Media Centre

Welcome to the Creative Scotland Media Centre. General enquiries and updates on funded projects can be sent to media.office@creativescotland.com.

Journalists and PR representatives can also access Creative Scotland's News Releases, Photos, Video, Audio and Supplementary Materials by contacting a member of the Media & PR team. You can download Creative Scotland logos on our Logos page.

If you're a funding recipient, find out more about ways we can support you in promoting your activity in our Promotion Guide.

Team Contacts

Wendy Grannon
Media & PR Manager
T:  +44 (0)131 523 0016
M: +44 (0)7989 854 306

Jacqueline Munro
Media & PR Officer
T: +44 (0)141 302 1708
M: +44 (0) 7967 822 266

Eilidh Walker
Media & PR Officer - Screen
T: +44 (0)131 523 0019
M: +44 (0)7545 402 064

 

Boilerplates

Creative Scotland is the public body that supports culture and creativity across all parts of Scotland, distributing funding provided by the Scottish Government and The National Lottery. Further information at creativescotland.com. Follow us on TwitterFacebook and Instagram. Learn more about the value of art and creativity in Scotland and join in at www.ourcreativevoice.scot

Screen Scotland drives development of all aspects of Scotland’s film and tv industry, through funding and strategic support. Screen Scotland is part of Creative Scotland and delivers these services and support with funding from Scottish Government and The National Lottery. Find out more at screen.scot and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

Media Contacts

This Media Contacts list is compiled by Creative Scotland, inclusive of Screen Scotland, with the aim of giving individuals, projects, and organisations in receipt of our funding a free, GDPR compliant way to tell your stories through the media.

The listings contain generic contacts for national Scottish, Scottish local and UK national newspaper, broadcast, and trade outlets. You can search by artform, type of media outlet and base location, and as an evolving resource, we will be adding additional content and search options on an ongoing basis.

We welcome feedback and if you have any questions or comments about the listings, please do let us know by emailing media.office@creativescotland.com

Media Contacts

Download our Media Contacts list in Excel format - last updated 3 October 2023.

Latest News Releases

Looking for an older release? Try searching the archive.

Online events launched to demystify the Life of a Book

Voices from across the Scottish literary sector, authors and poets, agents, publishers, festival programmers, and booksellers, are coming together for Life of a Book: a series of free online events designed to clarify the journey and processes of writing and publishing a book.

Published: 18 Apr 2024

Innovative songwriting collective Hen Hoose launch Beldina Odenyo Bursary in honour of acclaimed musician and theatremaker

Open for applications from 6 May, the new bursary will support a female or non binary unrecorded artist, and comes as the Glasgow-based project gets set to expand its work over the next two years thanks to Creative Scotland funding.

Published: 18 Apr 2024

EAF’s 20th Birthday inaugural programme plans revealed

EAF (Edinburgh Art Festival) today announces the first exhibitions, events, new commissions and collaborations for the festival’s 20th Birthday programme. Save the date for three weeks of packed programme from 9 – 25 August 2024 (press view 8 – 9 August).

Published: 03 Apr 2024

Exporting world-class Scottish Jazz internationally at jazzahead! 2024

Scotland joins the world’s largest international jazz gathering taking place from 11 to 13 April in Bremen, as Creative Scotland support showcasing artists and bursary delegates to reach new markets and secure future opportunities.

Published: 03 Apr 2024

Unlimited awards 15 disabled artists and companies with UK and International Open Awards 2024

Unlimited have announced the names of the 15 projects who will receive between £15,000 to £80,000 to create new work. These projects span a diverse array of artforms, from dance to photography and beyond

Published: 25 Mar 2024

Celebrating Scotland’s diverse cultural landscape: National Lottery funds bolster Scottish creative projects

The National Lottery has given crucial financial backing to cultural endeavours across Scotland in February, through Creative Scotland’s Open Fund awards.

Published: 25 Mar 2024

Collective Architecture and ESALA selected to research net zero readiness of physical infrastructure of Scotland’s creative and cultural sector

Following an open tender process, we are pleased to share that a collaborative project team, comprising of Collective Architecture and Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) have been commissioned to carry out research that will allow Creative Scotland to better understand the net zero readiness of the physical (...)

Published: 22 Mar 2024

Black creative talent in Scotland gets board level boost as charity Be United adds four new Trustees

New board members bring expertise in income generation, strategic planning, environmental expertise and creative development and programming. This compliments the legal, fundraising, funding and social justice and activism that already exists on the Be United Board

Published: 21 Mar 2024

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 2024 programme revealed

The Festival runs from 25 May to 2 June with a jam-packed programme of circus, dance, storytelling and theatre for young people, their schools and families.

Published: 20 Mar 2024

Rachelle Atalla appointed 2024 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow

Scottish-Egyptian writer Rachelle Atalla has been appointed as the 2024 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow, hosted by the Division of Literature and Languages at the University of Stirling and supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland.

Published: 19 Mar 2024