| Fund Name |
Description |
Deadline |
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Flexible Funding 2011/13
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The fund has been established to enable:
- an organisation to be directly involved in creating/supporting the production and/or public presentation of the work of artists and creative practitioners
- an organisation to offer a range of services, support and advice to other arts and creative organisations, enabling these to best deliver and develop their programming and business objectives
For further information and application details visit the Flexible Funding 2011/13 page. |
5 March 2010
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| Capital Grants Scheme 2009/10 |
The aim of the fund is to help create opportunities for people to participate in the arts across Scotland by investing in new equipment and improving arts facilities.
For further information please visit the Capital funding page.
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The deadline for this financial year has passed |
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Cultural Diversity |
The aim of this fund is to develop, support and sustain a more diverse infrastructure in the arts in Scotland, particularly in the context of a growing multiracial society and a changing economic and social climate. Funds are available in 2009/10 to support new ideas and proposals that address attendance and participation in the arts by minority ethnic members of our society.
Level of grants: £10,000 - £25,000 typical maximum
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The deadline for this financial year has passed |
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Unlimited
Celebrating Arts, Culture and Sport by Disabled and Deaf People |
Unlimited is a new UK-wide disability arts commissioning fund being run as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
• The process of applying is being operated by Arts Council England on behalf of the other Arts Councils – however this is a UK-wide fund and all of the arts councils are involved in the decision-making process.
• This fund is to commission new work that is artistically led by disabled people.
• Applications for projects of between £25,000 and £50,000 are being actively encouraged.
Applications are through Arts Council England’s ‘Grants for the arts’ system – this is an online process. To find out more about the fund please visit the Arts Council England website.
If you have any queries, please email Robert Gale, Equalities Officer (Arts and Disability) at the Scottish Arts Council.
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4 January 2010
1 October 2010
18 April 2011 |
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Organisational and Audience Development |
The purpose of the fund is to support arts organisations in improving their overall effectiveness. Applications are invited for financial support towards the cost of a range of activity aimed at improving an organisation’s ability to meet its objectives in three key areas:
- artistic leadership
- public engagement
- governance, finance and management
Level of grants: £5,000 - £30,000
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The deadline for this financial year has passed |
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partners: Scotland's Artist Residency Programme
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The partners programme aims to provide opportunities for high quality participation in the arts for hard to reach groups, through artist(s) / arts organisation(s) residencies across Scotland. The purpose of the partners programme is:
- to increase the quality and depth of participation in the arts amongst key target groups that are currently under-represented (see guidelines for specific groups)
- to provide artist(s) / arts organisation(s) with opportunities to develop their practice through high quality funded residency projects
Level of grants: £5,000 - £50,000 for projects lasting from 6 months to 2 years
For further information and to download an application form, guidlines and partners toolkit, please visit the partners section of the website.
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The deadline for this fund has passed, but a second deadline in 2010 is to be announced |
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Performing Arts Programming Fund
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Funding is available for the costs of presenting programmes of professional performances across the performing arts which can include music, dance, theatre, live, street, and circus arts. This can include marketing and audience development costs although artists’ fees may be prioritised over these. Through this fund we aim to:
- assist promoters, festivals and venues to programme professional work
- encourage high quality, innovative programming
- enable promoters to widen and enhance their programmes
- increase audience numbers and develop new audiences for the arts
Level of grants: £1,000 – typical maximum of £50,000
Download:
For further information and to apply, please download the following documents:
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18 January 2010, for projects taking place after 1 April 2010 |
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 Professional development
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This fund is available to support representatives of organisations (maximum two people from each organisation) in a variety of professional development activities.
Applicants should apply using the Individuals Application Form and Guidelines.
Download:
For further information and to apply, please download the following documents:
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Applications accepted at any time, but must be submitted at least 4 weeks before the project start date. |