DCMS Create Growth Fund: Competition 3 Briefing

Overview

The Create Growth Programme is a DCMS supported programme delivered by Innovate UK that aims to support high-growth creative businesses in English regions.The regions covered by the programme are:

• Greater Manchester
• East Anglia
• North East
• South West (Cornwall, Bristol and Bath)
• South East
• East Midlands
• Nottingham
• Hull & East Yorkshire
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire
• Devon
• Hertfordshire

The aim of the programme is to help creative businesses in these regions to scale and become investment ready through a targeted support package with three complementary strands across bespoke business support, investor outreach activities and a finance fund.

About the event

Specific Themes

Innovate UK is providing a finance fund to help creative businesses in Create Growth Programme regions to explore new innovation projects that will stimulate growth and attract private investment. This fund will be made available through a grant competition.

This virtual briefing event will outline the programme further and provide attendees the chance to ask questions about what this opportunity can provide them.

UK registered micro and small businesses in the creative sector can apply for funding of up to £30,000 for innovation projects to grow their business.

Applicants must:

• be from the creative industries
• be from DCMS Create Growth Programme region
• focus on a clear growth opportunity and the proposed innovation to address it
• demonstrate the impact funding and support can have on the growth plan of  your business
• engage with the regional support if your application is successful