Funding Supporting Gaelic through our funding is the most high profile and impactful way that Creative Scotland supports the language. Current Practice Areas for Development Measures of success Timing Funding We currently support Gaelic language We will continue to support Gaelic language as Gaelic language continues to Ongoing through extensively through our funding support an integral part of our funding support for the have a significant and visible Creative for the arts, screen and creative arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland. presence across all of the Scotland’s funding industries. In particular, Gaelic language is organisations, people and programmes and supported our funding for traditional arts projects that we support and reported annually. We will report on this support through regular in terms of music, dance, literature, public communications (e.g. ) through monthly that this is clearly storytelling, festivals, screen and craft, publication of our awards and through our communicated through our although Gaelic language is supported channels. annual reporting to Bòrd na Gàidhlig and our across all three of our routes to funding – Annual Review. Regular, Open and Targeted. Gaelic is recognised in our We will ensure that Gaelic is recognised in all of refreshed and aligned Our support for Gaelic language ranges strategies, planned for our strategies and plans – particularly our from direct funding for organisations 2017/18. strategies for Arts, Screen and Creative whose primary medium is Gaelic through Industries. to a range of organisations, projects and individuals whose work is in Gaelic or We will ensure that those assessing funding reflects Gaelic culture. applications remain aware of the importance of Gaelic language and culture as an important This is highlighted in more detail in force for creativity in Scotland. Section 3 of this Plan. We will increase our efforts to encourage commitment to Gaelic language and culture amongst all of the people, projects and organisations that we support through funding, particularly the network of Regularly Funded Organisations. Communications
Funding Supporting Gaelic through our funding is the most high profile and impactful way that Creative Scotland supports the language. Current Practice Areas for Development Measures of success Timing Funding We currently support Gaelic language extensively through our funding support for the arts, screen and creative industries. In particular, Gaelic language is supported our funding for traditional arts in terms of music, dance, literature, storytelling, festivals, screen and craft, although Gaelic language is supported across all three of our routes to funding – Regular, Open and Targeted. Our support for Gaelic language ranges from direct funding for organisations whose primary medium is Gaelic through to a range of organisations, projects and individuals whose work is in Gaelic or reflects Gaelic culture. This is highlighted in more detail in Section 3 of this Plan. We will continue to support Gaelic language as an integral part of our funding support for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland. We will report on this support through regular public communications (e.g. ) through monthly publication of our awards and through our annual reporting to Bòrd na Gàidhlig and our Annual Review. We will ensure that Gaelic is recognised in all of our strategies and plans – particularly our strategies for Arts, Screen and Creative Industries. We will ensure that those assessing funding applications remain aware of the importance of Gaelic language and culture as an important force for creativity in Scotland. We will increase our efforts to encourage commitment to Gaelic language and culture amongst all of the people, projects and organisations that we support through funding, particularly the network of Regularly Funded Organisations. Gaelic language continues to have a significant and visible presence across all of the organisations, people and projects that we support and that this is clearly communicated through our channels. Gaelic is recognised in our refreshed and aligned strategies, planned for 2017/18. Ongoing through Creative Scotland’s funding programmes and reported annually. Communications