<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="" id="page-title">Creative Scotland commits to promoting Scots language</h1>
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<div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p>A new writer-in-residence based at the National Library of Scotland will lead Creative Scotland’s drive to promote the language.</p>
</div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><img src="http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/sites/artsprofessional.co.uk/files/styles/551_by_350_feature/public/6855538268_d698f73704_z.jpg?itok=JE87_eqD" alt="Photo of someone writing" height="350" width="551"></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="">Photo: </div><div class=""><div class="">Caleb Roenigk (CC BY 2.0)</div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p>Creative
Scotland is investing £50k in a writer-in-residence programme to help
promote the Scots language. The move is part of its new <a href="http://www.creativescotland.com/resources/our-publications/plans-and-strategy-documents/scots-language-policy" target="_blank">Scots Language Policy</a>, which outlines its commitment to supporting the language that 1.5 million people in Scotland can speak.</p>
<p>The ‘Scots Scriever’ will be based at the National Library of
Scotland. During a two-year residency, the role will be split between
creating new work in Scots and promoting the language. Creative Scotland
hopes it will be a “highly visible” role, working across the cultural
sector, communities and schools. The Scriever will also help Creative
Scotland create a ‘Scots awareness and training programme’ for its
staff, partners and the organisations it funds.</p>
<p>In its policy the funding body commits to working with partners “to
showcase the value of Scots in the arts, screen and creative industries,
nationally and internationally”. It also plans to increase the use of
the language in its communications, and funding applications will now be
accepted in Scots.</p>
<p>Jenny Niven, Head of Literature, Publishing and Languages at Creative
Scotland said: “We have provided support for Scots across a range of
art forms for many years now including literature, theatre, music and
film. What this policy does, however, is provide focus for our efforts
to support the language in all its variants and dialects, generating a
sense of renewed energy and intent.”</p>
</div></div></div><div class=""><div class="">Author(s): </div><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/profile/frances-richens">Frances Richens</a><br><br><a href="http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/creative-scotland-commits-promoting-scots-language">http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/creative-scotland-commits-promoting-scots-language</a><br></div></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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