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Creative Scotland Statement

Below is a summary of the statement issued from the board meeting on 6th Dec as it takes steps to heal the rift created by their former chief.

Commitments for change agreed by the Board of Creative Scotland on 6 December 2012 and to be delivered by the Senior Management Team and staff:

  • Underlining our commitment to putting artists, creative practitioners, cultural organisations and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
  • Enabling more effective use of staff specialist knowledge and expertise, increasing autonomy of decision-making and increasing the visibility of, and access to, this expertise.
  • Creating effective regular consultative forums with artists and creative practitioners and staff to inform policy development and increase transparency. Working with the sector to design the specific nature of these forums with the aim of a first open session in early 2013.
  • Reviewing current funding models to enable as many organisations as possible and appropriate to benefit from stable, multi-year arrangements. This will include an end to the plans for ‘strategic commissioning’.
    Changing the perceived funding hierarchy of Foundation, Flexibly Funded and Annual Organisations and creating clear funding routes for individuals and specific time limited projects.
  • Changing the content and tone of our language to increase clarity and accessibility with a re-design of our application forms, guidance and other communications.
  • Emphasising the language of “support” rather than “investment” in both our values and operations.
    Reducing efforts on activity that could be construed as promoting Creative Scotland ahead of artists, creative practitioners or cultural organisations.
  • Work on these commitments will be a collaborative process with staff, artists, creative practitioners and organisations.
  • We continue our commitment to supporting arts, culture and creative industries across Scotland and to increasing public engagement and participation, working in partnership with others to achieve this.

Work on these commitments will be a collaborative process with staff, artists, creative practitioners and organisations.

We continue our commitment to supporting arts, culture and creative industries across Scotland and to increasing public engagement and participation, working in partnership with others to achieve this.

The full statement can be read here.