Title of Project – CashBack for Creativity
Theme – Creativity
Project period: 2017 – 2020
Target Group – Young people disadvantaged by:-
- Living in areas of deprivation; and
- Being unemployed, not in education or training; and
- Being excluded, or at risk of exclusion from school; and
- Being at risk of being involved in antisocial behaviour, offending/re-offending
Age range : 10 to 24 years
Number of Young People the project expected to work with : 18,000 (10,000 young people through Open Fund and 8,000 young people through Targeted Fund)
Summary of Project
The project aimed to deliver two grant initiatives open to all 32 local authority areas. The Targeted Fund aimed to support art organisations to provide disadvantaged young people pathways to increase attainment, positive destinations and develop soft and vocational skills. The Open Fund aimed to offer wide reaching opportunities to provide short to medium term projects to disadvantaged young people, with more emphasis on positive activity participation and raising community involvement.
Creative Scotland set out to deliver two grant initiatives: Targeted Fund and Open Fund
CashBack for Creativity – Targeted Fund
This was expected to distribute £1,557,999 over the three years from FY 2017/18 to FY 2019/20.
Applications could range from £70,000 – £120,000 – and fund up to 18 organisations. The fund was to be open to all art forms
Funding was to be provided to each organisation up to a 3 year period
Each organisation was required to provide satisfactory Quarterly Reports and Annual Reviews (which will align to Creative Scotland’s reporting requirements and timescales) for grant payment authorisation
The targeted fund was to provide longer term engagement and create positive destinations for disadvantaged young people.
Applicant projects were expected to provide:
projects models with appropriate progression pathways that offer deeper engagement for disadvantaged young people
robust plans to achieve and monitor the Phase 4 outcomes
proven expertise in delivering successfully to disadvantaged young people
CashBack for Creativity – Open Fund
The Open Fund aimed to deliver short to medium term creative activity to disadvantaged young people as set out in the Phase 4 target group above. This was expected to distribute £750,000 over the three years from FY 2017/18 to FY 2019/20. The administration of this Fund was to be open to tender.
Applications ranged from £500 – £10,000
Funding was to be provided for up to 12 months per project
There was to be 3 funding rounds across the 3 year programme
Areas where the project aimed to be delivered
Applications were be open to all Local Authorities and a criteria of funding was to include delivery to young people from the most deprived areas in that local authority. Applications were to be required to evidence how they would:
-identify the primary target participant group from the most deprived areas in the local authority; and/or
-target socio/economically disadvantaged young people who are unemployed, not in education or training; and/or
-have been excluded from school or at risk of exclusion; and/or
-are at risk of being involved in antisocial behaviour, offending or re-offending and
include the voice of young people
