Creative Scotland Launches Two New Funding Programs for Scottish Cultural and Creative Organisations (Scotland)21st February 2023

As part of their ongoing work to reshape their funding approach, Creative Scotland has launched two new funds, supported by The National Lottery.

The funds are:

• a refreshed National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations, and;
• a new time-limited National Lottery Extended Programme Fund.

Both funds will enable cultural and creative organisations not currently in receipt of regular funding to deliver their work across Scotland. Offering funding for a broad range of projects in terms of scale and duration these new funds will enable longer term planning of creative programmes.

The refreshed National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations offers funding of between £1,000 and £100,000 for projects or programmes of activity lasting up to 18 months. Applications can be made at any time, with no deadlines.

The National Lottery Extended Programme Fund offers funding of between £100,000 and £200,000 for programmes of creative activity lasting between 18 and 24 months. Applications can be made at any time, right up until the deadline for the fund in November 2023.

Applications for both funds can be submitted through the Creative Scotland online portal.