COVE Park on the Rosneath peninsula is one of a dozen arts projects across the country to benefit from a recent round of funding from the Scottish Government.

More than 30 opportunities for early career artists and creative practitioners aged 18-24 are being supported throughout Scotland thanks to a new Youth Arts Bursaries scheme provided by Creative Scotland.

Twelve organisations have been awarded more than £270,000 to enable them to offer early career creatives the space, support, and platform to research, instigate, develop and share their creative projects.

Cove Park has received a total award of £30,000 from the initiative, and the wide range of bursaries on offer includes opportunities in visual arts, digital, crafts and traditional arts sectors.

Culture minister Jenny Gilruth said: “This funding will help talented young people across Scotland who have been significantly impacted by the challenges they’ve faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Supporting young people is central to our approach to Covid-19 recovery and it’s good to see that these bursaries have been shaped by the young people themselves to develop specific projects to advance their artistic careers.”

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