Resources

Inspiring Scotland’s Creative Communities Fund supports communities to develop and deliver initiatives involving culture and creative arts. It also focuses support on people and places where social or geographical circumstances, can make engaging with cultural activities more challenging.

Creative Scotland’s Community Wealth Building Toolkit provides information and resources especially to support creative communities.

Historic Environment’s Scotland’s Trove.scot brings together a wealth of unique and diverse collections in one convenient place.  You can use it to find out about listed buildings and other designated places, see archive images, and explore every corner of Scotland’s past.

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 provides readers with a step by step guide to building 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. Creative Scotland offers a number of resources and distributes funding to support these industries.

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.

What We Do Now’s Creative Placemaking Approach uses arts and culture as a foundation for community engagement and a driving force in local decision-making.