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DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects in Lancashire

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Total: 200000

Individual: 50000

Minimum company size: 1

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Description
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with DCMS to invest up to £8 million in innovation projects. This programme has a regional focus.
The aim of this competition is to provide a package of targeted support to high growth creative businesses to scale, build investor networks and reach their potential. This funding is designed to help creative businesses explore new innovation projects as a stimulus for growth.

The 12 DCMS Create Growth Programme appointed regions are:

  • Greater Manchester
  • Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire
  • North East of England
  • West of England and Cornwall
  • South East
  • Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Greater Lincolnshire
  • Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
  • Hull & East Yorkshire
  • West Midlands
  • West Yorkshire
  • Devon
  • Hertfordshire
Your proposal must:
  • be from the creative industries
  • be from a micro, small or medium size enterprise registered or operational in an appointed 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
  • demonstrate how your business has either engaged with, or intends to engage with the ongoing regional support provided by the programme
The programme support comprises of three complementary strands:

  • business support targeted at the creative industries
  • finance
  • investor capacity building activities

This competition is split into 2 strands:
Strand 1: DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: small projects

This strand is focused on small scale creative projects of costs between £20,000 and £50,000 and is 100% funded.
Strand 2: DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects (this strand)
This strand is focused on larger, more ambitious scale creative projects with total eligible costs between £50,000 and £200,000. This strand requires match funding.
You can apply to this programme once.
It is your responsibility to ensure you submit your application to the correct strand for your project. You will not be able to transfer your application and it will not be sent for assessment if it is out of scope.
In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.
This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.

Funding type
Grant

Project size
Total Project costs should be between £50,000 to £200,000, regardless of your business size.

Accessibility and Inclusion
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long-term condition and face barriers applying to us.
You can contact us at any time to ask for guidance.
We recommend you contact us at least 15 working days before this competition’s closing date to allow us to put the most suitable support in place. The support we can provide may be limited if you contact us close to the competition deadline.
You can contact Innovate UK by email or call 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm UK time, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Note that the closing date for this competition is 29 May and our offices will be closed 26 and 27 May.
Funding Expires 3 months from now

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