these aims, where relevant to funding criteria required to provide information on engagement and access for people with protected characteristics and are assessed on this. All Regular Funding applicants were assessed and rated on their plans to address Equalities and Diversity. A new condition of funding for RFOs was instigated in 2016, and all funded organisations now have to submit EDI Action Plans. This is also embedded in the new RFO round for funding 2018-21. Provide equality assessment training to all staff involved in funding All staff involved in funding assessments and decision panels have undertaken Unconscious Bias training in 2014. The EDI Review in 2015 will lead to further equalities training for all Creative Scotland staff to ensure a consistent and informed approach to mainstreaming EDI. This is ONGOING. Unconscious Bias training has been provided for all assessors in 2017. >60% of all staff have now undertaken Unconscious Bias training. A comprehensive EDI training programme is being devised for delivery in 2017/18, with regular refresher courses. Improve monitoring, data collection and analysis to identify gaps and opportunities for mainstreaming, including protected characteristics of sexual orientation and transgender We have identified consistent and comprehensive data collection as a priority for CS and this is included in the EDI Review in 2015. Annual Return forms for funded organisations and applicant (individual and organisation) monitoring forms and end of project reporting are being reviewed, to include tracking of applicants and awardees with protected characteristics. We aim for a Disclosure rates continue to improve. All internal and external monitoring forms have been reviewed across the organisation for consistency and language etc. Guidance on data gathering, monitoring and analysis has been provided to Regularly Funded Organisations.
We will publish our funding decisions, and analysis by protected characteristic, from 2014/15, once improved data collection is in place. We are working to improve our reporting mechanisms and equality data collection in order to achieve this. Timescale: December 2015. ACHIEVED We are able to report the data by protected characteristics for funding decisions for the time in 2017. This information will be used as a BASELINE for our revised EDI outcomes and future reporting. Additional contributory actions Support a diverse arts sector through the artists and arts organisations we fund. An Equality Impact Assessment of the network of 119 Regularly Funded Organisations indicates that 14 organisations have a direct mission to address equalities and diversity, and 76.5% of funded organisations set out equalities provision in their proposed programmes. Disability, gender and age are addressed well, but gaps remain in BAME-led arts organisations. A programme to address BAME leadership is planned to start in 2015/16. LGBTI- focussed organisations and artists are project funded. There is significant activity provided by Regularly Funded Organisations and Minority ethnic leadership and representation in the arts, screen and creative industries continues to be a priority going forward. This is a clear target in our revised outcomes from 2017. A programme of Diversity Change Agents is developed in partnership with local authority areas. The growing inequality in Scotland today will continue to be a priority area for us to address, in partnership with other agencies. We will continue to monitor our funding to areas of deprivation (SIMD).
behind stage (technical, production, communications) and on stage (former Solar Bear Deaf apprentice EJ Raymond). Develop new partnerships between ‘mainstream’ and equality focussed organisations, particularly through our Promoting Equalities Programme (PEP), to develop understanding between different people. The PEP programme brought together a group of organisations reflecting different art forms, locations, and expertise in EDI. Organisations involved: Scottish Poetry Library Artlink (Edinburgh & Lothians) Enterprise Music Scotland Dundee Rep Scottish Dance Theatre Macrobert Glasgow Film. This programme successfully concluded in 2015. Mainstreaming is a requirement for all funded organisations and supported with EDI Action Plans. Support talent hubs focussing on equality groups (eg. dance and disability). In 2013-15, we funded Talent Hubs to develop disabled performers and offered apprenticeships and a youth employment programme. We continue to support a range of diverse talent development initiatives in screen eg , and . The Youth Arts Hubs (2013-16) supported partnerships between national and regional youth arts and youth service providers, to deliver youth arts provision across a range of art forms. Funded organisations support diverse talent development eg ’s Deaf theatre and theatre company’s work with emerging disabled actors.
Refresh our equalities vision to ensure there is a clear and consistent narrative to describe equalities in Creative Scotland. Guidance material for internal and external use will be produced during 2015 as an outcome of the EDI Review. Guidance, toolkit, surveys and EDI focussed events have ensured a higher profile for EDI throughout the organisation and the sectors in which we work. Use equality data and analysis more effectively to inform planning, policy development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation. Analysis of equality data collected during the Regular Funding process supported decision making. An Equality Impact Assessment influenced the development of our new PDR process. The Impact Assessment of Regular Funding highlighted the gaps to be addressed with new approaches from 2015 e.g. lack of BAME leadership in the arts in Scotland. This is ONGOING Revise our Equality Impact Assessment process, and train our Board, SMT and Portfolio Managers to analyse the intended, and actual, impact of our corporate activity. Training for Board members and senior leadership team planned. This is ONGOING EqIAs have been completed for major funding programmes. The EqIA of Part Two of the Regularly Funded Organisations decision making process will be completed late in 2017.