Creative Scotland Announces 3 Year Funding For Arts Groups

25th January 2018

Creative Scotland is pleased to announce the network of organisations that will receive Regular Funding for the three-year period, April 2018 to March 2021, following the conclusion of an open application process.

The Regular Funding Network 2018-21 consists of 116 organisations, of which 19 are new and 97 continue with three-year funding, supported by £99m Grant in Aid funding through a three-year commitment from the Scottish Government, as set out in the recent draft budget statement.

Janet Archer, Chief Executive said, "Regular funding provides three-year funding to a wide range of organisations which create, present and support excellence, reaching out to all parts of Scotland and internationally."

The network demonstrates creative excellence, potential and ambition, with significant reach throughout Scotland, and internationally, and across many areas of creative practice including craft, dance, literature, music, screen, theatre and visual art.

The Regular Funding network consists of organisations that produce, present and distribute work; as well as development organisations which support the arts and creative sectors in Scotland to strengthen their future health and resilience.

Today, in response to recent strategic reviews of both Theatre and Touring; Creative Scotland also announce plans to create a new £2m Touring Fund in 2019/20, with support from the National Lottery, to support performing arts organisations in reaching more audiences in more parts of Scotland.

Organisations in the 2018-21 network, in turn, also support artists and creative practitioners across the country, in terms of employment and generating opportunities for public participation.

Support for creative learning and young people; Gaelic and Scots language; and traditional arts are also embedded into the network of 2018-21 Regularly Funded organisations, with a spread of activity across Scotland's places and communities.

Janet Archer, Chief Executive of Creative Scotland said: "I am pleased to announce the network of Regularly Funded organisations for 2018-21. This follows a welcome settlement from the Scottish Government in the recent draft budget enabling us to maintain the existing budget for Regular Funding.

"Regular funding provides three-year funding to a wide range of organisations which create, present and support excellence across craft, dance, literature, music, screen, theatre and visual arts, reaching out to all parts of Scotland and internationally.

“The network has been arrived at through a careful and thorough decision-making process involving staff across Creative Scotland and our Board. Regular Funding is a highly competitive application process where demand has once again, far outstripped available funding. While we can't support everyone, we seek to provide a range of different opportunities to access support across all of our funding routes, including Open Project and Targeted Funding.

“With this in mind, we are developing a new £2m Touring Fund for 2019/20, with support from the National Lottery, as part of our Targeted Funds. This will support touring companies to work with venues to grow audiences, offering a further alternative route to funding for performing arts organisations not included in the Regular Funding network."

Some key facts about the network include:

Overall budget of just over £99m
116 organisations, 19 of which are new to Regular Funding and 97 continue on three-year funding
Representation across craft, dance, literature, music, screen, theatre, and visual art
A range of development organisations that will help strengthen future health and resilience of the arts and creative sectors
Support for young people and creative learning in this Year of Young People, 2018
Strong representation for Gaelic, Scots and Trad arts
Geographical coverage across all parts of Scotland
Regular Funding is one of three routes to funding through Creative Scotland, alongside Open Project Funding for individuals and organisations, and Targeted Funding.

All organisations who have previously benefitted from Regular Funding, but who are not part of the 2018-21 network, will be offered transition funding for 6 months to the end of September 2018. Five touring Theatre companies who are not recommended for the Network 2018-21, will receive 12 months’ transition funding to take current funding levels to the end of March 2019. These organisations are Mischief La Bas, Catherine Wheels, Fire Exit, Rapture Theatre and Visible Fictions.

Organisations awarded Regular Funding for the three-year period, April 2018 - March 2021
* = new to Regular Funding for 2018-21

