What is the Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development?
The Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development aims to enable organisations to explore ways of working that will help them to adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances. The overall budget for this fund in the financial year 2021/22 is £7 million. Creative Scotland is committed to ensuring that people are supported to develop excellence and experimentation in a wide range of arts and creative activity, reflecting Scotland’s diverse and dynamic cultures. We want to ensure that the experience of the arts and creative activity benefits as many people as possible across Scotland’s communities and places.
The overall budget for the Fund consists of £7 million of National Lottery money. The fund is open all year round, with no deadlines, and can support activity for up to 12 months. All applicants must have a UK bank account.
Eligibility
- This fund is for organisations and groups based in Scotland whose work or project involves the arts, screen and creative industries – if you are an individual, please apply to the Open Fund for Individuals
- If you are not based in Scotland and wish to apply, you must show how your activity benefits the development of creative practice in Scotland and / or the Scottish public
- If you are a self-employed individual or a sole-trader then you are not eligible to make an application to the Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development. You should look at the other funding programmes run by Creative Scotland or partners, including the Open Fund for Individuals
What is the Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development?
The Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development aims to enable organisations to explore ways of working that will help them to adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances. The overall budget for this fund in the financial year 2021/22 is £7 million. Creative Scotland is committed to ensuring that people are supported to develop excellence and experimentation in a wide range of arts and creative activity, reflecting Scotland’s diverse and dynamic cultures. We want to ensure that the experience of the arts and creative activity benefits as many people as possible across Scotland’s communities and places.
The overall budget for the Fund consists of £7 million of National Lottery money. The fund is open all year round, with no deadlines, and can support activity for up to 12 months. All applicants must have a UK bank account.
Eligibility
- This fund is for organisations and groups based in Scotland whose work or project involves the arts, screen and creative industries – if you are an individual, please apply to the Open Fund for Individuals
- If you are not based in Scotland and wish to apply, you must show how your activity benefits the development of creative practice in Scotland and / or the Scottish public
- If you are a self-employed individual or a sole-trader then you are not eligible to make an application to the Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development. You should look at the other funding programmes run by Creative Scotland or partners, including the Open Fund for Individuals
