News – Streamlined SAC

The Scottish Arts Council (SAC) is to rationalise its funding application processes and reduce the number of its Committees, whilst bringing in independent experts to inform decision-making.
Consultative forums will be held annually across the country to enable more people to contribute to arts policy. Explaining the rationale for the new approach, SAC Director Graham Berry said ?Clients seeking funding for a complex project sometimes had to apply to three or four different pots of money, which meant a lot of form-filling for them and a lot of time spent by our staff and Committees. The administrative burden for everyone was becoming unsustainable…? The changes will be phased in from April, with a new funding application handbook published in March.