The Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund's aim is to help them sustain freelancers' creative practice in Scotland. Photo Credit: Shutterstock
The three news funds are, the Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund Screen Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development
The Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary Fund
The fund will provide financial support for individual creative practitioners and/or freelancers who are most deeply impacted and disadvantaged by the cancellation of work due to the COVID-19 emergency.
Its aim is to help them sustain their creative practice in Scotland.
The £2 million fund will offer one-off bursary payments of between £500 and £2,500 to help support the immediate needs. Applications to the fund will open on Monday 30 March .
Find out more of Creative Scotland’s website.
The Open Funding: Sustaining Creative Development
This is a revised approach to the organisation’s Open Project Fund and will support creative practitioners to continue to develop work.
Applicants will be encouraged to use funding to explore how best to sustain their practice, and reimagine their work, during the current climate and in the months to come.
Funds may also be used for the development and presentation of work. The £7.5m fund will support up to 12 months of activity with a maximum award of £50,000. Applications to the fund will open on Friday 3 April .
Find out more on Creative Scotland’s website.
A Screen Scotland Bridging Bursary
This £1.5million programme will provide one-off bursaries of £500 to £2,500 to freelance PAYE and self-employed screen sector workers who are experiencing immediate financial difficulty due to loss of income as a result of the Covid-19. Applications will be open on Monday 30 March 2020 .
Find out more on Creative Scotland’s website.
Accessing urgent financial support
For more information on sources of financial assistance in times of hardship, and guidance on Government benefits see our Financial Support page .