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Read the success stories emerging from C&BS Fund supported projects, find out what we’ve been doing to support culture in Scotland and download helpful resources to support and inform your work.
COMBINED ARTS | GALLERIES | INTANGIBLE HERITAGE | MUSEUMS | VISUAL ARTS
Living Memory Association & Ocean Terminal
In 2021, the departure of Debenhams from Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Leith left almost 6,000 square metres of retail space empty. Keen to develop their offering far beyond shopping and hospitality, Ocean Terminal approached The Living Memory Association to collaborate on a creative, community engagement project in return for rent-free use of the empty spaces.
FILM & TV
Scottish Youth Film Foundation & Scottish Power
With the COP 26 climate summit coming to Glasgow in November 2021, the Scottish Youth Film Foundation (SYFF) were able to recruit 12 young people as video journalists, and embed them as reporters through a COP TV initiative, thanks to sponsorship from energy giant ScottishPower and match funding from the C&BS Fund.
FESTIVALS | INTANGIBLE HERITAGE | MUSIC | VISUAL ARTS
Sufi Festival & Esplanade Vale Media Ltd
Established in 2019, the Sufi Festival aims to bringing different communities together in a spirit of cohesion and harmony. Taking place in July, across various Glasgow locations, the 2022 Sufi Festival saw more than 50 different artists deliver a wide range of activities to share and celebrate the Sufism tradition of Islamic Mysticism.
MUSIC
Absolute Classics & Blüthner Pianos
Through the year-long, in-kind loan of two superb grand pianos, Blüthner Pianos supported and enhanced Absolute Classics’ 2021/22 performance and education activities in Dumfries & Galloway. The project brought world-class performance to Scotland’s remote communities and – thanks to C&BS Fund match funding – online, around the world.
FESTIVALS | LAND & BIODIVERSITY | VISUAL ARTS | INTANGIBLE HERITAGE | ARCHAEOLOGY
Edinburgh Science Foundation Ltd & Cirrus Logic Inc
With a shared ambition to inspire young people to understand and consider STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and to make a meaningful contribution to Edinburgh’s communities, the impact of this ten-year long partnership has been significantly enhanced by match funding from the C&BS Fund.
FILM & TV | MUSIC
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Aviva Investors
Thanks to match funding from the C&BS Fund, not only was a brand new piece of music created – a piece emotive, relevant and highly accessible – but a short film recording its creation and performance was also created, providing a living legacy on the theme of climate change for both partners.
FESTIVALS | VISUAL ARTS
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art & Mactaggart & Mickel
Thanks to an inspiring partnership and match funding from the C&BS Fund, visitors enjoyed exhibitions by 252 artists from 34 countries, and the Supported and Open Programmes element of the Festival saw audience visits rise by 26%.
FESTIVALS | MUSIC
SEALL (Skye Events for All) & The Sligachan Hotel
Celebrating a project that more than reached its ambition to celebrate ‘people, place and performance’ by turning the spotlight on the community hall as a space in which to gather and unite and attracting a dazzling array of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians.
ANIMATION | COMBINED ARTS | FESTIVALS | STREET ARTS
D-Lux Arts CIC & Jardine Funeral Directors
A vibrant community-based event that embraces the positive associations of light and hope, regeneration and rejuvenation, through an intriguing – and perhaps unexpected – culture and business partnership.
GALLERIES | MUSEUMS | LAND & BIODIVERSITY
Glasgow Life & Clarkston Chiropractic
Thanks to the support of a local chiropractic firm, Dippy – the Natural History Museum’s Diplodocus skeleton cast – was supported on the Glasgow leg of its UK tour with a volunteer programme to deliver the public learning programme.
THEATRE
Royal Lyceum Theatre Company Ltd & The Edrington Group Ltd
Perfectly balanced creative aspirations and commercial needs saw world-class theatre created in the heart of Scotland. Reaching an astonishing 32,900 audience members during a six-week, sell-out run in Edinburgh, the show then transferred to London’s Old Vic.
DESIGN | FESTIVALS
V&A Dundee & NCR Financial Solutions Group
Having secured early support from DC Thomson and Brewin Dolphin, a commitment from NCR which was match funded by C&BS Fund secured the overall budget required to stage an ambitious project with the aim of shining a national and international spotlight on Dundee and the museum.
In 2021, the departure of Debenhams from Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre in Leith left almost 6,000 square metres of retail space empty. Keen to develop their offering far beyond shopping and hospitality, Ocean Terminal approached The Living Memory Association to collaborate on a creative, community engagement project in return for rent-free use of the empty spaces.
21, Nov 2023
Read the full storyWith the COP 26 climate summit coming to Glasgow in November 2021, the Scottish Youth Film Foundation (SYFF) were able to recruit 12 young people as video journalists, and embed them as reporters through a COP TV initiative, thanks to sponsorship from energy giant ScottishPower and match funding from the C&BS Fund.
21, Nov 2023
Read the full storyEstablished in 2019, the Sufi Festival aims to bringing different communities together in a spirit of cohesion and harmony. Taking place in July, across various Glasgow locations, the 2022 Sufi Festival saw more than 50 different artists deliver a wide range of activities to share and celebrate the Sufism tradition of Islamic Mysticism.
20, Nov 2023
Read the full storyThrough the year-long, in-kind loan of two superb grand pianos, Blüthner Pianos supported and enhanced Absolute Classics’ 2021/22 performance and education activities in Dumfries & Galloway. The project brought world-class performance to Scotland’s remote communities and – thanks to C&BS Fund match funding – online, around the world.
27, Mar 2023
Read the full storyWith a shared ambition to inspire young people to understand and consider STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and to make a meaningful contribution to Edinburgh’s communities, the impact of this ten-year long partnership has been significantly enhanced by match funding from the C&BS Fund.
27, Mar 2023
Read the full storyThanks to match funding from the C&BS Fund, not only was a brand new piece of music created – a piece emotive, relevant and highly accessible – but a short film recording its creation and performance was also created, providing a living legacy on the theme of climate change for both partners.
27, Mar 2023
Read the full storyThanks to an inspiring partnership and match funding from the C&BS Fund, visitors enjoyed exhibitions by 252 artists from 34 countries, and the Supported and Open Programmes element of the Festival saw audience visits rise by 26%.
22, Mar 2023
Read the full storyCelebrating a project that more than reached its ambition to celebrate ‘people, place and performance’ by turning the spotlight on the community hall as a space in which to gather and unite and attracting a dazzling array of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians.
22, Mar 2023
Read the full storyA vibrant community-based event that embraces the positive associations of light and hope, regeneration and rejuvenation, through an intriguing – and perhaps unexpected – culture and business partnership.
22, Mar 2023
Read the full storyThanks to the support of a local chiropractic firm, Dippy – the Natural History Museum’s Diplodocus skeleton cast – was supported on the Glasgow leg of its UK tour with a volunteer programme to deliver the public learning programme.
22, Mar 2023
Read the full storyExplore statements and press releases delivered by Culture & Business Scotland, which reflect on and advocate for the value of culture and cultural experiences and the need for investment.
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Why not become part of our nationwide network of culture and business organisations?
Really helpful to be able to see how other people have put together a culture and business partnership – very inspiring. Thank you.
Reading case studies from match-funded projects really made us think about how to leverage value for our business sponsor – it reminded us that it’s not just the culture organisation who gains from Culture & Business Fund Scotland!
I found the tax-related toolkits were a particularly useful resource after I attended a Business Briefing on VAT matters – great summary of the key points.
Really helpful to be able to see how other people have put together a culture and business partnership – very inspiring. Thank you.
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