Small Grants Fund award

Small Grants Fund

The Creative Learning Network, which sits within the Education department has been successful in their application to deliver the Small Grants Fund on behalf of Creative Scotland. The £50,000 programme will support local musicians and artists to lead activities in music, visual art or moving image. The projects will take place in our schools and youth groups during 2021, with a focus on young people who often miss out on creative activities.

Working in partnership with YouthBorders and supporting local community priorities, the programme will fund around 10 projects across our 5 locality areas.

The Creative Learning Officer stated that ‘The fund will our young people to create and be creative; through a hands-on, practical approach, that reinforces confidence and develops their own voice through the arts and music. We hope the workshops will also encourage the young people to keep up their creative activity beyond the life of the projects, supporting positive wellbeing’

SBC is the only organisation in the south of Scotland to have secured this programme. We will promote the fund early in the New Year and work with YouthBorders to assess which projects to support. The programme will complement work delivered under the Education department’s Youth Music Initiative and YouthBorders YouthWork Recovery projects.

September 20, 2020October 23, 2020

Creative Scotland funding Opportunities

There are a number of funding opportunities currently available from Creative Scotland.

Youth Arts Funding

The Youth Arts Access Fund is open to individuals and organisations for grants of £5-£30k. It is set up to support for music making and wider youth arts projects with young people, especially vulnerable young people/young people who have been more adversely impact by Covid-19. The deadline 12th November.

The Youth Arts Small Grants Scheme will be open in January for applications to deliver artist led activities in schools and the community. It gives out grants of between £500 to £5000 with the activities delivered between March 2021 and March 2022.

The Nurturing Talent Fund is for young people (aged 11-25) to apply to directly, with £50 – £1000 available. The next deadline is 6^th December. You can read about some past recipients on the CS website here.

The Open Project Fund is open for organisations and individuals in the arts and culture sector; £1k – £100k; open all year round; The fund aims to enable individuals and organisations to explore ways of working that will help them to adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances.

Hardship Funds for Creative Practitioners: more information will be shared this week regarding this fund.

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March 29, 2020March 31, 2020

Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund

On Friday 27 March Creative Scotland launched THREE new funds; a Bridging Bursary Fund for individuals in immediate need which is simple and non-competitive, Screen Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund, and a repurposed Open Project Fund: Sustaining Creative Development.

“Our aim is that these changes will enable individuals and organisations to sustain their creative work and practice in these extremely challenging times.”

The new COVID-19 Impact Funds

The Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary 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 to 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 this fund opened on Monday 30 March.

A £1.5million Screen Scotland Bridging Bursary 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 to this fund opened on Monday 30 March.

The Open Funding: Sustaining Creative Development (a revised approach to the organisation’s Open Project Fund) will support individuals and organisations to continue to develop work in the coming months. 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.

Visit the website for all the details: http://www.creativescotland.com/covid-funds

For any queries, contact: enquiries@creativescotland.com

March 20, 2020March 31, 2020

‘In Tune with Nature’ composition competition

To celebrate Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters, artists aged 16+ are invited to write new music inspired by one of ten National Nature Reserves (NNRs) across the country.

The entries will be judged by a panel of well-known and highly regarded musicians and industry professionals, including Julie Fowlis, Vic Galloway, Gill Maxwell and Karine Polwart, and chaired by Fiona Dalgetty. The 10 winning artists will each win a £500 cash prize as well as the opportunity to make a film on the NNR site which inspired their music. The winning artists will be paid for their time on site making the film. There will also be the opportunity to take part in live performances throughout the year.’

The NNRs include;

Beinn Eighe (Ross-Shire),
Caerlaverock (Dumfries),
Creag Meagaidh (Lochaber),
Forvie (North East),
Isle of May (Firth of Forth),
Loch Leven (Perthshire),
Noss (Shetland Islands),
Rum (Inner Hebrides),
Tentsmuir (Fife) and
Taynish (Argyll).

The new work should reflect the special qualities of the National Nature Reserves, all those selected having strong coastal or freshwater elements. New Gaelic songs are particularly encouraged in the Beinn Eighe and Creag Meagaidh areas and, similarly, songs written in Scots and regional dialects would be warmly received in other areas. Artists should aim to communicate the richness of Scotland’s nature and, through this, encourage new audiences to consider the actions they may take to protect it.

Timescale

1st March 2020 – Competition is launched
31st May 2020 – Closing date for entries
26th June 2020 – Winners announced
July – August 2020 – Winning composers/songwriters create films on location at NNRs

Below is a link to the full details,

https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/land-and-sea-management/managing-access-and-recreation/increasing-participation/snh-and-year-coasts-and-waters-2020-ycw2020-1

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

New funding Opportunities

Two funding opportunities for music have been recently announced.

Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Youth Development Fund

The 2020 round of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Youth Development Fund is open for applications. For a third year, the fund aims to nurture the ambition and talent of young people (aged 5-26) engaged in traditional music and dance, specifically in piping, drumming, Highland dance and fiddle playing.

Web page: https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/funds-delivered-by-partners/the-royal-edinburgh-military-

Decca Records Bursary Fund

The Decca Bursary aims to inspire and encourage a new generation of classical musicians and composers. Its mission is to help children afford a classical music education, no matter their financial background. The bursary is supported by funds raised by a team from Decca Records and Universal Music UK who scaled the heights of the UK’s three highest peaks within 24 hours. Grants of a maximum £2,000 will be available to eligible individuals and ensembles, in need of funding for classical music lessons, instruments and courses throughout the UK. Individuals (of school-age), teachers on their behalf, and schools will be able to submit applications.

https://grantfinder.co.uk/archive/90th-anniversary-of-decca-records-bursary-to-launch-in-2020/

Applications for awards will open in the new year.

For further information please contact umuksfdeccabursary@umusic.com