Culture is a part of every community
Creative Communities, which launched in 2020, is a programme that aims to support and empower communities to develop cultural activities.
The programme distributes funds to support communities to develop new initiatives involving culture and creative arts.
In addition to investing in community-led arts projects, the Creative Communities Programme is providing a number of organisations with development support and/or funding to progress early-stage ideas.
Creative Communities is funded jointly by the Scottish Government’s Culture and Justice directorates and aims to extend opportunities for people to take part in creative endeavours throughout their lives.
The list of organisations funded by the Creative Communities Programme can be found here.Â
Read the media release about the launch of the fund here and our media release about funding for 2021/22.
About the programme
Creative Communities forms a key part of the Culture Strategy for Scotland, and is based on the belief that cultural activity has broad, interlinked benefits for people and communities. These include but are not limited to: improving mental wellbeing, reducing loneliness and diversion from criminal behaviour
We want to support communities to develop and implement programmes of creative activity. Support is focused on communities where social or geographical circumstances make engaging with cultural activities more challenging.
We are currently funding and supporting 29 organisations with funding up to £40,000 to provide creative activities for their communities. We are supporting a further  15 organisations with development support and/ or seed funding.
Creative Communities Film
Watch our Creative Communities Film below showcasing a selection of the 46 projects funded in the first year of the Creative Communities Programme (2020-2021)
Read more about the film hereCreative Communities Showreel
Watch a showreel featuring some of the creative projects below.
Watch the showreelCreative Communities Interim Report
You can read our interim report from the first 6 months of the programme below.
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For all enquiries about the Creative Communities programme please email creative@inspiringscotland.org.uk
We’re also on Twitter @IScreativecomm
Creative Communities
Supported organisations
Creative Communities
An Lanntair
Based in Harris and Lewis, this Creative Communities project supports online visual arts workshops for people over the age of 60, held in Gaelic and English.
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Creative Communities
ATLAS Arts in partnership with Skye Climate Action
Based in Skye, ATLAS organises visual art and education projects and provides resources and support to local groups to make and take part in culture.
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Creative Communities
Bethany Christian Trust
Bethany Christian Trust aims to eliminate the risk factors of homelessness by using creative activity to improve wellbeing and strengthen communities.
Learn MoreOur news
01.09.2021
Creative Communities: V&A Dundee host film premiereÂ
Artists and participants of the £2million Creative Communities programme gathered for the first time at V&A Dundee for the premier of their film highlighting the power of creativity to support wellbeing during the last year. Creative Communities is a Scottish Government initiative aiming to connect communities by providing creative opportunities in communities where social or
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02.11.2020
Successful organisations announced for Inspiring Scotland Creative Communities programme
Nearly 40 organisations around Scotland have been announced as recipients of funding from Inspiring Scotland’s new Creative Communities Programme, which will support the development of grassroots creative and cultural initiatives.
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01.07.2020
£600K Creative Communities cultural funding programme launches
Inspiring Scotland has launched a new programme that aims to support and empower individuals and communities to develop cultural activities. Open to applicants from July 1, the Creative Communities programme will distribute up to £600,000 to support communities to develop new initiatives involving culture and creative arts for the period October 2020-June 2021. In addition
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