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The final evaluation report can be found at Transport Scotland’s website at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/blind-companion-free-rail-travel-pilot-evaluation- report/ Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans have received overwhelmingly positive feedback to the f...
The budget for 2025/2026 includes a further £4 million funding for Scottish Festivals. This funding will allow the doubling of the EXPO Festival Fund to expand its reach beyond festivals in Edinburgh and Glasgow; recognising the importance of festivals across Scotland in providing opportunities for the wider culture sector, along with funding to develop and deliver work under the Strategic Partnership for Scotland’s Festivals.
The money comes through Creative Scotland—some might well come from the local authority, too—and the project is no doubt thankful for it, but the funding is always under threat.
To answer your question about the funding environment for debt help organisations across Scotland, the security of longer-term funding would be deeply welcomed across the sector.
However, we were disappointed that the increase in funding, along with the increase last year, has almost exclusively been allocated to Creative Scotland, Screen Scotland and funding which supports activity within the arts, screen and c...