EVALUATION OF YOUTH ARTS FUND

1. Title: EVALUATION OF YOUTH ARTS FUND2. Awarding Authority: Creative Scotland, GB Email: enquiries@creativescotland.com.3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority requires an organisation or individual with the relevant skills, expertise and experience to deliver an independent evaluation of the overall impact of the Youth Arts Fund.In August 2020, the Scottish Government announced that the culture and heritage sectors in Scotland were to benefit from a £59 million funding package to protect jobs and help the industry weather the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.As part of this announcement, £4.25m was allocated to support youth arts and ensure creative opportunities for children and young people continue to exist across Scotland despite the COVID-19 pandemic.The development of the Youth Arts Fund was based predominantly on the existing principles and processes of the Youth Music Initiative (YMI), a Scottish Government programme administered by Creative Scotland that ensures children and young people in Scotland have access to high-quality music-making opportunities. There was an imperative to implement the Youth Arts Fund quickly in order to meet the immediate support needs of the youth arts sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing structures of YMI allowed Creative Scotland to distribute these emergency funds across the sector quickly and efficiently. There is also a wealth of information about the long-term impact of YMI (see annual impact reports) that supported understanding of how and why wider support for youth arts could be delivered.Creative Scotland requires an organisation or individual with the relevant skills, expertise and experience to deliver an independent evaluation of the overall impact of the Youth Arts Fund and a review of the processes implemented by Creative Scotland to deliver this.We will use these findings to understand the impact the Youth Arts Fund has had on children and young people, on freelance artists and creative practitioners and on the youth arts sector in Scotland. We will share the learning, illustrate any evidenced impact to a range of stakeholders and inform change to support continuous improvement.5. CPV Code(s): 79419000, 731100006. NUTS code(s): UKM, UKM7, UKM757. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: location: All Scotland8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: The budget range for the project is £35,000 to £40,000 GBP including VAT10. The deadline is 29.4.2021 (12:00:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:’type%3D19’page%3D112. Other information: For the full brief please visit the Public Contracts Scotland website: ID=APR411624For further information, please contact awarding authority, or visit ID=APR411624TKR-202149-EX-1591011# funding opportunity# COVID-19