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The Scottish Executive's report 'Building a Better Scotland' outlines the spending proposals for Scotland for 2003-2006, part of this being the development of a National Cultural Strategy 'Creating our future...minding our past'

Major bodies who offer funding:

• New Opportunities Fund (NOF) "...award grants to education, health and environment projects throughout the UK..."
• Heritage Lottery Fund "...give grants to support a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom..."
• Scottish Community Foundation "...funding for locally based charities and community groups..."
• Scottish Arts Council "...provide both funding and advice on applying for funding, and work at both a national and local level..."
• The Community Fund "...distribute money raised by the Lottery to support charities and voluntary groups..."

Resources for funding projects within Scotland:

• Fair Share programme "... the programme is made up of two strands and has been developed jointly by the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund..."
• Equal Opportunities "... Scottish Arts Council is working to bring the arts closer to everyone in Scotland..."

General resources for funding:

• Lottery Good Causes allows you to search over different sectors of funding opportunities, be it health, education or sport.
• Scottish Community Foundation offers grants for locally based charities and community groups.
• The Scottish Music Centre offers advice on funding opportunities for musicians.