In 2015/16 we made 125 awards through our Open Project and Targeted Funding programmes with a significant on Gaelic, Scots and Traditional Arts, to the value of £3m (Figure 16). These include awards made through our Targeted Gaelic Development fund and through funds devolved to Fèisean nan Gàidheal to deliver Tasgadh, a programme of small grants for traditional arts activity. In 2014/15 we made 119 equivalent awards to the value of £2.8m. Figure 16: Awards with a focus on Gaelic, Scots language and Traditional Arts 2015/16 Amount Awards Awarded (£) Gaelic 36 1,104,431 59 1,301,163 Traditional Arts 30 592,312 Total 125 2,997,907 Explore more online Explore more online National Library of Scotland Hamish HebCelt Festival – MacDonald, Scots Scriever Figure 17: Summary of progress against performance indicators for Outcome 2 OUTCOME 2: Increased public engagement through stronger touring networks, digital distribution and exhibition platforms across Scotland. Three-year Indicator Measure Source Status 2.1. Contribute to The % of adults engaging Scottish Household 91.9% of adults engaged in maintaining high level of in arts and culture across Survey data for 2014 culture in 2015, either by adult cultural Scotland by type of published August attending or visiting a engagement across the cultural activity and 2015 cultural event or place or breadth of Scotland frequency of participating in a cultural through our funded participation activity, a marginal increase work (National from 90.8% in 2014. Indicator) 2.2 Contribute to The % of children Scottish Household In 2014 the SHS found that increasing children’s engaging in arts and Survey data for 2014 26% of young people took cultural engagement culture across Scotland published August part in music or drama across the breadth of by type of cultural 2015 activities and 7% in other Scotland through our activity and frequency of arts activities. These figures funded work participation are unchanged from 2012.*
In 2015/16 we made 125 awards through our Open Project and Targeted Funding programmes with a significant on Gaelic, Scots and Traditional Arts, to the value of £3m (Figure 16). These include awards made through our Targeted Gaelic Development fund and through funds devolved to Fèisean nan Gàidheal to deliver Tasgadh, a programme of small grants for traditional arts activity. In 2014/15 we made 119 equivalent awards to the value of £2.8m. Figure 16: Awards with a focus on Gaelic, Scots language and Traditional Arts 2015/16 Awards Amount Awarded (£) Gaelic 36 1,104,431 59 1,301,163 Traditional Arts 30 592,312 Total 125 2,997,907 Explore more online National Library of Scotland – Hamish MacDonald, Scots Scriever Explore more online HebCelt Festival Figure 17: Summary of progress against performance indicators for Outcome 2 OUTCOME 2: Increased public engagement through stronger touring networks, digital distribution and exhibition platforms across Scotland. Three-year Indicator Measure Source Status 2.1. Contribute to maintaining high level of adult cultural engagement across the breadth of Scotland through our funded work (National Indicator) The % of adults engaging in arts and culture across Scotland by type of cultural activity and frequency of participation Scottish Household Survey data for 2014 published August 2015 91.9% of adults engaged in culture in 2015, either by attending or visiting a cultural event or place or participating in a cultural activity, a marginal increase from 90.8% in 2014. 2.2 Contribute to increasing children’s cultural engagement across the breadth of Scotland through our funded work The % of children engaging in arts and culture across Scotland by type of cultural activity and frequency of participation Scottish Household Survey data for 2014 published August 2015 In 2014 the SHS found that 26% of young people took part in music or drama activities and 7% in other arts activities. These figures are unchanged from 2012.*