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Supporting freelancers to understand their rights and navigate their careers. Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the creative and cultural sector across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here.
Creative Scotland distributes funding for the arts, screen and creative industries from two primary sources - the Scottish Government and the National Lottery.
We enable people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life. We distribute funding from the Scottish Government and The National Lottery.
We've established a refreshed Strategic Framework to guide our work. This Framework is aligned to our formal remit and legislative duties, setting out our broader aims as well as our priorities for supporting future recovery and renewal of the arts, screen and creative industries across Scotland.
Read and watch our latest features and case studies, where we celebrate funded activities, share application insights, and look ahead to upcoming opportunities.
Get in touch with Creative Scotland. Our website provides information about what we do, the funding programmes we provide and latest research. Please check the FAQs first, and if you have questions about a specific fund, look at the guidance for applicants.
The Open Fund for Individuals is one of Creative Scotland’s key funding programmes, supporting the wide range of activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland. The overall annual budget for this fund is £5 million.
Creative Scotland funding is open to individuals, groups or organisations to apply for, supporting a wide range of activity in the arts, screen and creative industries. View the programmes below for more information about what each will support and how to apply.
Open Funding is one of Creative Scotland’s key funding routes, supporting the wide range of activity initiated by organisations, artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland.
Annual Review 2022/23. Scotland’s cultural and creative sector remains ambitiously vibrant, consistently delivering an exciting and diverse range of work, all while navigating the complexities of an ever changing and challenging operating environment.
