Culture sector support needs survey
This report summarises the responses to an online survey that was aimed at those working across or with an interest in the culture sector. It captures their experiences of, and views on, current support provision for culture in Scotland.
Footnotes
1 Not everyone who selected that they were an ‘individual’ was responding as a freelancer or someone who is self-employed. Some ‘individuals’ went on to share their views on the organisation they work for.
2 For the purpose of this survey, questions on public, private and third sector sources of funding have been separated into different questions. However, funding sources are often interlinked and crossover in the culture sector reflecting the mixture of individual and organisational activity, some of which is commercial and some is publicly subsidised.
3 To note, there was a relatively large proportion of respondents who selected ‘neutral’ for these statements ranging from 19% to 38%.
4 Due to small sample sizes for some sub-groups (e.g. different providers of support, see Table 27 and Table 28) it is not possible to report on all of these variations.
5 Due to small sample sizes for some sub-groups of organisation (e.g. number of paid staff members or annual turnover, see Tables 11 -14) it is not possible to report on all of these variations.
6 New Chair appointed for Creative Scotland review - gov.scot and Programme for Government Page 22: Programme for Government 2024-25: Serving Scotland
7 Increased funding for arts and culture - gov.scot
8 Scottish Parliament: Paper-1--9-January
9 Latest data for the sector show that it employed 155,000 people in 2022. Therefore, the response rate to this survey only reflects a very small proportion of the arts, culture and creative industries workforce: People Working in Arts, Culture and Creative Industries | National Performance Framework
10 The number who responded to each question is detailed in Appendix B
11 Multi-Year Funding announcement: Multi-Year Funding Outcome Announcement | Creative Scotland
12 This question was not asked of respondents who replied as ‘individuals’ so some organisation names may be missing from the responses.
13 Respondents were allowed to select up to two options so the percentages do not add up to 100.
14 Respondents were only allowed to select one option from a list of 6 (including not applicable).
15 Respondents were only allowed to select one option from a list of 8 (including not applicable).
16 Respondents were only allowed to select one option from a list of 8 (including not applicable).
17 Respondents included both those that responded as an organisation and those that responded as an individual.
18 119 respondents also left this question blank.
19 For the purpose of this survey, questions on public, private and third sector sources of funding have been separated into different questions. However, funding sources are often interlinked and crossover in the culture sector, reflecting the mixture of individual and organisational activity, some of which is commercial and some is publicly subsidised.
20 Not listed in the survey.
21 Respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
22 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
23 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
24 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
25 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
26 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
27 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
28 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
29 These respondents had selected ‘yes’ to experiencing difficulties applying for funding (n= 482).
30 29% of ‘individual’ respondents are based in rural areas (see Table 7).
31 Respondents were allowed to select multiple responses therefore percentages may not add up to 100.
32 Respondents were only allowed to select one provider.
33 To note, Creative Scotland distributes funding from the Scottish Government and the UK National Lottery About Our Funding | Creative Scotland
34 Some respondents referred to Creative Scotland and Screen Scotland as a supplementary and ‘other’ form of public support, with their primary funding coming from a different public source.
35 Respondents were only able to select one support type.
36 For the purpose of this analysis ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’ and ‘strongly disagree’ and ‘disagree’ have been aggregated together.
37 Funding announcements were made on 30th January and the survey closed on the 31st January Multi-Year Funding Outcome Announcement | Creative Scotland
38 Open Funding by Creative Scotland: Open Funding | Creative Scotland
39 Respondents could select as many support needs as they liked and therefore the percentages do not add up to 100%.
40 Respondents were asked select: Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly disagree or Not applicable for each statement.
41 Respondents were asked select: Strongly agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree or Strongly disagree for each support.
43 Respondents were able to select up to two sector / organisation types so the percentages do not add up to 100.
44 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
45 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
46 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
47 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
48 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
49 Note respondents were able to select multiple sources so the percentages do not add up to 100.
50 Respondents were allowed to select multiple reasons therefore percentages do not add up to 100%.
51 Respondents were allowed to select multiple reasons therefore percentages do not add up to 100%.
52 Respondents were allowed to select multiple reasons therefore percentages do not add
up to 100%.
53 Respondents were allowed to select multiple reasons therefore percentages do not add
up to 100%.
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