Potential Funding for your Podcast

The £1 million Scottish Government 'Scotland Loves Local' Fund aims to empower communities by enabling local delivery of projects and giving them support and guidance to help them achieve aims important to them. The fund encourages communities to ‘love local’, recognise the importance of their local areas, and actively engage in and develop them.Applications for the fund are open now and close at 5pm on Wednesday 25th November.The 'Scotland Loves Local' Fund will provide grants of between £500 and £5,000 and can include marketing and advertising.Applications are invited from constituted groups with bank accounts and suitable governance controls, and where a recovery plan has been agreed in partnership with the local authority. Examples of eligible groups are Chambers of Commerce, Trade Associations and Community Interest Companies.  Local authorities are also able to apply directly to the fund.If your organisation plans to apply for funding, you might wish to factor in the cost of commissioning in a podcast.You can now commission an episode(s) of OnFARM in order to expand your communications channels and reach new audiences with in-depth content.  A press release, feature article or short video can never convey the amount of quality information that can be communicated in a 35 or 40-minute podcast episode.Get in touch to find out more.