The budget should be submitted as part of the document checklist, but the narrative, along with the headline figures from each year, should be included in the Business Plan, under the Budget heading....Read more
In our Guidance, we state that Regularly Funded Organisations for the 2018-21 period will not be eligible to apply directly for Open Project Funding (OPF) during this period. This will also apply to RFOs applying as part of a partnership or consortium, where they would directly benefit through receiving funding from the OPF.We understand that RFOs may wish to work in partnership with a range of organisations and projects, including those which have been funded through OPF. Whilst RFOs will not...Read more
We are only asking about fair pay in relation to paid staff of an organisation. If an organisation does largely work with volunteers, they are welcome to tell us about their approach, which we will note in our assessment....Read more
The minimum amount that you can apply for in total is £150k over three years, however, the amount which you allocate to each year can vary as suits the delivery of your work....Read more
No. In asking applicants to prepare their submissions, we’ve clearly stated that everything is based on £150k being the minimum amount that could be asked for. We would therefore not anticipate making any award lower than £150k....Read more
In the Data section of the application form, we ask you to project your engagement figures across a number of different categories. There is no requirement to tell us about digital audiences separately, however if you wish to do so, you can simply divide out your total audience figure into “live” and “digital” or whichever split would make sense to you....Read more
We would hope that we would be able to provide some transition funding, but as our budgets for the period are presently unconfirmed, we cannot commit to providing transition funding for any organisations which are currently an RFO, but are unsuccessful in this round. We would aim to make a decision on this when we receive our budget confirmation from Scottish Government - currently anticipated to be between October and December 2017....Read more
We are looking for all applicants to demonstrate how they will address the two mandatory Ambitions (focussed on Excellence and Experimentation and Access and Enjoying Creative Experiences). If an applicant then feels it is relevant, they can also address the other Ambitions (which focus on Place; Skills and Leadership; and International). We will not make decisions based solely on the number of Ambitions that you select. We will assess you on the Ambitions that you address in the application...Read more
The Business Plan should focus on the whole organisation, with the exception of the section about your programme of work, which should specifically focus on your artistic and creative programme. Some elements of the Business Plan pro-forma will also specifically ask about the programme of activities which you are planning, which should then focus on the artistic and creative elements. You can signpost to, and highlight, the artistic and creative activities that your organisation undertakes....Read more
