Welcome to COMPASS: Online

COMPASS is Craft Scotland’s learning and development programme which delivers tailored support to the craft sector. Through this, we want to support craft talent and equip individuals with the necessary skills to create a thriving creative and business practice.

Building on the success of our cohort-based programmes started in 2018, Craft Scotland has developed COMPASS: Online to share insights from the programme and offer even more support to a greater number of makers, curators, educators and craft professionals.

Makers, curators, educators and craft professionals, find support to realise your ambitions and develop the skills you need to build a sustainable craft practice and business.

Craft Scotland’s COMPASS: Online platform offers an engaging and accessible environment for learning; with digital courses you can take at your own pace.

This free-to-access resource brings together knowledge from across the craft sector, drawing from a diverse range of perspectives, experiences and business models.

Explore insightful lessons developed in collaboration with experienced makers and industry experts on a wide range of topics including craft business models, routes to market and more holistic topics such as mental health and resilience.

Craft Scotland is the leading charity for Scottish contemporary craft. In our role as the national development agency, we champion making and craft as integral to Scotland’s cultural, economic and social wellbeing.

We deliver an annual programme of support for makers, curators, craft educators and support the wider craft ecology. We create opportunities for people to learn about, participate in, appreciate and buy craft, promoting the contribution of craft to Scotland’s communities.

Craft Scotland is a registered charity supported by Creative Scotland (Scottish Charity no. SC 039491, company no. SC 270245).

Address: Studio 6, Castle Mills, 2 Gilmore Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 9FN.
Website: www.craftscotland.org
Email: [email protected]

COMPASS programmes, including COMPASS: Online, are supported by the William Grant Foundation and Creative Scotland.

Craft Scotland and the content creators do not accept responsibility for any person acting or refraining to act as a result of any information provided through COMPASS: Online. It is not intended to be definitive information covering all aspects but is commentary about the craft sector, business support and creative practice development. The information provided on this platform will be compiled using every best endeavour of Craft Scotland and of those contributing to it.

COMPASS: Online Mighty Network users must not rely wholly on information given to decide on any specific course of action and must use their own judgement or seek appropriate professional or legal advice where appropriate to respond to their specific circumstances.

No liability, howsoever caused, for loss or damage of any kind resulting from information provided on this platform attached to Craft Scotland, any of its staff or those individuals who contributed to the articles, guides, videos, transcripts, webinars on COMPASS: Online or its content in respect of any fault, error, negligence, or omission.