deals Do We Expect To Have For Tours
- Does A Successful Multi Year Fund Application Prevent An Organisation From Applying For Other Specific Creative Scotlandscreen Scotland Funds
- What Other Funds Exist For Organisations If Multi Year Funding Does Not Suit Their Needs
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Application Process Details
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Stage Two
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Open Fund For Individuals
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Funding Faqs