Creative Scotland is a development body for arts and cultural industries in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It inherited the functions of Scottish Screen

Scottish Screen

Scottish Screen is the national body for film and television in Scotland, established in April 1997. It took on the functions of the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, Scottish Screen Locations and Scottish Broadcast and Film Training, forming a unitary organisation.Scottish...

 and the Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

 on 1 July 2010, and has an additional remit for the Creative Industries. The Scottish Government brought it into being in 2010, and an interim company, Creative Scotland 2009, was set up to assist the transition from the existing organisations.

Aims

The aims of Creative Scotland are:

• promote an understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the arts and culture;
• identify, support and develop talent and excellence in the arts and culture;
• seek to realise all the benefits of the arts and culture; and
• work with partners to support the creative industries.

Chair

The Chair of Creative Scotland is Sir Sandy Crombie, former Chief Executive of Standard Life

Standard Life

Standard Life plc is a long term savings and investment business, with headquarters in Edinburgh and operations across the globe. It has 1.5 million shareholders in more than 50 countries and over 6 million customers.-History:...

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External links

• Creative Scotland Web site