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Arts and Business East Midlands is the world's most successful creative network. It helps business people support the arts and the arts inspire business people. Please visit: www.aandb.org.uk (opens in a new window)
Arts Development. You can find out more through visiting the arts and entertainment section of this website.
Arts in the Peak offer a service that distributes news of events, funding and support to its members. It also aims to ensure that rural arts-based enterprises have a voice in strategies, polices and documents. For more information regarding membership please email Arts in the Peak at membership@artsinthepeak.org.uk or visit their website www.artsinthepeak.org.uk (opens in a new window)
Arts Training Central (ATC) is the regional training centre for the arts and creative industries in the East Midlands. It provides a range of facilities, advisory services and training programmes in support of professional development of artists, performers and creative practitioners in the region in ways that will help them to increase their prospects for income and employment. Please visit: www.artstrainingcentral.co.uk (opens in a new window)
Creative Industries Network (CIN) is run by, and for creative businesses in Derbyshire. It enables us collectively to have a stronger voice within Derbyshire's economy. CIN also offers the opportunity for creatives to mix informally, learn from each other, share skills and generate business. For details please visit: www.creative-cin.co.uk (opens in a new window)
Creative Launchpad offer creative businesses across Derbyshire the flexibility to select from any number of eleven short training seminars. These address a wide range of vital small business topics.
Held regularly in Derby at convenient times throughout the day, the seminars address key issues including financial management, networking, legal matters, project management and much more. The seminars are designed to complement each other and attending all eleven will provide you with an ILM Level 2 Qualification. Creative Launchpad also offer one to one mentoring.
For more information please contact Jon Archard on 01332368212 or email: j.archard@creativelaunchpad.co.uk
Design Factory (formally Connect UK) champions the regional craft and design sector creating a collective voice for the industry that is associated with high quality innovation and inspiration. The Design Factory markets and promotes a selected network of design-led makers and manufacturers encouraging the commercial and successful growth of creative businesses. www.designfactory.org.uk/ (opens in a new window)
Designer Forum has been set up as part of East Midlands Textile Association (EMTEX) to provide a variety of business and design support to designers, freelancers, companies, undergraduate and graduates operating within the East Midlands fashion and textiles industries. Please visit: www.emtex.org.uk/designerforum.asp (opens in a new window)
EM Media has both a strategic role in promoting the media and film industries and in supporting access, and a delivery role focusing on sustainable business growth. Please visit: www.em-media.org.uk (opens in a new window)
Focusing Creativity is a FREE business support programme offering a series of five jargon free workshops (opens in a new window), specialist mentoring and grant assistance. This is delivered by Derbyshire County Council in partnership with the Derbyshire Enterprise Agency.
The purpose of the programme is to enable you to achieve balance of being creative with running a business. From Web Design to Visual Art, Advertising to Music, if you are creative we want to hear from you. All support is delivered by arts and creative industry specialists. To check your eligibility or to apply please contact Janet Howett on 01246 207207 or email janet.howett@dncc.co.uk .
For further information please visit the Focusing Creativity website www.focusingcreativity.co.uk (opens in a new window)
The Greenhouse is the business network for the creative industries in Bolsover, Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire. This support also extends to the Nottinghamshire districts of Ashfield, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood.
The Greenhouse offers opportunities for creative businesses to network through a series of events but also offers a lot of its services through its website. There you will find details of latest news and events, funding and skills development opportunities, an online resource library with useful links and downloads. The site also offers creative businesses an opportunity to profile their company in an online business directory.
For more information please visit The Greenhouse website www.creativegreenhouse.co.uk (opens in a new window)
Print Media Graphics Network is a not-for-profit industry association driven by the needs of business to support and promote the East Midlands Print Media and Graphics sector in a number of ways. This includes profile raising, providing grants, training, seminars and conferences. They can also signpost print-related enterprises to other areas of support. Please visit: www.printsector.net (opens in a new window)
The Princes Trust run a creative industries initiative where creative enterprises, run by someone between the age of 18 and 30, may receive start-up support including a low interest loan, ongoing and specialist advice, networking opportunities and more. For eligibility criteria and more information please visit: www.princestrust.org.uk (opens in a new window)
Shoutout is designed to be the voice of East Midlands Creativity, providing resources, networking opportunities and powerful promotion for the creative industries across the East Midlands region. For details please visit: www.shoutout.info (opens in a new window)
