Funding Socials: Arts, Culture & Heritage Edition
05 Nov 2025, 10:00 - 13:30
- Tayside, Central and Fife
- Support
- Funding Socials
- Arts
- Culture
Funding Socials is an inspiring in-person event series for charity and social enterprise leaders seeking fresh ideas and connections to boost income generation.
Funding Socials is an inspiring in-person event series for charity and social enterprise leaders seeking fresh ideas and connections to boost income generation.
Our upcoming session in Dundee will take place at the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre and is especially tailored for organisations working in the arts, culture, and heritage sector.
You’ll hear directly from both funders and a local organisation successfully raising funds, gaining practical insights you can apply in your own work.
This event is all about helping you bridge the gap — connecting with funders and building peer networks that can support you on your funding journey.
When registering, please share a little about you and your organisation. This will help us connect you with the most relevant funding, investment, and support opportunities at the Funding Socials event.
Kieran Daly of Social Investment Scotland will facilitate the session, ensuring the event is informal, accessible, and welcoming.
We are delighted to welcome a range of guest speakers and funders from across the sector, with support from Lauren Arthur, Engagement Manager at The National Lottery Heritage Fund, and Esme Leitch, Place, Partnerships & Communities Officer at Creative Scotland. Additional funders will also be joining us – details to be confirmed.
Your hosts:
Kieran Daly, Head of Market Building, Social Investment Scotland
Kieran started his career as a youth worker at The Prince’s Trust, devising and delivering training programmes. He has held senior management roles in business development for a range of arts, volunteering and youth organisations for over 15 years.
Kieran was Chief Operating Officer at food waste and food poverty fighting organisation, FoodCycle. While there, he grew the organisation’s presence from 14 to 30 locations around England in under two years, through a social franchising model.
Most recently, Kieran was Scotland Manager for Big Issue Invest, where he delivered a multi-agency partnership, engaging the private, public and third sectors in mentoring and lending money to early-stage social ventures. He is a keen cyclist who enjoys giving back by being on the Board of Social Enterprise Scotland.