Grant News

Creative England has reopened their New Ideas Fund to applications from individuals and small to medium sized enterprises working on screen-based storytelling including film, television, animation, games, immersive media or technology that supports these industries.

Grants of between £1,000 and £25,000 are available to support the development of new and innovative ideas to help business growth in the English regions outside of London.

Applications for funding of between £10,000 and £25,000 can only be made by registered limited companies.

Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 can be awarded to individuals and sole traders.

Examples of ideas which could be funded include:

• developing/prototyping new technology for storytelling;
• building new storytelling platforms;
• testing new markets; and experimenting with new formats of content creation.

The deadline for applications is 9am on the 23rd of July 2022.