Funding, training and career development opportunities
Monthly round-up of funding, training and career development opportunities for UK creative organisations, businesses and freelancers.
👓 Innovate UK is bringing together Unscripted TV professionals and video game developers for The Games x TV Formats Exchange, a one-day workshop in London on May 8 to spark new collaborations on content for multiple platforms.
https://lnkd.in/eq32yF9t
🚀 Applications are open for a free career development programme from Creative Equals aimed at helping disabled and neurodivergent creatives get back to work in the advertising, marketing or design industry.
*Apply by May 3*
https://lnkd.in/e2mDR5CR
🏺 Craft Scotland is accepting applications for the Inches Carr Craft Bursaries 2024, open to makers living and working in Scotland. There are two types of Bursary available: Emerging Maker (less than 5 years of practice) and Established Maker (over 5 years of practice).
*Apply by May 7*
https://lnkd.in/eH9wsA2k
🎮 The British Film Institute (BFI) National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund is looking for innovative proposals to meet two challenges faced by the video games industry: collecting and publishing useful open data on the industry and supporting emerging under-represented developers to bring their products to market.
*Apply by Monday 20 May*
https://lnkd.in/eAv4GzyY
🎧 Women and gender diverse artists who are innovators in the fields of music, sound and related technologies can apply for the Oram Awards 2024, run by the PRS Foundation and The Radiophonic Institute. Winners receive a development bursary and will have access to The Oram Awards Mentoring Programme.
*Apply by 4 June*
https://lnkd.in/ejsbPQZv
⚒ Heritage Crafts is offering 27 training bursaries to talented new entrants and early-career practitioners, who might otherwise be lost to the heritage crafts sector as a result of not being able to afford hands-on craft training at a key moment in their early career.
*Apply by 5 July*
https://lnkd.in/eW6hGxfB
Further details here
