Creative England

I was told to have a look into an organisation called Creative England. This is an organisation that promote and assist talent through online resources, events and information that is available to the masses. Here is what they are all about:

Creative England is dedicated to the growth of the creative industries.

We invest in talented people and their creative ideas, nurturing our richly diverse games, TV, film and digital media industries. From direct investment and soft loans to business mentoring; we champion the best ideas of talented people and their businesses.

As a not-for-profit organisation we mobilise public and private resources to garner as much support and investment for the creative industries as possible. We work with a wide range of partners and investors from commercial brands and companies such as Google, Facebook and KPMG to local authorities, cultural bodies and universities, national government, and the European Commission.

What we do

Grow talent and businesses

Address market failure and raise ambition

Build the right climate for creative industries to thrive

Why we do it

Because England's creative businesses are already a big success.

They generate jobs, profile and value. They drive innovation. We can help raise their ambition further .

But some are under-capitalised and under-skilled. They need better access to mentoring, infrastructure, business planning, finance, markets, new ideas and wider networks. 

Because there is a damaging inequality of access to these things between London and the rest of the country, talent is wasted, opportunities are lost. We believe London's world position should benefit the whole country.

How we do it

We don't just invest money; we provide a ‘money plus' service. We are building strong, long-term relationships with industry and our partners. We provide practical support for film and TV production; organise networking and events; provide mentoring, information and business advice. We connect and combine local knowledge with national and international reach.

We help grow talent and businesses

We help secure a sustainable infrastructure of support for creative companies outside London

We identify new and expanding markets for creative content

We promote the creative talent of the English regions to the world

We champion the economic and cultural contribution of the creative industries

This is a more general organisation who try and help all forms of talent in England and not just animation. This makes some of the information inappropriate to my practice and the direction I am going, but they do have a very good table of events to do with creativeness, including the E3 dates, this is something I would very much like to attend due to the passion I have for video games but also my will to enter into the industry which could be a perfect place to possibly network or even just meet some of the amazing people in my favourite games companies.

So its not an organisation I am going to keep a constant watch over, but rather dip into when I need some creative guidance or inspiration if ever I need it.