The cuts announced prior to the open fund have been reinstated. But Swinney also announced a review into Creative Scotland.
>Applications for a major Scottish arts fund will re-open after the Scottish government said resources would be made “available” to ensure it could continue.
>Last month, Creative Scotland announced its Open Fund for Individuals would have to close to new applications indefinitely, due to uncertainty over government budgets.
>However, the First Minister John Swinney announced in his Programme for Government that the funding stream would be able to resume.
>Mr Swinney also said that a review of arts body Creative Scotland will take place, following a year in which the organisation was criticised for funding an explicit sex show.
>>In his Programme for Government speech, the First Minister said: “A review of Creative Scotland will be undertaken to ensure the appropriate approach is in place to meet the needs of the sector and I am pleased to confirm to Parliament that the resources required to enable Creative Scotland to continue the work of the Open Fund are now available.”
Well that’s the daily wail sorted for their next rant. Having a go at funding for arts projects that they’ll describe as “woke”, whilst funding for some other thing is being “slashed”, showing that the FM is “out of touch with real people” or whatever.
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The cuts announced prior to the open fund have been reinstated. But Swinney also announced a review into Creative Scotland.
>Applications for a major Scottish arts fund will re-open after the Scottish government said resources would be made “available” to ensure it could continue.
>Last month, Creative Scotland announced its Open Fund for Individuals would have to close to new applications indefinitely, due to uncertainty over government budgets.
>However, the First Minister John Swinney announced in his Programme for Government that the funding stream would be able to resume.
>Mr Swinney also said that a review of arts body Creative Scotland will take place, following a year in which the organisation was criticised for funding an explicit sex show.
From [STV reporting](https://news.stv.tv/politics/john-swinney-launches-review-into-creative-scotland-as-open-fund-saved):
>>In his Programme for Government speech, the First Minister said: “A review of Creative Scotland will be undertaken to ensure the appropriate approach is in place to meet the needs of the sector and I am pleased to confirm to Parliament that the resources required to enable Creative Scotland to continue the work of the Open Fund are now available.”
Well that’s the daily wail sorted for their next rant. Having a go at funding for arts projects that they’ll describe as “woke”, whilst funding for some other thing is being “slashed”, showing that the FM is “out of touch with real people” or whatever.