21CC (21 Common) * - £245,972
Aberdeen Performing Arts - £1,000,000
Alchemy Film and Arts * - £348,462
An Lanntair - £1,210,000
Arika - £600,000
Arts and Business Scotland * - £600,000
ATLAS Arts - £450,000
Barrowland Ballet - £604,845
Beacon Arts Centre - £600,000
Bodysurf Scotland * - £586,277
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts - £1,920,000
Celtic Connections Festival - £550,000
Centre for the Moving Image - £3,200,000
Citizens Theatre - £3,333,000
Citymoves Dance Agency - £300,000
Collective - £850,000
Comar - £1,250,000
COMMON GUILD - £540,000
Conflux Scotland Ltd - £450,000
Cove Park - £399,000
Craft Scotland - £1,000,000
Creative Carbon Scotland * - £450,000
Creative Dundee * - £332,031
Creative Edinburgh * - £284,000
Cryptic - £850,000
Cumbernauld Theatre Trust - £800,000
Curious Seed - £396,955
Dance Base - £1,225,000
Deveron Projects - £330,000
Drake Music Scotland - £380,000
Dundee Contemporary Arts - £2,000,000
Dundee Repertory Theatre Limited and Scottish Dance Theatre - £5,945,010
Eden Court Theatre and Cinema - £1,500,000
Edinburgh Art Festival - £300,000
Edinburgh International Book Festival - £919,500
Edinburgh International Festival Society - £6,952,000
Edinburgh Printmakers - £480,000
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop - £700,000
Enterprise Music Scotland - £675,000
Federation of Scottish Theatre * - £795,000
Fèis Rois - £690,000
Fèisean nan Gàidheal - £1,400,000
Fife Contemporary - £315,000
Fruitmarket Gallery - £2,000,000
Gaelic Books Council - £620,000
Glasgow East Arts Company - £381,000
Glasgow Film - £1,900,000
Glasgow International (part of Glasgow Life) - £300,000
Glasgow Lunchtime Theatres - £450,000
Glasgow Photography Group (Street Level) - £441,000
Glasgow Print Studios - £480,000
Glasgow Sculpture Studios - £530,000
Glasgow Women's Library - £359,968
Grid Iron Theatre Company Limited - £673,200
Hands Up for Trad - £400,000
Highland Print Studio - £300,000
Horsecross Arts Ltd - £1,600,000
Hospitalfield Trust - £300,000
Imaginate - £1,095,000
Indepen-dance - £346,000
Luminate - £300,000
Lyra * - £300,000
Macrobert Arts Centre - £950,000
Magnetic North Theatre Productions Ltd * - £300,000
Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre - £405,000
National Piping Centre - £450,000
National Youth Choir of Scotland - £600,000
National Youth Orchestras of Scotland (NYOS) - £650,000
NEoN (North East of North) * - £271,000
North East Arts Touring - £250,000
North Lands Creative Glass - £650,000
Panel * - £270,584
Paragon Ensemble - £315,000
Peacock Visual Arts - £770,000
Pier Arts Centre - £800,000
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - £1,275,000
Playwrights Studio, Scotland - £575,806
Project Ability Ltd - £430,000
Publishing Scotland - £923,500
PUPPET ANIMATION SCOTLAND - £551,000
Red Note Ensemble Ltd - £645,000
Regional Screen Scotland - £620,350
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company - £3,630,000
Scottish Book Trust - £2,579,792
Scottish Contemporary Art Network * - £387,000
Scottish Ensemble - £1,000,000
Scottish Music Centre - £570,000
Scottish Music Industry Association Ltd * - £500,000
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - £650,000
Scottish Poetry Library - £902,500
Scottish Sculpture Workshop - £585,000
Scottish Youth Dance (Y Dance) - £550,000
Shetland Arts Development Agency - £750,000
Solar Bear Ltd - £600,000
St Magnus International Festival - £500,000
Starcatchers Production Ltd * - £300,000
Stellar Quines Theatre Company - £409,333
Stills: Centre for Photography * - £441,000
Stove Network Limited - £300,000
Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust - £305,000
The Barn - £400,000
Theatre Gu Leòr * - £420,000
Timespan - £285,000
Tinderbox Collective * - £300,000
Toonspeak Young People's Theatre * - £180,000
Touring Network (Highlands and Islands) - £360,000
Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland - £940,000
Tramway [Culture and Sport Glasgow] - £1,050,000
Travelling Gallery - £380,000
Traverse Theatre (Scotland) Ltd - £2,600,000
Tron Theatre Limited - £2,540,050
Vanishing Point Theatre Company - £850,000
Voluntary Arts Scotland - £390,000
Wigtown Festival Company - £258,000
Work Room (Dance) Ltd - £465,000
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland - £400,000