Building a New Scotland: Culture in an independent Scotland - Easy Read
Easy read version of the Scottish Government's vision for culture in an independent Scotland.
Building a New Scotland : Culture in an independent Scotland : Easy read Version
The power of culture
Scotland's culture and arts are known all over the world, and also help to bring Scottish communities together.
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The Scottish Government has helped make our culture more accessible and reach its potential. This has included focussing on children and young people.
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We could do more if Scotland was independent. We could build on what we have already done. We could make new opportunities to support access to culture.
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Broadcasting
Broadcasting means television and radio services. These are very important to people in Scotland.
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With independence, the Scottish Government would set up a new Scottish broadcasting service. This would give us our own TV, radio, and online services.
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This new Scottish service would work with services across the UK and the rest of the world. We would still have access to the programmes we know and love.
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The new service would be aimed at the needs and interests of Scottish people, including more Scottish news.
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Decisions about how broadcasting is run, and what is on TV and radio, would also be made by people who live and work in Scotland.
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Scotland in the European Union
Leaving the European Union has affected our culture and creative sectors, for example making it harder to reach new people and sell work overseas.
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An independent Scotland re-joining the European Union, would remove barriers to working with our neighbours in Europe.
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An independent Scotland would also be able to work with other countries in Europe to support culture and the arts.
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Scotland on the world stage
Independence would help the Scottish Government build relationships with other countries, and give it a better chance to promote Scottish culture to the rest of the world.
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If independent, Scotland would have a migration system that supports the creative industries. Migration means people come from other countries to live and work here.
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Independence would allow Scotland to join organisations like the Council of Europe and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). This would give us a full access to organisations that protect culture.
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Scotland's creative economy
Scotland's creative industries include music, video games, films and TV. They are an important part of the economy.
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Government support can help our culture and creative industries to develop. The COVID-19 pandemic made this very important.
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An independent Scottish Government would be able to better support the culture sector. We would make funding decisions that are currently made by the UK government.
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Conclusions
If Scotland was an independent country, our culture and creative sector could grow. We could make our culture more accessible to people in Scotland and around the world.
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An independent Scotland in the EU would be able to share our culture more easily with other countries.
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Creative industries are already an important part of our economy. With independence they could make Scotland even wealthier, fairer, and more inclusive.
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