Gaelic Officers Scheme
The 2025-28 round of the scheme closed at 3pm on Thursday, June 5th 2025.
Bòrd na Gàidhlig opened a new round of funding for the Gaelic Officers Scheme to support posts between 1 July 2025 and 31 March 2028 that will:
- Support day-to-day use of Gaelic in communities
- Further develop the rollout and implementation of community Gaelic language plans
- Support Gaelic centres and activity within them
- Engage in partnership working between organisations in delivering Gaelic services
The budget allocated to supporting posts via the Scheme is £600,000 in the current financial year.
More information about the scheme can be found below. Please contact Bòrd na Gàidhlig at tabhartas@gaidhlig.scot at any time if you have questions regarding the scheme or submitting an application.
Important Documents
Guidance for applicants (PDF / Web page)
Application form questions (Word format) – for use before an application is submitted through Fluxx.
Help with completing the application form (PDF)
FAQs (PDF)
Assessment Guidance (PDF)
Link to the application portal/form (on Fluxx)
Previous Funding Recipients
You can find information below on organisations that received support from the Gaelic Officers Scheme, as of July 2024:
Some of the PDFs on this page may not be screen-reader accessible. If you require any of these documents in an alternative format, please email oifis@gaidhlig.scot.