Creative Derbyshire newsletter: September 2014
A warm welcome to the September 2014
Creative Derbyshire newsletter, bringing you the latest news of interest to
the creative industries sector in Derbyshire!
Professional Development Planning Workshop
We are pleased to continue our relationship with the Chatsworth Road Festival in Chesterfield by offering a Professional Development Planning workshop as part of this year’s festival programme. The workshop, which will be led by Cathy Grindrod, will take place at the St Thomas’s Centre, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield on the 7th October between 9.30am and 12.30pm.
Professional Development Planning provides an opportunity to explore your current position as an artist/creative, and to gain clarity regarding future steps you might take, with the help of a guide who will assist you in the goal planning process. Click here for more information.
Markham Vale Business Development Programme
The Markham Vale Environmental Business Programme is a series of FREE business development workshops delivered as part of a project to support businesses and increase resource efficiency. Workshops run between October and November 2014 and the following sessions are available.
· Procurement: Competing Effectively through Tendering
· Resource Efficiency and Business Profitability
· Developing an Environmental Policy and getting it recognised
· Marketing: Selling your products and getting the most from your green credentials
· Marketing and branding for small businesses
· Social Media for small businesses
Click here for more details on the workshops.
The project also includes an extension to the facilities at Markham Vale Environment Centre. For more information on the new facilities and workspace at Markham Vale contact trudi.saxton@derbyshire.gov.uk.
Global Derbyshire Grant Fund
Derbyshire Economic Partnership has been successful in securing £3million of funding from the government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The Global Derbyshire Small Business Support Programme will provide grant funding for Derbyshire’s SME’s seeking to grow, collaborate, innovate and export. Global Derbyshire Small Business Support Programme will create at least 200 new jobs and safeguard at least 56 jobs in Derbyshire with investment being made in the following four strands of activity:
· Start Up Support
· Business Innovation & Development (including Supply Chain Collaboration)
· Delivering Digital Derbyshire
· Export Promotion
To see if you are eligible for a grant of between £4,000 and £75,000 please click here.
Professional Development Planning Workshop
We are pleased to continue our relationship with the Chatsworth Road Festival in Chesterfield by offering a Professional Development Planning workshop as part of this year’s festival programme. The workshop, which will be led by Cathy Grindrod, will take place at the St Thomas’s Centre, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield on the 7th October between 9.30am and 12.30pm.
Professional Development Planning provides an opportunity to explore your current position as an artist/creative, and to gain clarity regarding future steps you might take, with the help of a guide who will assist you in the goal planning process. Click here for more information.
Markham Vale Business Development Programme
The Markham Vale Environmental Business Programme is a series of FREE business development workshops delivered as part of a project to support businesses and increase resource efficiency. Workshops run between October and November 2014 and the following sessions are available.
· Procurement: Competing Effectively through Tendering
· Resource Efficiency and Business Profitability
· Developing an Environmental Policy and getting it recognised
· Marketing: Selling your products and getting the most from your green credentials
· Marketing and branding for small businesses
· Social Media for small businesses
Click here for more details on the workshops.
The project also includes an extension to the facilities at Markham Vale Environment Centre. For more information on the new facilities and workspace at Markham Vale contact trudi.saxton@derbyshire.gov.uk.
Global Derbyshire Grant Fund
Derbyshire Economic Partnership has been successful in securing £3million of funding from the government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The Global Derbyshire Small Business Support Programme will provide grant funding for Derbyshire’s SME’s seeking to grow, collaborate, innovate and export. Global Derbyshire Small Business Support Programme will create at least 200 new jobs and safeguard at least 56 jobs in Derbyshire with investment being made in the following four strands of activity:
· Start Up Support
· Business Innovation & Development (including Supply Chain Collaboration)
· Delivering Digital Derbyshire
· Export Promotion
To see if you are eligible for a grant of between £4,000 and £75,000 please click here.
Next year will see a campaign to attract more visitors to the county and to support the local economy. 'Made in Derbyshire' will take place throughout 2015. The campaign will promote the Derbyshire economy locally and nationally through culture, heritage and sporting events, products and festivals. It will bring together existing events and activities and promote them to wider audiences. A particular focus will be highlighting events and products unique to the county.
The idea for Made in Derbyshire 2015 stems from Culture Derbyshire, which is a multi-agency partnership exercising strategic leadership of the cultural sector in Derbyshire. Culture Derbyshire has published a Cultural Prospectus for Derbyshire, 2012-2016.
Our objectives for the year are to:
· Celebrate life in Derbyshire - the county, its people and all that is “Made in Derbyshire”
· Establish Derbyshire as an exciting cultural destination for visitors from the UK and abroad, offering an inventive mix of world-class, local and distinctive cultural provision
· Nurture new talent and celebrate Derbyshire people
· Promote Derbyshire products
If you’d like to take part, please email arts.team@derbyshire.gov.uk
The idea for Made in Derbyshire 2015 stems from Culture Derbyshire, which is a multi-agency partnership exercising strategic leadership of the cultural sector in Derbyshire. Culture Derbyshire has published a Cultural Prospectus for Derbyshire, 2012-2016.
Our objectives for the year are to:
· Celebrate life in Derbyshire - the county, its people and all that is “Made in Derbyshire”
· Establish Derbyshire as an exciting cultural destination for visitors from the UK and abroad, offering an inventive mix of world-class, local and distinctive cultural provision
· Nurture new talent and celebrate Derbyshire people
· Promote Derbyshire products
If you’d like to take part, please email arts.team@derbyshire.gov.uk
Creative Derbyshire is a programme of support and development for artists, arts organisations and creative businesses across Derbyshire. Our focus is on developing the creative economy and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Creative Derbyshire was established in 2010 in response to research undertaken by Derbyshire County Council into the needs of the arts and creative industries sector in Derbyshire.
Creative Derbyshire is funded by Arts Derbyshire and Arts Council England. The programme is co-ordinated by S4W Ltd.
We're always happy to hear your feedback; or you can come and talk to us on Twitter and Facebook.
Creative Derbyshire is funded by Arts Derbyshire and Arts Council England. The programme is co-ordinated by S4W Ltd.
We're always happy to hear your feedback; or you can come and talk to us on Twitter and Facebook.
