SURGE is a unique organisation. For one, it is the only outdoors arts organisation in Scotland who are a Regular Funded Organisation with Creative Scotland. According to their director, Alan Richardson, they wish that was not so.
The precarious nature of street arts in Scotland is, according to Richardson, defined by Surge being granted “about 0.25% of the Regular Funded Organisation funding.”, it is absolutely appalling. In fact, in England since The Elephant, has been held in such high regard,” Richardson said. “We also do community street theatre and take some acts out who work with communities, then after a few days they perform in their local festival.
“We are quite well connected across Europe so programmers will come here but also it is about bringing two or three international acts for the artists here to get a chance to look at work that is not being made in Scotland.” Volunteering is increasingly part of the funding processes: “You are always asked on funding applications about volunteers, so it is important, but because we are a development agency, we are very aware of what the difference is between hiring a professional and hiring a volunteer. We don’t have volunteers covering work which we should be paying for. We are now paying some of the volunteers because they keep coming back.
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