Resources

• Inspiring Scotland’s Creative Communities Fund supports communities to develop and deliver initiatives involving culture and creative arts, focusing support on people and places where social or geographical circumstances make engaging with cultural activities more challenging.
• Scotland’s Towns Partnership’s Event Toolkit was developed jointly by a consortium in Oban which helped deliver a wide range of successful events during 2024. It takes readers step by step to build local events with impact.
• eventIMPACTS Project Toolkit provides a comprehensive list of event impacts and measures that can be used to monitor them. They also offer a handy economic impact calculator.
• Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries across all parts of Scotland, offering resources and distributing funding.
• The Big Lottery Fund’s ultimate guide to applying for funding provides a wealth of guidance for making applications of any shape and size.
• Scotland’s Towns Partnership’s Funding Finder provides a register of funding sources available for arts, culture and events.