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We’re collating and sharing tools, templates and resources that we’ve found helpful along our journey so far. Please explore, use and adapt them to support your own work. You can use the filter tool to find the materials most useful for you.

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Scottish Parliament Inquiry into Culture in Communities

Aiseirigh Art27 Scotland Combine to Create North East Culture Collective The People’s Parish The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil Young Quines

advocacy Collaboration Policy

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Culture Collective Mother-artists Network Resource

Advice Artists

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Advocacy: Culture for Communities

Aiseirigh Here We Are! Safe Harbour: Open Sea The People’s Parish The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil

advocacy

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Text reading: "International Culture Strategy Consultation"

Advocacy: International Culture Strategy

Art27 Scotland EVOLVE The People’s Parish Young Quines

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A graphic titled How Good is our Hall, with an image of a small wheel, with coloured spokes denoting different indicators.

How Good is our Hall? toolkit

Safe Harbour: Open Sea

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A group of people pose on top of a hill. There is a beautiful blue sky. Everyone is smiling and the person in the middle has their arms high in the air.

Culture Collective thematic overview: Creative freelancing

Art27 Scotland Arts in Moray (AIM) Collective EVOLVE North Lanarkshire Culture Collective Safe Harbour: Open Sea

Advice Collaboration

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A group of people sit in a semi circle in what looks like a town hall with a wooden floor. We can see they are being filmed, because the photo has been taken from just behind the video camera.

Culture Collective thematic overview: Health and wellbeing

Aiseirigh Combine to Create Here We Are!

Access Advice

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A video still, showing a boy's face screened onto the leaves of a mature tree. Captions at the bottom read "you need us and we need you"

Culture Collective thematic overview: Climate and the environment

Combine to Create CULTIVATE Deveron Projects Street Level Culture Collective The Teviot, the Flag and the Rich, Rich Soil

Environment

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An illustration of two people wearing backpacks on a green background. One holding a telescope, the other holding binoculars. Both are floating in front of a picture of the world - one holding a telescope, the other holding binoculars. Pictures of a guitar, camera, book, pencils, drums, and lightbulbs surround them.

International Perspectives event recordings

Art27 Scotland EVOLVE

Collaboration International values

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PR campaign template

Storytelling PR

Communications Marketing PR Practicalities

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Text reading "Independent report from the National Partnership for Culture"

Advocacy: National Partnership for Culture

advocacy

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Intellectual Property: Contract templates

Thorntons Law

Advice Artists Collaboration Legal

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Freelancifesto

Leyla Josephine

Advice Artists Freelance

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Illustration on a pink background, showing a person dressed in hiking gear reading a map, with a compass behind.

Starting Points event recordings

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A screenshot of François Matarasso talking to camera. He is smiling.

Artists working with communities: a facilitated discussion with François Matarasso

What We Do Now

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Where to advertise (and look for) arts jobs

Recruitment

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Jo stands as the speaker at an event. She wears a long white top and has her left arm raised in the air. She holds a microphone in her right hand.

Accessibility resources and provocations from Jo Verrent and Rachel Walker

Unlimited

Access Advice Disability Sites we love

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Freelancing Q&A (a ‘how to’ guide for new freelancers)

Advice Artists Collaboration Freelance

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Sample service level agreement

Create Community Wealth

Collaboration Legal

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Library of successful funding applications

The White Pube

Collaboration Funding

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Conversation starter: defining and realising our values

Combine to Create

Collaboration values

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Conversation starter: aligning expectations with reality

Arts in Moray (AIM) Collective

Collaboration

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A group of people wearing white overalls paint a metal storage container

Briefings for voluntary arts groups

Creative Lives

Advice Practicalities Sites we love

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An illustration of a revolving postcard holder, with a sign on top that reads 'Postcards of Failure'

Workshop tools for exploring failure

FailSpace

Evaluation Sites we love

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Resources for tackling your climate impact

Creative Carbon Scotland

Environment Sites we love Training

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The cover of the guide, with a pink background, the title, and an illustration of people holding arms whilst surrounded by paperwork.

The Illustrated Freelancer’s Guide

Heather Parry & Maria Stoian

Advice Artists Freelance Legal Sites we love

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Black and white photo of Katharine sitting at a table, in conversation with a group of other people.

Glossary of creative work with people and communities

Katharine Wheeler

Collaboration Sites we love

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Sample style guide

Storytelling PR

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Sample Memorandum of Understanding

Create Community Wealth

Collaboration Legal

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Sample Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion policy

Storytelling PR

Access Disability Equalities Inclusion Legal Policy

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