Hilary Nicholl, Artworks Scotland Manager and former director at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop presents 'Making the Case', for support of creative spaces.

1. Making the Case

23. collaborations and partnerships are important, whether informal amongst artists, or formally amongst organisations - the more formal though, the more time and effort to maintain so factor this in to planning
let the facts and figures speak: be realistic about budgets, count everything, put monitoring in place to keep making the case
think about your structure; roles, responsibilities, who is deciding what, managing who, how you support each other, keep a paper trail to formalise what is agreed
keep the vision for your project as clear and simple as you can, and don’t promise to take on too much
artists activity at a grass roots level is an incredibly important part of the arts infrastructure - it’s where most organisations come from
a good written plan is key: telling a clear, compelling story about who you are, what you want to do, what is the need and how you will address it