NHS Digital Fund
Funded by Creative England’s Regional Growth Fund, and managed by Creative England in partnership with NHS England, the NHS Digital Fund aims to improve cross sector collaboration and innovations, and open up practical opportunities for creative businesses to work with business clusters in other sectors (e.g. healthcare).
This Fund will focus on web and mobile and tablet applications focussing on the following clinical areas:
- Quality of care
- Caring for people with dementia
- People with long-term conditions
- Mortality rates from the major diseases
These priority areas are reflected in NHS England’s business plan for 2013/14 to 2015/16, Putting Patients First.
The Fund totals £250,000, and will be made available via investments of £50,000 per application on a revenue-share basis. These loans will be matched 50/50 by the applicant company, sharing the development costs.
The successful companies will also have access to a ring-fenced place on the prestigious Design Councils’ Design Leadership Programme, a national support programme helping UK businesses use design to improve performance.
Click here to read the NHS Digital Fund FAQs
Download the NHS Digital Fund guidelines
Friday 7 June 2013: Deadline for registrations of interest
Friday 19 July 2013: Full application deadline
Friday 23 August 2013: Successful applicants notified by
September 2013: Project begins
Click here to submit your registration of interest
Email questions or requests for further information to business@creativeengland.co.uk
Creative Skills For Life
The Creative Skills For Life competition fund supports development projects that use digital technology to give young people being treated for cancer and other life-limiting or life-threatening conditions the chance to explore their creative potential via the Creative Skills For Life (CSL) programme.
CSL is a ground breaking arts therapy programme, designed to enable young people to explore their creative potential as a catalyst for healing and personal development. The initiative is a direct response to a new Government NHS Mandate which includes:
- Enhancing quality of life for people with long-term conditions
- Improving standards of care and not just treatment
- Seizing the opportunities of new technology
The Health Secretary says giving people control over their own care through information technologies will save the country £3 on every £1 spent.
The fund is targeted at creative businesses who wish to bring innovative concepts or prototypes to success in the market place in support of CSL.
Proposals such as mobile apps, or the development of a new game for tablet or mobile, may all be eligible for funding.
The fund totals £100,000 and will be made available via investments of £10,000 per application.
Read the CSL application guidelines
The deadline for applications is midnight on Friday 5 July 2013.
Email questions or requests for further information to business@creativeengland.co.uk
The Development Fund - THIS IS NOW CLOSED
New funds to support talent development, production and business growth will be launched in Autumn 2013.
The Development Fund is open to individual writers, writer/directors and/or producers based in the English regions for the development of all types of feature films, including animation and documentary. Applications are also invited from writer/director/producer teams. Funding is available for the costs of developing a screenplay (or the equivalent for documentaries) such as research costs, writer’s fees, script editor/developer support and script readings.
Funding is also available for screenplays that are ready to be presented to potential financiers, to help with budgeting, scheduling, casting, producing teaser trailers/pilots, and other expenses associated with raising finance and generating sales and distribution interest.
The Development Fund totals £250,000 in its current round. Awards will range from £2,500 to £25,000.
For more information contact talent@creativeengland.co.uk
Advantage Media Production Fund
FEBRUARY 2013 UPDATE
Dancing on the Edge. Six part period drama from Ruby Films for BBC.
The Advantage Media Production Fund was set up in 2007 to support the development of the West Midlands as a hub for filmmaking in the UK and to provide access to finance for SMEs active in this sector.
Investments into feature film and television productions have so far included Nativity 2, Hustle, One Mile Away, Line of Duty and Dancing on The Edge, amongst others.
The Fund is financed through a combination of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF), UK Government-sponsored Regional Development Funding (RDA) and recoupment from the earlier West Midlands Production Fund.
Who can apply?
Here and Now - Small But Tall Films
The Fund can only accept submissions from production companies who have been actively trading for six months or more, have a permanently staffed base in the West Midlands[1] and are a qualifying SME under existing EU definitions[2]
Companies must have a strong track record in the production of moving image content.
What is the deadline?
This is a rolling fund so there is no deadline for submissions. It will continue to operate until all investment monies have been committed.
What can I apply for?
You may apply for an investment into the production of television drama or a feature film. The Fund is not currently looking to support other forms of TV, short films or games.
Individual investments will typically be between £50,000 and £500,000 and must be matched with at least an equal amount of third party private equity on identical terms.
At least £2 must be spent in the West Midlands region by the production for every £1 invested by the Fund.
Projects are also expected to have a strong connection to the West Midlands, through content, location and/or talent.
Full details of the AMPF’s financial and spend requirements are available from Creative England on request.
How to apply
In order to express an interest in the Fund, please contact ampf@creativeengland.co.uk in the first instance, using ‘AMPF’ in the subject header and including a direct contact number. A member of staff will then contact you to discuss your project.
AXM – Digital and Creative
Creative England have formed a partnership with AXM, managers of the digital and creative strand of the North West Fund. The additional support from Creative England will help secure private sector investment and boost the company’s growth potential. The first SME to benefit from joint investment were Site Desk based in Greater Manchester who specialise in software for the construction industry.
For more information please visit AXM – Digital and Creative.
SW B2B – NOW CLOSED
A £250,000 fund to support digital and creative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the South West, the SW B2B fund is for businesses looking to grow by producing innovative technology, content and services, for the business market.
The successful companies were:
- Sponge Uk – £31,390, Responsive e-learning.
- Delib – £65,000, Development of a ‘Budget Simulator App’: a web app for creatively involving citizens in budget-setting processes (participatory budgeting). To be delivered via the internet, and accessible via web browsers on computers, tablets and phones.
- Tutor Pro – £34,000, Interactive Catwalk via video stream (click on garments).
- Video Direct – £30,000, Press App for receiving content.
- Hark Solutions – £60,500, aWorkbook is a cross platform (PC/MAC, iOS and Android) digital product catalogue application. The software is sold to manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, who in turn use it to support their own internal and B2B communications.
Add to Google
