Media Cymru: Greening the screen fund

UK registered organisations can apply for £75k-£250k to scale-up products, services or processes that will reduce the carbon footprint of the screen industry in the Cardiff Capital Region.

Opportunity Details

When

Registration Opens

18/09/2023

Registration Closes

01/11/2023

Award

Applicants can apply for grant funding between £75,000 and £250,000. This can cover up to 70% of project costs depending on project type and business size.

Organisation

Innovate UK

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Greening the Screen Cymru Scale-Up Fund is delivered by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), on behalf of Media Cymru and Ffilm Cymru Wales. Media Cymru is a consortium of 23 organisations led by Cardiff University. This competition is funded by UKRI Strength in Places and will invest up to £600,000. Media Cymru’s aim is to turn the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) into a global hub for media innovation with a focus on green and fair economic growth.

This competition aims to support UK registered organisations to scale-up sustainable products, services or processes that will green the screen industry in the CCR. Informed by BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal research, projects must reduce the negative impact the sector has on the environment. BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal focuses on delivering a zero-carbon and zero-waste future through key impact areas:

  • energy and fuel
  • transport
  • circular economy and waste, including catering
  • data capture and dissemination, expertise, technical insight, production planning, and reporting across the supply chain

There is also a parallel competition, the Media Cyrmu Scale Up Fund, in which you can apply for £100k-£250k to develop products, services or experiences for the media sector: click here for details.

  • The lead organisation may be based outside the CCR but justification must be made in your application as to why the project could not be led by an organisation from the CCR. If the lead organisation is based outside the CCR, you must collaborate with an organisation in the CCR.

    To lead a project your organisation must:

    • be a UK registered business of any size, community interest company (CIC) or not for profit
    • be based in the CCR or collaborate with at least one UK registered business, research organisation, public sector organisation or charity in the CCR
    • carry out the project work in the CCR

    Collaboration is encouraged within the following sectors and with micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the supply chain:

     

    • film, television and media
    • academia
    • technology, for example, IT, software, electronics and computer services
    • energy and fuel
    • transport
    • circular economy services and waste management, for example, production space and infrastructure, costumes, catering
    • manufacturing and materials, for example, set materials and props

    Academic institutions cannot lead or work alone.

    Project team

    To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:

    • business of any size
    • academic institution
    • charity
    • not for profit
    • public sector organisation
    • research and technology organisation (RTO)

    business, community interest company (CIC) or not for profit can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in two further applications.

    If a business, CIC or not for profit is not leading any application, it can collaborate in up to three applications.

    An academic institution or research and technology organisation (RTO) cannot lead but can collaborate on any number of applications.

  • Your project must:

    • have a primary focus within the film and media sector
    • demonstrate significant environmental benefit to the media industry, particularly the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
    • demonstrate a commercially viable business model or potential for long term financial sustainability
    • have a total grant funding request between £75,000 and £250,000
    • contribute match funding towards project delivery
    • last between 12 and 24 months
    • start by 1 April 2024
    • end by 31 March 2026
    • carry out at least 75% of its project work in the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR)
    • intend to exploit the results in the CCR
  • The aim of this competition is to support UK registered organisations to scale-up sustainable products, services and processes that will green the screen industry in the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR).

    Informed by BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal research, projects must reduce the negative impact the sector has on the environment. BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal focuses on delivering a zero-carbon and zero-waste future through key impact areas:

    • energy and fuel
    • transport
    • circular economy and waste, including catering
    • data capture and dissemination, for example, expertise, technical insight, production planning, and reporting across the supply chain

    Your project must:

    We will not fund projects that:

    • are early-stage research and development or feasibility studies
    • do not demonstrate the potential to positively impact on the environment of the CCR and Wales
    • do not demonstrate clear advancement of product, service or process such as technology and potential application or novel application of existing technology to solve environmental challenges
    • have disproportionate involvement of non-UK based partners or subcontractors

    (Other exclusions apply, see link below for a complete list)

  • Your project can align with one or more transformational opportunity areas identified in the BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal route map to sustainable film production:

    • production materials, for example, responsible procurement and reuse
    • energy and water, for example, alternatives to diesel, transport and generators, renewables, reduction, studio and equipment efficiency
    • studio buildings and facilities, for example, repurposing and smart building management
    • studio sites and locations, for example, changing modes of transport, reducing waste including catering and circular production
    • production planning, for example, digital collaboration tools, virtual planning and production, and shared infrastructure

    This list is not exhaustive.

  • An online briefing event will be held on 21st September 2023: click here to register for a place.

    If you would like help to find a collaboration partner, contact Emma McKenna, Nilam Banks, Phoebe Machin, or Kelly Botham from Innovate UK KTN’s Net Zero team.

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