Creative networks bring people together to create collaboration and growth in their local and regional creative industries.
They are place-based initiatives working with multiple creative industry sectors.
These networks have dedicated staff to support both creative individuals and organisations to thrive.
You can find out where these networks are across the UK and more about what they offer using this map:
Last updated: January 2022. Contact us at creativecardiff@cardiff.ac.uk or on 02920 876188 to let us know if you run a creative place-based network that we can add to the map or if you would like to be connected to a network to collaborate.
Creative Cardiff brought together many of these networks for the first time in September 2020 to make introductions, share knowledge and discuss how to collaborate.
In collaboration with these networks, Creative Cardiff then produced Joining the Dots - a research report from Dr Marlen Komorowski, Sara Pepper OBE and Professor Justin Lewis - to better understand the value of creative networks.
You can find out more about the research process from attendee Dr Jenny Kidd here.
We also recorded our sharing of the findings and recommendations with creative network leaders and policy makers:
