At the SNP conference, which was held this year in Aberdeen, there was welcome news for the arts and culture sector in Scotland, when Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announced the intention to double SNPs investment in Scotland’s arts and culture over the next five years:
“I want to send a clear signal today about my ambition for culture in Scotland. We’re not just going to protect our arts funding. We’re not just going to increase it in line with inflation. No delegates, we’re going to go further than that. I can announce today that over the next five years we will more than double our investment in Scotland’s arts and culture.
“This means that by the end of the five years, our investment will be £100m higher than it is today. This is a huge vote of confidence in the future of our culture sector and in the vital work of bodies like Screen Scotland,…
