Regular Funding is one of Creative Scotland’s three routes to funding for arts, screen and creative organisations. Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs) are a network of organisations across Scotland which, individually and collectively, form an important part of Scotland’s cultural sector, making a significant contribution to society: creatively, socially and economically.
Regular Funding supports a breadth and range of arts and creative organisations and sustainable environments through which artists and creative people can deepen and deliver their work, their engagement with the public, and their professional networks. Regular Funding provides 3-year funding for organisations, and is one of the key means by which the ambitions, priorities and connecting themes highlighted in the Creative Scotland 10 Year Plan will be addressed. It provides stable support for a range of organisations and consortia across Scotland who make an important contribution to the development of the arts, screen and creative industries, enabling them to plan and deliver activities over a 3-year period.
The first round of Regular Funding is now supporting our portfolio of 118 organisations receiving Regular Funding for 2015-18.
A second round of Regular Funding will provide funding for a network of organisations from April 2018 to March 2021.
We do not know at this stage what future Regular Funding budgets will be, however we have decided to open for applications now to enable enough time for the application, assessment and decision-making process. We will not make final decisions prior to receiving budget confirmation from the Scottish Government – currently expected in Autumn 2017.
The minimum amount you can apply for through Regular Funding will be £150k over three years per organisation/consortium. There is no maximum amount, but given the limited resources likely to be available, please be realistic about the amount you are requesting.
The budget may comprise a mixture of Scottish Government and National Lottery funding.
The guidance and forms for the next round of Regular Funding 2018-2021 were published below in October 2016. We will open for receipt of applications from 16 January 2017 and the closing date for applications will be 3 April 2017.
More information:
http://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/regular-funding
