Get Investment Ready is designed to help creative businesses like yours. The programme will support you to develop the skills to secure investment so that you can achieve your ambitions for your company to grow. It is tailored to the needs of different creative disciplines, their respective markets, governance and distribution models.
Applications are now closed.
This programme is designed for businesses who are ambitious to grow and want to explore commercial investment pathways.
Coaching and Diagnostic: Businesses will be offered a mentoring session at the beginning and midway through the programme with the aim of defining and refining their ambitions for investment. At the end of the programme businesses will undertake a diagnostic with a panel of investment mentors who will provide individual feedback and referrals for future activity.
Ethical Equity Simulator: A six-month subscription to a unique piece of software that enables users to learn about the different types of investment from a practical point of view. The Simulator encourages founders to put themselves in an investors’ shoes and experience commercial investment from their perspective. This is an enjoyable way of learning and can provide invaluable insight in preparation for pitching, networking and negotiating within the investment community.
Cohort Workshops: Businesses will take part in a series of in person and online workshops that are designed to unlock their commercial capacity and describe routes to investment and growth. Content covered will include:
Applications are now closed.
Stage 2 is an intensive investment readiness programme for businesses who are ambitious to get commercial investment.
For Stage 1, you will need to say yes to the following questions:
For Stage 2, you will need to say yes to the following questions:
If you do not yet have a registered business and are a sole trader there is still time to get some advice about registering a business and taking that first step. Creative UK are working with partners to provide webinars and advice drop ins over the next two months so you can be eligible for the programme. Learn more on our events page.
Applications are now closed.
This programme is designed for businesses who are ambitious to grow and want to explore commercial investment pathways.
Coaching and Diagnostic: Businesses will be offered a mentoring session at the beginning and midway through the programme with the aim of defining and refining their ambitions for investment. At the end of the programme businesses will undertake a diagnostic with a panel of investment mentors who will provide individual feedback and referrals for future activity.
Ethical Equity Simulator: A six-month subscription to a unique piece of software that enables users to learn about the different types of investment from a practical point of view. The Simulator encourages founders to put themselves in an investors’ shoes and experience commercial investment from their perspective. This is an enjoyable way of learning and can provide invaluable insight in preparation for pitching, networking and negotiating within the investment community.
Cohort Workshops: Businesses will take part in a series of in person and online workshops that are designed to unlock their commercial capacity and describe routes to investment and growth. Content covered will include:
Applications are now closed.
Stage 2 is an intensive investment readiness programme for businesses who are ambitious to get commercial investment.
For Stage 1, you will need to say yes to the following questions:
For Stage 2, you will need to say yes to the following questions:
If you do not yet have a registered business and are a sole trader there is still time to get some advice about registering a business and taking that first step. Creative UK are working with partners to provide webinars and advice drop ins over the next two months so you can be eligible for the programme. Learn more on our events page.
What is the application process?
Applications are now closed.
What is the application process?
Applications are now closed.
Find out more in our upcoming online explainer and Q&A webinars or join Suzie in person at one of our Cakey Tea events. Find out more on our events page.
What is the application process?
Applications are now closed.
What is the application process?
Applications are now closed.
Find out more in our upcoming online explainer and Q&A webinars or join Suzie in person at one of our Cakey Tea events. Find out more on our events page.
The first phase of Cornwall’s Create Growth Programme is officially underway!
In July 2023, this intensive, six-month support scheme kicked off with a launch event held at Newlyn Art Gallery welcoming each of the 15 creative businesses taking part in 2023’s inaugural cohort, Kernow Awenek Onan (Creative Cornwall One).
With a diverse range of subsectors spanning across film, fashion, design, music and more, we are confident that this first cohort will pave the way for many more successful businesses to come. We cannot wait to see the growth and success that these 15 businesses will achieve through this programme.
The cohort came together for the first time in September 2023 at Newquay Orchards for workshops, conversations and the start of some fantastic collaboration between the businesses. A truly exciting day, with some sunshine to match. The cohort for Kernow Awenek Dew (Creative Cornwall Two) spans a diverse range of creative industry subsectors, including screen, live arts and production, marketing and design, fashion and visual arts, and apps and content.
DCMS Create Growth Fund Competition 3
UK registered micro, small or medium enterprises in the creative sector, in twelve specified regions of England, can apply for £10k-£30k for innovation projects to grow their business via Innovate UK.
Learn more about the opportunity and how to apply at Innovate UK’s website.
The first phase of Cornwall’s Create Growth Programme is officially underway!
In July 2023, this intensive, six-month support scheme kicked off with a launch event held at Newlyn Art Gallery welcoming each of the 15 creative businesses taking part in 2023’s inaugural cohort, Kernow Awenek Onan (Creative Cornwall One).
With a diverse range of subsectors spanning across film, fashion, design, music and more, we are confident that this first cohort will pave the way for many more successful businesses to come. We cannot wait to see the growth and success that these 15 businesses will achieve through this programme.
The cohort came together for the first time in September 2023 at Newquay Orchards for workshops, conversations and the start of some fantastic collaboration between the businesses. A truly exciting day, with some sunshine to match. The cohort for Kernow Awenek Dew (Creative Cornwall Two) spans a diverse range of creative industry subsectors, including screen, live arts and production, marketing and design, fashion and visual arts, and apps and content.
DCMS Create Growth Fund Competition 3
UK registered micro, small or medium enterprises in the creative sector, in twelve specified regions of England, can apply for £10k-£30k for innovation projects to grow their business via Innovate UK.
Learn more about the opportunity and how to apply at Innovate UK’s website.
In our continued efforts to celebrate the Creative Industries in Cornwall, we want to introduce the five Cornwall based winners of DCMS Create Growth Fund: Competition 1 as issued by Innovate UK
In our continued efforts to celebrate the Creative Industries in Cornwall, we want to introduce the five Cornwall based winners of DCMS Create Growth Fund: Competition 1 as issued by Innovate UK
Still have questions? Look at our FAQ’s document HERE.