Go See Share Creative Industries Fund | Voluntary Action Orkney

Go See Share is a small fund for individuals, organisations and creative businesses to understake trips and explore new ways to expand their business activity and make them more financially sustainable.

The fund helps recipients undertake trips or remote meetings allowing them to:

gain knowledge and insight
build relationships
share the knowledge back in Scotland

Key Criteria

Applicants may apply for between £3,000 and £10,000 and this can cover all, or a proportion, of the total costs of the project.

This fund is targeted at supporting individual artists and creative practitioners, representatives of arts organisations and creative businesses. This includes those working in visual and performing arts, crafts, textiles, fashion, photography, music, writing and publishing, design, film, TV, video, radio and computer games. Applicants must be based in Scotland.

Examples of the types of visit supported by the fund include:

Local, national and international visits to see examples of best practice or new business models in operation.
Remote meetings or visits which help with researching best practice or new business models.
Interesting event, festival and professional development opportunities focused on business development, business practices or business sustainability.
Visits to a person, organisation or business to explore interesting new ways of working.