The amount of funding given to the Edinburgh Festival Platforms for Creative Excellence (PlaCE) programme & the Edinburgh Festivals' Gateway fund since September 2021: FOI release

Information requested

The following information:

As of 7 September 2021, what is the total amount of funding that the Scottish Government has given to Edinburgh Festivals’ Platform for Creative Excellence programme?

As of 7 September 2021, what is the total amount of funding that the Scottish Government has given to Edinburgh Festivals Gateway?

Response

The answer to your first question is that since the Platform for Creative Excellence (PlaCE) Programme launched in financial year2018/19, the Scottish Government has contributed £1 million per year towards the fund,  making a total of £4 million from the Scottish Government towards this fund by financial year 2021/22 in which September 7 2021 falls.

The answer to your second question is that the Scottish Government provided £1 million towards the Festivals’ Gateway fund which, alongside £300,000 from City of Edinburgh Council, created a total funding package of £1.3 million which was used to support some activity from the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2021.

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