AmbITion Scotland is a digital development programme for the arts, heritage and cultural sector in Scotland over 2012-14, funded by The National Lottery via Creative Scotland. Want to get digitally fitter and smarter? Join in!
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Engaging with AmbITion Scotland means you can get support - via our Make:IT:Happen Fund, through finding student interns or academic partners and through participating with our learning, resources and networking activities
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By Hannah Rudman
16 April 2013
The UK Crowd Funding Association (UKCFA) has just launched as a new trade body for crowd funding operators, with membership being conditional to agreeing to the code of practice. Says Arts Professional reporting on the establishment of the body: The code is aimed at protecting the growing number of investors, donors and businesses using the [...]
By Hannah Rudman
20 December 2012
Says Matthew Bowcock, author of DCMS’s new Culture Ministry report Digital Giving in the Arts: “It may seem obvious to state that voluntary giving does not happen in isolation; it is an outcome from a process of audience engagement which may occur over a long period. In a similar manner, digital technology alone does not [...]
By Ashley Smith Hammond
13 November 2012
So far the AmbITion Scotland team have produced a good bit of information around how the peer review process will work. We thought it was time to focus more on why we are running a peer review process at all.
By Ashley Smith Hammond
13 November 2012
As we look forward to the next round of funding deadlines, we’d like to tell the AmbITion Scotland community a bit more about the decision making panel; how the panellists were selected and how our decision making process works.
By Hannah Rudman
23 October 2012
The amazing new arts, music, cinema and creative industries centre, Mareel in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles, hosted our first 2012 AmbITion Scotland roadshow. On the topic of Glo/cal, the roadshow explored how local and community focussed projects can encourage global participation and engagement through utilising digital tools. Hannah Rudman gave an overview of the [...]
By Ashley Smith Hammond
27 September 2012
The £500,000 Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture in Scotland has opened for its second-round of applications to connect Scottish arts and culture organisations with technology providers. The fund, which has already provided support for six Scottish organisations this year, aims to harness digital technologies to reach wider audiences and develop new ways of working with [...]
By Hannah Rudman
4 July 2012
This is Lesley Anne Rose, Creative Producer of Stellar Quines who, following their AmbITion Scotland experience have really made IT happen for their theatre company by grasping the opportunities afforded by digital technologies. The picture also shows Hamish Allison, Managing Director at Freakworks at the Freakworks Studios in Edinburgh with whom Stellar Quines are working [...]
By Hannah Rudman
28 March 2012
Building digital capacity for the arts (@digicaparts) is an Arts Council England initiative currently running a series of seminars for arts organisations in England. This summary video covers emerging business models for the digital environment – how can arts and culture organisations use digital channels effectively in their business models? Speakers on the video include: [...]
By Ashley Smith Hammond
17 January 2012
A brilliant new opportunity for the Scottish cultural sector was launched today by our partners in digital development – NESTA. NESTA’s Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture, Scotland is designed to support arts and cultural organisations across Scotland who want to work with digital technologies to expand their audience reach and engagement [...]
