Reports & Research

A list of Local Authority Councillors who have been nominated by their LA to sit on the COSLA Sports, Arts and Culture Working Group

Local Authority Councillors who have been nominated by their LA to sit on the COSLA Sports.docx

A summary minute of the meeting with Creative Scotland and Culture Division, 29 June 2012

On 29 June a number of cultural sector bodies met with Creative Scotland and Culture Division to discuss issues raised in a letter they had sent to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs. This is a summary minute of the meeting.

Agency Meeting Note Summary - 29-06-12.pdf

A summary of cross-agency meeting with Creative Scotland on 19 December 2012

Sector Agencies mtg notes - 19-12-12 FINAL.doc

Annual Report: 2011/12

FST's Annual Report for 2011/12 contains information on FST's membership, services provided to our members and a number of projects we ran last year.

FST Annual Report 2011.12.pdf

CCSkills Creative Blueprint Scotland

The Creative Blueprint is the Sector Skills Agreement for the Creative & Cultural Industries.

The Sector Skills Agreement is altering the way skills are demanded, developed and delivered to the creative and cultural sector. It is an action plan putting employers in control of shaping the industry's future by:

assessing the short and long term skills needs
mapping out the factors needed for change in the sector
reviewing the training that is currently provided
analysing the main gaps and weaknesses
agreeing how we will work with key funding partners.
CCSkills publicly launched the individual nations documents in June 2008 for England, Scotland, Wales/Cymru and Northern Ireland.

Please click below to view the CCSkills Creative Blueprint for Scotland.

Creative Blueprint Scotland.pdf

Creative Scotland Open Sessions - Jon Morgan's talk at the Greenock Session

Jon Morgan's talk at Creative Scotland's Open Session in Greenock, April 2013.

JM talk for Greenock Open Forum.pdf

Dance in Scotland

The Dance in Scotland Report was launched on 3rd August. The Report highlights the successes, the potential and the needs across the whole gamut of dance activity in Scotland - from dance in the community, dance in schools, professional dance and development and training for dance. It will inform and inspire, offer factual insight, make recommendations on the benefits of a thriving and resourced sector for the nation - and inform policy.

The full and summary reports can be downloaded below.

Dance_in_Scotland_Full_Report.pdf

Dance_in_Scotland_Report_-_Summary.pdf

Delivering Dance in the Curriculum For Excellence

(Copyright Blanche Policy Solutions November 2007)

Delivering Dance in the Curriculum For Excellence.pdf

Digital Action Research Project - final case studies

The Digital Action Research Project was designed to encourage the theatre sector in Scotland to consider its live work as a digitised live product, which could increase
the income streams.
The main objectives of the project were:
- To support participating organisations in development
of their digital projects.
- To give them an opportunity to regularly meet, discuss their projects and share their experiences.
- To create a bank of case studies, best practice
examples and tip sheets, which can then be shared
with other organisations.
The projects ranged from live streaming, 3D recording of a
show to a phone app and creating an interactive channel
for cultural organisations.

As a result, the participating companies created 'tip sheets' to be used by others who embark on similar projects, which can be downloaded below.

The final presentations of the companies projects can be viewed online via the AmbITion blip website - http://blip.tv/getambition

macrobert case study.pdf

Cryptic case study.pdf

Grid Iron Case Study.pdf

FST Research on digital performance content.pdf

FST Digitising Performance.pdf

Dundee Rep Case Study.pdf

Stellar Quines Case Study.pdf

FST Digital Development Action Research Project Final Report.pdf

Local Authority Compendium of Statistics

Available for download below is a compendium of statistics about local authority funding for culture from 07/08-10/11. As well as overall net expenditures for each local authority, it also breaks down expenditure per head of population and as a percentage of expenditure on all services.

REVENUE EXPENDITURE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON CULTURAL SERVICES IN SCOTLAND 2007to2011.doc

Mapping of Training Opportunities for Teaching Artists in Scotland

BOP Consulting recently carried out a cross-sector piece of research on the behalf of FST and other artform networks including the Scottish Book Trust, Scottish Music Centre, Engage Scotland and Scottish Dance Theatre. The research was supported by the Scottish Arts Council and focused on training opportunities for artists who deliver sessions in community, formal and informal education settings. This report can be downloaded below.

Mapping of Training Opportunities for Teaching Artists in Scotland.doc

March Members Meeting Presentations

The Members Meeting on 27th March 2013 at Scottish Youth Theatre featured two presentations from guest speakers on the theme of collaboration.

Debra Reay, Project Director of Stratford Rising, gave a short presentation on the collaborative work undertaken by cultural organisations in Stratford during the development and regeneration of the area before and after the Olympics. She also showed a short video on Stratford Rising.

Jim Beirne, Chair of Newcastle Gateshead Cultural Venues and Chief Executive of Live Theatre, gave a short presentation on the ways the 10 cultural venues in the region work together to provide support, save money and collect data to advocate on behalf of the work taking place in the region.

Stratford Rising FST.pdf

NGCV Presentation FST.pdf

SR video - AVI format.avi

National Youth Arts Centre - discussion paper for consultation

Creative Scotland is currently developing a National Youth Arts Strategy on behalf of the Scottish Government. A sum of £5 Million has been earmarked by the Scottish Government towards a National Youth Arts Centre in Glasgow with the ambition to complete construction in time for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Creative Scotland has been tasked with developing the brief and delivering the centre in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS).

Centre for Youth Arts FINAL VERSION.DOCX

Step Up - FST Mentoring Programme Evaluation Report

The FST Mentoring Programme is now in its third successful year and we currently have 21 mentors supporting 31 mentees across the Scottish theatre and dance industries. Please click on the link below for a detailed evaluation of the 2008.09 and 2009.10 rounds of the programme.

FEDERATION OF SCOTTISH THEATRE - Step Up Evaluation Report 2008-10.doc

Strategy for the development of circus in Scotland

An excellent and inspiring strategy for the development of circus in Scotland written by Articulate.

Circus in Scotland 2012 - 2017 _2_.pdf