Run by Creative Scotland in partnership with Paved With Gold, Crowdfunding Creativity was a pilot mentoring and match-funding scheme for those looking to embark on a crowdfunding campaign.

It aimed to provide people who are working in the creative industries in Scotland with the skills and knowledge to develop their own successful crowdfunding campaigns. At the end of 2017 we created some recommendations for creatives crowdfunding in the UK. It’s difficult to write about something that is constantly changing, but it was good to put a marker down.

We then had an open call for applications and the Creative Scotland team selected 7 projects (6 continued throughout) to join our mentorship programme. We brought everyone together for monthly sessions where we covered everything they’d need to know for their campaigns. This was supported by frequent 1:1 sessions. We helped guide and support the teams. It was difficult to be hands-off, when ultimately we are very hands ON, the success of the projects was all down to the hard work of the participants.