Speaking at the event were:
- Damon Bonser – The British Design Fund
The British Design Fund provides investment and mentoring to early-stage product design and manufacturing businesses based out of the UK. The UK has the second largest design sector in the world, and the largest in Europe. It produces some of the world’s leading inventors and product innovators. However, despite this heritage, there is a significant funding gap for early-stage businesses within this sector. The British Design Fund addresses this gap.
If you are an innovative product design or hardware start-up, with a clear understanding of your market and the compelling need you are meeting, then we would love to speak to you. BDF invests £150k cash and provides an extensive programme of mentoring and support.
- Victoria Harris – SETsquared Scale UP programme
The SETsquared Scale Up programme (a collaboration between Cardiff, Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey Universities) has support that can be accessed to develop bids, i.e. funding awards and can be used for bid writing, consortia partnership development and workshops and project management.
You can find out more about both opportunities by following the links above.
Opportunities shared from the community included:
- Eat Sleep Media (ESM) can offer video and audio production services, digital content, radio shows and much more. ESM currently needs help creating bespoke GIFs, filters, animations, and memes for social media platforms in line with a particular theme. If you think you can help, or have any enquiries to do with ESM, please send Dan an email: dan@eatsleep.media
- Helen has worked extensively across the animation industry as a consultant, producer, and executive working with some of the most creative names in animation. She is looking for any potential leads or recommendations for the awards and their social media needs. For more information, please check out helen@britishanimationawards.com
- Creative Communities Learning Lab offers accessible online learning modules for creative and cultural professionals around the world. The courses are designed with specific input from creative hub leaders and their communities in Southeast Asia and the UK. The initiative seeks to respond to the learning needs of creative hub leaders, artists, creative entrepreneurs, and cultural professionals. To learn more about it, visit: https://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/projects/creative-communities-learning-lab/
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