We will publish our We are working to improve our reporting ACHIEVED funding decisions, and mechanisms and equality data collection in We are able to report the data by protected analysis by protected order to achieve this. characteristics for funding decisions for the characteristic, from Timescale: December 2015. time in 2017. This information will be used as a 2014/15, once improved BASELINE for our revised EDI outcomes and data collection is in place. future reporting. Additional contributory actions Support a diverse arts An Equality Impact Assessment of the Minority ethnic leadership and representation in sector through the artists network of 119 Regularly Funded the arts, screen and creative industries and arts organisations we Organisations indicates that 14 continues to be a priority going forward. This is fund. organisations have a direct mission to a clear target in our revised outcomes from address equalities and diversity, and 76.5% 2017. of funded organisations set out A programme of Diversity Change Agents is equalities provision in their proposed developed in partnership with local authority programmes. areas. Disability, gender and age are addressed The growing inequality in Scotland today will well, but gaps remain in BAME-led arts continue to be a priority area for us to address, organisations. A programme to address in partnership with other agencies. We will BAME leadership is planned to start in continue to monitor our funding to areas of 2015/16. LGBTI- focussed organisations deprivation (SIMD). and artists are project funded. There is significant activity provided by Regularly Funded Organisations and
We will publish our funding decisions, and analysis by protected characteristic, from 2014/15, once improved data collection is in place. We are working to improve our reporting mechanisms and equality data collection in order to achieve this. Timescale: December 2015. ACHIEVED We are able to report the data by protected characteristics for funding decisions for the time in 2017. This information will be used as a BASELINE for our revised EDI outcomes and future reporting. Additional contributory actions Support a diverse arts sector through the artists and arts organisations we fund. An Equality Impact Assessment of the network of 119 Regularly Funded Organisations indicates that 14 organisations have a direct mission to address equalities and diversity, and 76.5% of funded organisations set out equalities provision in their proposed programmes. Disability, gender and age are addressed well, but gaps remain in BAME-led arts organisations. A programme to address BAME leadership is planned to start in 2015/16. LGBTI- focussed organisations and artists are project funded. There is significant activity provided by Regularly Funded Organisations and Minority ethnic leadership and representation in the arts, screen and creative industries continues to be a priority going forward. This is a clear target in our revised outcomes from 2017. A programme of Diversity Change Agents is developed in partnership with local authority areas. The growing inequality in Scotland today will continue to be a priority area for us to address, in partnership with other agencies. We will continue to monitor our funding to areas of deprivation (SIMD).
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