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.

Fund to help strengthen Scotland’s Creative Industries opens for applications

Scottish creative individuals and businesses are invited to apply to the Go See Share fund for small grants designed to increase their own and the sector’s financial sustainability.

Published: 11 Jan 2024

Scottish Government YMI funding amplifies youth music access to the tune of £1.5m

The Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) has provided over £1.5m of funding to 52 creative community projects engaging young people with music-making activities and opportunities across all of Scotland.

Published: 08 Jan 2024

Response to Scottish Government Draft Budget 2024/25

Further to our initial response to the publication of the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget for 2024/25, the Board of Creative Scotland met today, 20 December.

Published: 20 Dec 2023

Scottish Government Draft Budget 2024/25

Read our statement on Scottish Government’s Draft Budget for Creative Scotland for 2024/25.

Published: 19 Dec 2023

7 exciting collaborative new music projects supported to tour across the UK and Republic of Ireland through PRS Foundation’s Beyond Borders

UK and Ireland-based organisations, music groups and composers will receive funding through the co-commissioning and touring programme Beyond Borders.

Published: 18 Dec 2023

£1million National Lottery funds raise volume on new voices

A total of £1,178,473 has been awarded to over fifty artists, practitioners, groups, projects and organisations across the length and breadth of Scotland with many initiatives seeking to bring forward underrepresented voices and perspectives.

Published: 15 Dec 2023

Brooke Combe and L E M F R E C K Revealed As Independent Venue Week’s 2024 Ambassadors For Scotland and Wales

Independent Venue Week (IVW), the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music and arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them can reveal that Scottish superstar-in-waiting BROOKE COMBE and Welsh Music Prize runner-up L E M F R E C K as our final Ambassadors for 2024. (...)

Published: 15 Dec 2023

Recruitment Call Out: Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group

We are inviting up to 12 members to join our EDI Advisory Group to help guide Creative Scotland’s work in this area for three years from February 2024.

Published: 14 Dec 2023

Tender: Fair Work Strategy and Delivery Plan

Creative Scotland is seeking to develop a Fair Work Strategy which will set out our aims and objectives for Fair Work for Creative Scotland, along with a logic model and delivery plan.

Published: 14 Dec 2023

Cryptic announce international programme for 30th anniversary celebrations in 2024

Glasgow’s internationally renowned home of audiovisual art and experimentation celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024 with a year of commissions, festivals and tours taking place at home and across Europe.

Published: 14 Dec 2023