Skillset Scotland Continuing Professional Development, Company Development and Freelance Training Bursary Funding Programmes.

The Skillset Scotland Training Fund aims to invest up to £500,000 developing skills in Scotland over the course of 2007 and 2008. Scottish Film, television and interactive media production companies and freelancers have already received more than £200,000 in grants with a further £300,00 to be distributed in the next 6 months.

The fund aims to deliver the Sector Skills Agreement for Scotland – a Skills Strategy for television, film, interactive media, animation and games.  Skillset are now inviting applications from companies, training providers and freelancers to the various strands.

Three funding programmes are currently available with The funding programmes outlining the Funds’s priorities for 2007.  All guidelines and application materials are available on our website via the following links:

Continuing Professional Development
http://www.skillset.org/uk/scotland/trainingfund_companies/article_6240_1.asp
Deadline for funding applications: 12 noon, 12 November 2007. Investment Panel Meeting: 10 December 2007.

Company Development
http://www.skillset.org/uk/scotland/trainingfund_companies/article_5430_1.asp
The investment panel will meet on the following dates:
13 November 2007, 10 December 2007 and 8 January 2008. Applications should arrive with us 4 weeks prior to a panel meeting.

Training Bursaries
http://www.skillset.org/uk/scotland/trainingfund_individuals/article_6225_1.asp

Also see Skillset’s other various funds managed by the Film Skills and TV Investment teams:

Screen Bursaries
http://www.skillset.org/uk/scotland/trainingfund_individuals/article_4431_1.asp

TV Freelance Fund
http://www.skillset.org/funding/article_3792_1.asp

Film Skills Fund
http://www.skillset.org/film/funding/