Coronavirus (COVID-19): business support management information - 30 July 2021

COVID-19 Business Support Funds - Management Information: Non-Local Authority Funds that have now closed to applications, data reflects the position as at 30 July 2021.

Funding Scheme	Applications Received	Applications Approved	Number of Awards Paid to date	Total Value of Awards paid to date (£ million)
Wedding Sector Support Fund	3478	2817	2808	25.8
Scotland Pivotal Event Businesses Fund	129	103	103	11.1
Culture Collective Fund	64	26	26	5.9
Scottish Wholesale Food and Drink Resilience Fund	113	41	41	5.5
Grassroots Music Venue Stabilisation Fund	89	84	84	4.0
Ski Centre Support Fund	8	8	8	3.0
Travelling ShowPeople Fund	200	149	149	1.5
Sector and DMO Operational Readiness Fund	90	46	46	1.4
Youth Arts Emergency Fund	46	38	43	1.0
Visitor Attraction (excludes those publicly owned tourist attractions)	407	340	340	9.7
Marine and Outdoor Tourism Restart Fund	461	345	345	3.2
Mobile and Home Based Close Contact Services Fund	10033	8945	8945	35.8
Newly Self-Employed Hardship Fund	9668	8669	8669	34.6
Events Industry Support Fund	833	505	505	5.0
Three Arts Venues	N/A	N/A	3	3.0
Museums Recovery and Resilience Fund Top Up	60	59	59	2.3
Childminder Grants	3669	3657	3657	2.7
Legal Aid Resilience and Recovery Fund	287	94	94	2.2
Hostel COVID-19 Business Support and Continuity Fund	216	176	176	2.5
Coach Operators Fund	147	117	117	8.4
Scottish Country Sports and Tourism Fund	142	105	105	0.8
Scotland’s Tour Guides Fund	516	491	491	2.7
Events Industry Recovery Fund 2	611	419	409	7.4
Tour Operators Fund (including international inbound and larger domestic operators)	278	189	189	14.2
Ski Centre (and Ski School) Fund	13	13	13	3.8
Campervan and Motorhome Rental Operators Fund	90	72	72	0.8
Hardship Fund Creative Freelancers	4816	4639	4639	16.8
Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Fund	4	4	2	0.7
Total	36470	32151	32138	215.8

Additional details on support offered

Wedding Sector Support Fund

For businesses deriving the majority of their income through the supply to or hosting of weddings and/or civil partnerships.

Scotland Pivotal Event Business Fund

Support for event businesses whose primary role as organisers, suppliers, contractors and venues is critical to the survival of the sector in Scotland, and upon whom the wider events industry and supply chain are most reliant for their own business and operations.

Culture Collective

Provides paid opportunities for creative practitioners and organisations to work with communities in response to Covid-19.

Scottish Wholesale Food and Drink Resilience Fund

Provided grants for food and drink businesses suffering hardship.

Grassroots Music Venue Stabilisation Fund

Supported Scottish businesses operating across the events industry facing hardship as a result of COVID-19.

Ski Centre Support Fund (For ski resorts and dry ski slopes)

For ski centres (mountain resorts and/or artificial slopes) that are of regional and or local economic importance and are experiencing financial hardship that puts the ongoing viability of the centre at risk.

Travelling Showpeople Fund

Provided one-off grants of £10,000 to support travelling show people in Scotland who normally earn at least 50% of their annual income through their work attending established funfairs.

Sector and DMO Operational Readiness Fund

Support for established Scottish Tourism Sector Groups and Destination Organisations facing funding challenges, to support core operational functions to ensure organisations are sustainable and in a position to actively promote Scotland as and when restrictions are lifted.

Youth Arts Fund

Provided creative opportunities for children and creates employment opportunities for freelance musicians

Visitor Attraction Fund (excludes those publicly owned tourist attractions)

For privately-owned visitor attractions operating anywhere in Scotland 

Marine and Outdoor Tourism Restart Fund

For outdoor tourism or marine tourism businesses anywhere in Scotland that need support with recommissioning costs in advance of the next season.

Mobile and Home Based Close Contact Services Fund

This fund is for owners and operators of mobile and home-based close contact service businesses and for registered driving instructors. It is not for employees of those businesses.

Newly Self-Employed Hardship Fund

Designed to help alleviate financial hardship for newly self-employed people who meet the eligibility criteria.

Events Industry Support Fund

For businesses that supply to, organise or deliver events in Scotland, including businesses that have already benefited from earlier EISF support funding. The Business must operate from premises in Scotland.

Three Arts Venues

To help to secure the future of three of Scotland’s important independent performing arts charities, protecting jobs and addressing some of the financial pressures they are facing.

Childminder Grants

Designed to support eligible childminding providers who have experienced financial pressures as a result of the pandemic and the restrictions that have been placed on them.

Hostel COVID-19 Business Support and Continuity Fund

For visitor accommodation hostels operating anywhere in Scotland

Coach Operators Fund

Support for businesses, that incur significant costs for vehicles which cannot operate while restrictions on travel are still in place, and to help prepare for recommencing operations when restrictions are lifted.

Scottish Country Sports and Tourism Restart Fund

To help the Scottish country sports tourism sector survive the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Tour Guides Fund

The Fund aimed to help keep tour guides operating while restrictions on opening and travel are still in place, and to support them to prepare to operate in 2021 when restrictions are lifted.   

Events Industry Support Fund 2

Open to new applicants who were ineligible to apply to the Event Industry Support Fund launched in August 2020.

Museums Recovery and Resilience Fund Top Up

Top up to existing fund for independent museums to support survival until March 2021.

Legal Aid Resilience and Recovery Fund

Support for practitioners impacted by Covid-19.

Tour Operators Fund (including international inbound and larger domestic operators)

For coach, domestic or inbound tour companies registered in Scotland

Ski Centre(and Ski School) Fund

For snow sports centres and ski schools of regional/local economic importance and which are in financial hardship that puts the ongoing viability of the centre at risk.

Campervan and Motorhome Rental Operators Fund

Support for operators who rent campervans and motorhomes

Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers

To support creative freelancers working in Scotland who are experiencing immediate financial hardship due to the loss of income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Fund

Fund to protect key conservation work undertaken by zoos and aquariums across Scotland.