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WHALE Arts to become one of Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Funded Organisations 

03/02/2025 By Whale Arts

child smiling while taking part in athe kind of creative activity at WHALE Arts funded by Creative Scotland Multiyear Funding

WHALE Arts has been successful in its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. We will be joining the MYF Portfolio for the first time, which this time has seen 251 organisations across the country awarded funding.

WHALE Arts CEO Kate Griffin said:

We are extremely pleased and thankful that WHALE Arts has received multi-year funding from Creative Scotland to continue delivering our creative programme for our community. This support ensures that we can keep providing meaningful, inclusive, and inspiring opportunities for local people to connect, create, and thrive. With this investment, we look forward to deepening our impact, nurturing our artists and celebrating the creativity of our community.

Congratulations to our partners who also received funding! Starcatchers, Sistema Scotland Travelling Gallery, Art in Healthcare, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival, Manipulate Arts, Push the Boat Out, Tortoise in a Nutshell, Theiya Arts and our Creative Community Hubs partners Craigmillar Now, North Edinburgh Arts and Lyra. Looking forward to more collaborations 2025-2028!

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WHALE Arts is …

... the cultural anchor organisation for Wester Hailes. We are a community-led arts charity and social enterprise, set up by local people in 1992. Our mission is to be the creative heart of a vibrant, thriving community.

WHALE Arts

30 Westburn Grove,
Edinburgh,
EH14 2SA
0131 458 3267
info@whalearts.co.uk

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WHALE Arts to become one of Creative Scotland’s Multi-Year Funded Organisations 

WHALE Arts has been successful in its application to Creative Scotland for Multi-Year Funding for 2025-28. We will be joining the MYF Portfolio for the first time, which this time has seen 251 organisations across the country awarded funding. WHALE Arts CEO Kate Griffin said: Congratulations to our partners who also received funding! Starcatchers, Sistema […]

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