The Scottish Government has announced it will continue to support the Arts & Business Scotland New Arts Sponsorship Grants (NASG) scheme with £300,000 each year over the next three years, helping to encourage new business sponsorship and boost further private investment into the arts in Scotland.
The NASG match funding scheme, launched in 2006, has seen over 300 new and returning business investments matched resulting in a total investment of over £4 million to the arts, demonstrating that securing new business sponsorships of the arts is still possible, even in the current climate.
Businesses that have seen their sponsorship packages doubled through the grant scheme range from some of the largest corporations operating in Scotland to sole traders and come from a range of sectors including finance, legal, retail, technology, energy and the creative industries. The arts projects supported have taken place in locations across Scotland from the Western Isles down to Dumfries and Galloway and include a variety of art forms from a giant eight foot puppet to parkour (free running), Scots piping, Japanese animation, opera and magic to name but a few.
Click here for full details on the NASG scheme