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A grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries. With grants of up to £2,500, beneficiaries will be able to work with a consultant to build meaningful connections and create opportunities for business growth. The grants can be used to subsidise the cost of working with an expert to support companies’ specific goals including business planning and strategy as well as offering other specialist expertise, knowledge or contacts.

The Arts & Culture Impact Fund offers secured and unsecured finance between £150,000 and £1,000,000 with repayment term available until May 2032 and interest rates ranging between 3% and 8.5%. That can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams.

You may be an emerging creative and cultural practitioner all the way up to an international touring company. Your project may be creating new work, reaching new audiences, research and development, a tour or something totally different. Projects can range from creating and delivering creative and cultural activity to projects which have a longer term positive impact, such as organisational development, research and development, and sector support activity. We can make grants between £1,000 and £100,000+. For projects up to three years in length

A grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries. With grants of up to £2,500, beneficiaries will be able to work with a consultant to build meaningful connections and create opportunities for business growth. 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.

DCMS has announced continued support for the UK Games Fund as part of a joint plan between Government and industry to drive growth, build talent and develop skills across the creative sectors. This funding will offer £50,000 – £150,000 commercial games-for-entertainment content grants. Funding being required to support a mix of existing and/or new employees, alongside a lesser proportion of contracting, and a clear explanation of the development approach in terms of the planned physical location/s of work in the UK and access to talent. Prototype in place, IP owned by the applicant or licensed on terms that are aligned with the project’s long- term requirements. Your project must not include gambling elements or mechanisms which could be perceived as such.