A new programme developed by the Design Council to help you get full value from design. It will give you the skills you need to spot how design can boost performance and it will help you seize new-found design opportunities.
The Freelance Fees Guide from the National Union of Journalists site contains helpful information on recommended rates for freelance journalists, writers, photographers and designers, as well as general advice for freelancers working in these areas.
Advantage Creative Fund is a £5 million venture capital fund set up specifically to assist the growth of the creative industries in the West Midlands by investing in creative businesses.
One of the largest independent grantmaking foundations in the UK, making grants of £26 million across the UK per year. Grants are made in four programme areas: Arts and Heritage, Education, Environment and Social Development.
A lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities & awarding grants of £500 to £5000 to projects enabling people to take part in art, sport, heritage & community activities & projects promoting education, the environment & health in the local community.
Support, advice and encouragement for companies in the East of England wanting to develop new products, services and ways of doing business. Contact them to see how they might be able to help.
If you have a technology-based product, these people could help you with funding or development. They have a searchable database of companies, universities and research institutions from 31 European countries.
Providers of venture capital investment for businesses that can show significant growth potential and are based in, or conduct their business in, the East of England.
Shell Springboard provides awards of up to £40,000 for a small number of UK businesses who submit the most compelling plans for a product or service which helps combat climate change.
Four x Four in Schools supports teams of students who have to design and build remote controlled vehicles which will negotiate a course and pass electronic tests.
Formula Student, run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, challenges you to design, build, develop, market and compete as a team with a small single-seater racing car.
