Start Up Thamesmead – Cultural / Creative / Wellbeing / Digital Business Start Up

Our partner, Future Communities, is running this FREE 2 hour presentation, with funding support from the Thamesmead Community Fund.

The presentation, by Gary Parker, will examine how to set up and manage an arts / creative industries / wellbeing business / social enterprise and look at the steps needed and the challenges of running a business in this sector. We will also review funding for arts and creative industries projects. With the current economic and public health situation we explore the funding opportunities available for organisations in these sectors. We review sources of, and identify, other funding opportunities, for arts and creative industries projects, including government funding, Lottery funding, charitable trust funding and crowdfunding. The workshop will also examine specialist funding sources for arts, media and creative industries projects and review the relationship between social enterprise projects and arts projects. The presentation is intended for residents of Thamesmead, in both Bexley and Greenwich boroughs, who will receive preference to attend, but others are welcome to register too.

Content

This presentation utilises a range of learning strategies to explore partnership development. We will cover:

- Skills, knowledge and abilities

- Legal and financial issues

- GDPR

- Marketing your business

- Building a client base

- Building and expanding your skills base

- Funding streams which are available to support arts, media & creative industries projects

- Other funding mechanisms such as crowdfunding

- Existing funding streams

- Specialist funding streams for the arts, media and creative sectors

- Other funding streams including Charitable Trusts, Lottery and Social Investment Funding streams that will still be accessible

- Private sector support, donations and volunteering

- Sources of information and further help

Learning Objectives

- Gain understanding of potential funding opportunities for arts projects

- Gain knowledge of arts funding and resources

- Gain knowledge of social enterprise and the arts

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