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Creative Scotland Launches Three New Funding Programs

The new funds announced by Creative Scotland on 27 March are designed to provide further support to sustain Scotland’s creative community during the coronavirus outbreak. Two of these funds open for applications today.

Published: 30 March 2020 | 12:00 AM Updated: 28 April 2021 | 4:30 PM
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The Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund's aim is to help them sustain freelancers' creative practice in Scotland. Photo Credit: Shutterstock

The three news funds are, the Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund for freelance creative professionals, the Screen Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund for self-employed screen sector workers and the Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development for individuals and organisations.

The Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund

The fund will provide financial support for individual creative practitioners and/or freelancers who are most deeply impacted and disadvantaged by the cancellation of work due to the COVID-19 emergency.

Its aim is to help them sustain their creative practice in Scotland.

The £2 million fund will offer one-off bursary payments of between £500 and £2,500 to help support the immediate needs. Applications to the fund will open on Monday 30 March.

Find out more of Creative Scotland’s website.

The Open Funding: Sustaining Creative Development

This is a revised approach to the organisation’s Open Project Fund and will support creative practitioners to continue to develop work.

Applicants will be encouraged to use funding to explore how best to sustain their practice, and reimagine their work, during the current climate and in the months to come.

Funds may also be used for the development and presentation of work. The £7.5m fund will support up to 12 months of activity with a maximum award of £50,000. Applications to the fund will open on Friday 3 April.

Find out more on Creative Scotland’s website.

A Screen Scotland Bridging Bursary

This £1.5million programme will provide one-off bursaries of £500 to £2,500 to freelance PAYE and self-employed screen sector workers who are experiencing immediate financial difficulty due to loss of income as a result of the Covid-19. Applications will be open on Monday 30 March 2020.

Find out more on Creative Scotland’s website.

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