Contact your MSP
This action is particularly important before Creative Scotland publish the process for proposals to operate the ex-CCA venue but relevant up to any decision being made.
When you write to your own MSP they are obliged to respond. This is not the case with any other MSP including government ministers. Include your name as it appears on the Electoral Register, your address including postcode and your email in the text of the message to confirm your electoral constituency.
You can get the details of your current Constituency MSP here:
https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/find-your-msp
Make sure you get the correct spelling of their name and copy the email address. If you choose to send a postal letter use the address shown, which is likely to be The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP.
Below is a general template, though personalising with your own experiences and reason for writing will make the letter more effective. Keep it short, however, and make sure any requests to the MSP are clear, grouped together and easy to identify. Keep your language polite and respectful of the parliament. When sharing an opinion make sure to describe it as such and do not try to present it as a fact.
Your name as on the Electoral Register
Your address
Your email
[Name] MSP
via [email address]
[Date] 2026
Dear [Name] MSP
I am writing to express my continuing concern about the future use of the ex-Centre for Contemporary Arts building and the handling of keeping it as an arts venue by Creative Scotland.
I know that Expressions of Interest have been submitted to take over the building for cultural use, though the definition of ‘cultural use’ includes proposals that would be a substantial change in use of the building.
I’m also aware the Culture Secretary Màiri McAllan MSP has said in Parliament that it is her goal to see the venue back into use as soon as possible to serve “artists, audiences and communities in Glasgow”.
Internal Creative Scotland documents have recently been made public by a Freedom of information request by the Scottish Artists Union. They reveal how the Creative Scotland board have made it harder and more expensive to reopen 350 Sauchiehall Street as a cultural venue with decisions that have gone against recommendations from Creative Scotland staff including the decision that ‘the building should be sold as quickly as possible’.
I hope you agree that the ex-CCA building should remain a hub for making and showing multi-arts, its function is vital to a thriving arts scene in Glasgow and Scotland and that it is an important and accessible centre for the local as well as the arts community.
Unfortunately, I have lost faith in the management of this transition by Creative Scotland as evidenced by these recently published formal documents. The final decisions should include members of the arts community independent of Creative Scotland.
Stakeholders such as arts festivals, arts producers and representatives of the arts communities have not been consulted. Local community representatives have not been given an opportunity to contribute to the process, an important stage in the plans for a sustainable future for the venue.
We respectfully ask you to use your influence to ensure:
– independent cultural and community representation is built into the remaining process, assessment of options and final decision-making to ensure the trust of the stakeholders needed for a sustainable model,
– urgent action is taken to save the specialist and vital equipment in the venue that is still on sale, and
– time and support are given to develop knowledge of the community needs for the venue and for development of communication across the arts sectors.
Thank you for your interest and support during this complex issue.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Name]