Open to innovative businesses in the West Midlands Combined Authority area (WMCA), though this does not have to be their primary base. However, the company must be able to demonstrate clear additional benefit to the economy of the WMCA area of the West Midlands. You must be a CreaTech business with ambitions to scale, secure investment, access funding, or explore new commercial opportunities. You may be a High-Growth Potential Firm, a Cross-sector Innovative business or a Core CreaTech Business such as games developers, screen production companies or immersive technology firms. Your project must be business-led and should focus on near-to-market R&D that will have a transformational impact on the growth trajectory of your business. Projects must be of £200k to £2m in size with a 50% industry match able to be provided.

£300k

Be UK registered SME with PAYE employees engaged in games development work in the UK. Ownership should be explicitly set out and with UK-based founder-director/s as significant shareholder/s. Projects must be commercial games with an entertainment focus and have evidence of understanding the target audience and plans to access that audience.

£100,000-£250,000

Be based within (live in or have a business address in) England or the wider UK. Activities we support through Project Grants must have a primary outcome that focuses on one or more of these disciplines: Combined arts - including festivals and carnivals, Dance, Libraries - for activity that delivers against at least one of the four Universal Library Offer, Literature, Music, Museums and collections, Theatre, Visual arts. Reach and engage people and communities in England with high quality creativity and culture.

£1,000 and £100,000+

Your organisation’s primary activity is in arts, culture and heritage. We can only work with organisations registered in the UK and primarily benefiting communities in the UK. Digital organisations will need to demonstrate their primary audiences are based in the UK. We do not make loans to individuals, sole traders, partnerships or unincorporated bodies (unless their partners/members are exclusively corporate bodies). Your organisation has to demonstrate that has a clear social mission. When applying, you will need to show how your organisation delivers specific positive outcomes for individuals or communities.

Secured and unsecured finance between £150,000 and £1,000,000

Applicants must be based in the UK. This is specifically for Black artists (those with Black heritage and identify as Black); not politically Black, not POC or BAME. Recipients will be chosen monthly. Each successful recipient will receive £500. Open to all creative disciplines, eg painters, musicians, directors, jewellers, set designers, sculptors, choreographers etc etc

£500

The programme will support registered SMEs working in ‘moving image’ for storytelling. We will consider companies working with on screen content that tells a story in order to entertain an audience. This includes those working in film, TV, animation, games and immersive media, tech platforms with a narrative focus; and where the content is consumed on screen. Founder working in the Screen sector in England, outside of London Be a Limited Company registered on Companies House Relevant track record in the screen industry * For example trading as a company for at least 12 months, or experience bringing a product to market* Ambitions for company growth and a clear vision for your business

£2500

Founder working in the Screen sector in England, outside of London - Be a Limited Company registered on Companies House - Relevant track record in the screen industry *For example trading as a company for at least 12 months, or experience bringing a product to market* - Ambitions for company growth and a clear vision for your business

up to £2500

Applicants should be Game Developers, 3D Artists & Storytellers or Pioneers in Immersive Education & Marketing. Typically, applicants should be independent, within a small team or small studio. You must be 18 years or older and reside in a non-restricted country.

Wide range