Projects funded to date
To date, Creative Central NCL has awarded almost £350,000 to projects all aiming to give artists and creative professionals the skills they need to make a living in Newcastle, without taking on second or third jobs or living precariously.
Creative Central NCL Funding Outline
Creative Central NCL will fund a range of projects, in general they will all need to fall into the following categories:
- Business Support: projects which identify what businesses need and facilitate that, whether it’s through new funding initiatives or by connecting businesses with existing scheme in the city.
- Skills & Knowledge: projects which give creative people, businesses and independent artists new skills or knowledge to start or develop their practice or careers.
- Place: projects which establish, develop or celebrate the geography of Creative Central NCL, to change the physical look and feel of the location and to support people or business to locate themselves there.
- Participation: projects which connect creative people, businesses and independent artists with communities to embed arts, culture and creativity, widen who gets to be involved and create more opportunities for artists.
Developing Skills & Knowledge
The first round of funded projects chosen to develop skills and knowledge among the artistic and creative community, will support over 600 artists and creatives over the coming 12 months.
- Beacon Films, Fresh Creatives, to support neurodivergent or learning disabled people in filmmaking.
- Creative Heritage Studios & Newcastle University Business School, Commercialise Without Compromise, to support creative makers to develop their business and income.
- Generator, Create Amplify, to keep musicians in Newcastle by giving them the skills they need to make a sustainable living from their talent.
- Helix Arts, Artists’ Agency Newcastle, a 12-week training course to develop skills to develop and manage participatory arts projects – with a particular focus on public art and urban regeneration.
- Junction Point, Art with Purpose, support, training, mentoring and funding for 60 artists to use their art for good.
- Moving Arts Management, Open Inbox, Micro Commissions & Reviewers Programme, ad-hoc, specific and bespoke advice to individual creatives, artists and groups working in the North East (Sophie Halford pictured above)
- Newcastle Arts Centre, Brass Tacks, to support artists with every aspect of bringing an art exhibition to fruition.
- North East Cultural Freelancers, Cultural Leadership Programme, to support freelancers to develop their leadership skills
- The Prince’s Trust, Get Creative, support young people in skills and confidence development to enable them to make a career in the creative industries.
- Alphabetti Theatre, Dark Arts of How to get programmed, Fundraising, Community & Marketing, inclusive professional workshop for performance and theatre makers.
- Digital Voice, Corridor to a Creative Future, a practical digital training course for cohorts of young people to learn the craft of backstage digital roles related to filmmaking.
- Project North East, The Sustainable Creative, a 9-month project to help creative and cultural entrepreneurs start a creative business in Newcastle.