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Support Network
Art Connections
Art Connections is a new project - initiated and managed by Chrysalis Arts - to develop and support creative businesses in the visual arts, crafts and public art sectors across North Yorkshire. Art Connections supplies a range of specialist training, mentoring, advice, information and marketing services and publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter containing information from a wide range of visual art sources.
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Arts in Richmondshire (AiR)
AiR (Arts in Richmondshire) is the arts development agency for Richmondshire. It aims to generate and support a broad range of arts activities and events, developing arts practitioners and organisations within this Yorkshire Dales district.
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BOP - Burns Owens Partnership
BOP is a leading consultancy on Culture and the Creative industries. Using skills in research, strategy development and action planning they bring government and industry together to develop the Creative sectors and to achieve social and economic change.
Back to topBusiness Link York and North Yorkshire
Provides support and practical advice to businesses in the area. Advice includes topics such as available grants and funding, health and safety, IT, marketing, business growth, buying and selling a business and much more.
Back to topChrysalis Arts
An artist-led public art company, training and arts development agency based in the North Yorkshire village of Gargrave.
Back to topCIDA - Cultural Industries Development Agency
CIDA provides support to individuals and businesses working, or looking to work, in the creative sector. Clients range from artists, musicians and photographers to fast growing companies involved in every type of creative, cultural or digital activity imaginable.
Back to topCreative Coast
Creative Coast is the creative industries network for the North Yorkshire Coast. The aim of the network is to connect, resource and promote the activities of designers, web developers, artists, writers, musicians and other creatives working in the Scarborough, Whitby and Filey area. Formed in 2006, Creative Coast currently has over 90 members and a programme of monthly events.
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Creative Portal
A Business Directory for Cultural Industry issues provided by CIDA. Provides information such as Discussion forum, training programs, latest industry news etc.
Back to topCreative York
Creative York is one of three technology clusters supported by Science City York. The Creative York network represents over 90 organisations together employing over 1000 people in creative technology and associated areas within the arts and heritage sectors. Bringing individuals and organisations together, the network assists in supply chain development and encourages a climate of entrepreneurship and collaboration. Membership is free.
www.sciencecityyork.org.uk/creative/
Back to topDigital Scarborough
This annual event aims to celebrate and resource the re-imaging of Scarborough as it grows into its new role as a home to the growing community of digital businesses, high-tech education and innovative artists & musicians. Digital Scarborough 2006 was a success, with guest speakers such as Matt Locke, the Innovation Director of the BBC. The event is sponsored by Yorkshire Forward and the LSC via Aimhigher North Yorkshire.
Back to topDigital Yorkshire
This is the Creative & Digital Industries Cluster for Yorkshire and the Humber. It is dedicated to ensuring the Yorkshire and Humber region becomes a globally recognised centre of digital industries. The cluster is comprised of a cross section of industries, including electronics/e-learning/music, visual & performing arts/media & new media/design/print & printed packaging.
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Federation of Small Businesses
The FSB is the largest organisation representing small & medium sized enterprises in the UK. Formed in 1974, it now has over 200,000 members across 33 regions and 230 branches.
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Print Yorkshire
Print Yorkshire aims to ensure that the Print and Printed Packaging Sector in Yorkshire and the Humber maintains its position as a major national player. Through practical advice and support on training and development, grants and business networking, as well as marketing and communications, Print Yorkshire will increase regional collaboration, better develop supply chains, increase productivity and innovation with the application of new techniques and create greater regional strength in the printing industry.
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Rural Arts North Yorkshire
Rural Arts is an arts charity that delivers artist led training and creative projects across North Yorkshire to schools, museums, community groups and individuals. Their new creative venue, The Old Courthouse, has an exciting creative programme and is available for corporate and private events.
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The University of York - Creative Industries
The University of York has a reputation to rival Oxford and Cambridge. It is consistently ranked in the top ten universities for both teaching and research quality, with 18 out of 23 departments being judged as world class by the governments UK Research Assessments Exercise. With planned new expansions for 2007 to include a Theatre, Film and Television Centre, the University's contribution to the Creative Industries is going from strength to strength.
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The Creative Industries sector is constantly strengthened and topped-up by a large number of graduates from the University of York, across a range of departments:
Department of Archaeology www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/
Department of Computer Science www.cs.york.ac.uk/public.php
Department of Music http://music.york.ac.uk/
Music research Centre http://music.york.ac.uk/mrc/
Department of Theatre, Film and Television www.york.ac.uk/depts/tft/York College
The college provides a wide selection of courses catering for the 16 to 19 age group, those in Higher and Further Education and International Students. The college also offers a commercial division, providing high-quality training programmes for individuals in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Higher Education courses include, a foundation course in Creative Industries and others such as media, art, design, fashion and graphic design.
Back to topYork St John University
York St John University has some 6,000 students from the UK and overseas, it offers education and training opportunities at foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience level in the arts, health and life sciences, business, management, education and theology. The University's Business Development Centre has expertise in Theatre, Film & TV, Music, Art & Design, and offers a wide range of services to help develop and grow businesses.
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