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Creative Coathanger (CC)



Sustainable creative business development in the Scottish Borders, by creatives, for creatives.



Creative Coathanger is a small group of creatives in the Scottish Borders who are working towards a more sustainable, resilient future for the creative industries (CI) in the Scottish Borders. It is run by creatives, for creatives.


See ‘Who’ for Creative Coathanger’s current team

Why



Creative Coathanger started life as a project to help reenergise the town centre in Galashiels. Its inaugural Everything Festival in 2016 attracted contributions from artists all over the Borders, as well as support and funding from organisations including Creative Scotland, Being Human Festival, VisitScotland, Historic Scotland, Borders Community Rail Partnership, Arts & Business Scotland, Moving Image Makers Collective, Alchemy Film Festival, The National Galleries, Live Borders and Heriot-Watt University, as well as many local businesses.



Who


Creative Coathanger is a small group of creatives in the Scottish Borders who are working towards a more sustainable, resilient future for the creative industries (CI) in the Scottish Borders. It is run by creatives, for creatives. See ‘Who’ for Creative Coathanger’s current team.

Meet the Creative Coathanger Team

Community


Creative Coathanger (CC) community group was set up to galvanise creative and cultural activity in Galashiels on the re-opening of the Borders railway in 2015. Its track record includes the Borders-wide Everything Creative Festival in 2016 Borders; UK-wide Being Human Festival with Mapping the Borders; Making Festival at Venue 50 in Galashiels.

Previous projects

support



During the pandemic, Creative Coathanger hosted the online Cultural Forum to support creatives when Creative Scotland-funded CABN support was withdrawn by Live Borders, and continue to do so and work collaboratively with others to run the Forum. We were also active in creative union lobbying for better pay and conditions for creatives, whose work realities were exposed by the pandemic.



our members



Our members are highly experienced creatives working at the interface of creative industries, youth employment, school and university education and research, and the third sector. Some of us have been artform advocates for Creative Arts Business Network (CABN), and we’ve worked actively with national arts organisations. We share CABN’s values of sustainable livelihoods, current skills access, supportive networking, and entrepreneurial training for the creative sector. We are particularly passionate about people’s potential in the Scottish Borders, and the need for dedicated creative sector support to overcome barriers to industry for creatives and young creatives in rural areas.



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