DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition
Closing Date: 29/05/2025
Micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector can apply for grants for innovation projects to grow their business in 12 appointed regions of England.
The aim of the Create Growth Programme is to provide a package of targeted support to high growth creative businesses, to scale, build investor networks and reach their potential. The funding is designed to help creative businesses explore new innovation projects as a stimulus for growth.
Support is targeted at businesses that are registered or operational in an appointed Create Growth Programme region:
- Greater Manchester
- Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
- North East of England
- West of England and Cornwall
- South East Coast
- Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Greater Lincolnshire
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
- Hull and East Yorkshire
- West Midlands
- West Yorkshire
- Devon
- Hertfordshire
The competition is split into two strands:
- Strand 1: DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: small projects
- Strand 2: DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4: large projects
| Funding body | Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) |
|---|---|
| Maximum value | £200,000 |
| Reference ID | S53731 |
| Category | Arts, Culture & Heritage Business Support Research & Development |
| Fund or call | Fund |