Scotland’s arts, culture and heritage organisations receive 89K investment to meet digital ambitions

Creative Scotland,
05 February 2013, Scotland

Following the first cycle of funding of £85K in October 2012, this second award will help 14 organisations to digitally develop a wide variety of opportunities including: digital time travelling to 3D archaeological sites; global streaming of live piping events from the National Piping Centre; and supporting independent and community managed museums in the Highlands to become more eco friendly.

The investment has been made available through AmbITion Scotland’s Make:IT:Happen fund which is part of Creative Scotland’s national digital development programme. This is the second of five cycles of funding opportunities aimed at enabling Scotland’s creative community to increase business capability, capacity and creativity across four digital investment funds.

The decision making process for three funds – Organisational Development, Sustainable AmbITion and AmbITion Approach – is carried out by a panel with a wide range of expertise in digital developments in the arts, culture and heritage sector, drawing on the experience of individuals and advisors who have been instrumental to AmbITion Scotland’s work since 2009.

AmbITion Scotland used a participatory Peer Review method of decision-making for applications to the Digital Content Development funding strand.

Iain Munro, Director of Creative Development at Creative Scotland, said: “It’s great to see Scotland’s digital sector being supported by such a fantastic fund. Make:IT:Happen ensures Scotland's cultural sector has a sustainable digital infrastructure and is able to utilise the potential of new digital technologies.

Funded by The National Lottery via Creative Scotland (as part of Creative Scotland’s Cultural Economy programme), the AmbITion Scotland programme and the Make:IT:Happen initiative are designed and delivered by Culture Sparks and Rudman Consulting.

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