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50 UK Organisations
- Advantage Creative Fund The ACF is a publicly– funded organisation, providing financial and business support to creative businesses and creative individuals to strengthen and develop the creative industry sector throughout the West Midlands.
- Architecture Foundation The AF’s role is to promote and encourage the best in contemporary architecture
- Art Council of England Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England.
- Artangel Artangel commission one off artists’ projects for different sites concentrating on innovation and artforms.
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland The Arts Council is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland and the main support for artists and arts organisations.
- Arts Council of Scotland The Scottish Arts Council is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland.
- Arts Council of Wales The Arts Council of Wales. It is responsible for funding and developing the arts in Wales
- Bench Stops The project was jointly commissioned by the BBC and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland as part of Simon Schama’s ‘Power of Art’ series.
- British Broadcasting Corporation The BBC’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.
- British Council The British Council has been working with countries all over the world to develop the idea of creative cities.
- Central London Partnership Central London Partnership brings together private and public sector organisations to try and make central London a good place to work
- Channel 4 C4 commissions programmes from more than 300 independent production companies across the UK, It has a strong arts brief.
- Circle Initiative The Circle Initiative was the first programme to pilot Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the UK.
- Comedia A loose network concerned with how citizens can more actively shape their urban future
- Creative and Cultural Skills Creative & Cultural Skills is the Sector Skills Council for Advertising, Crafts, Cultural Heritage, Design, Literature, Music, Performing, and Visual Arts, bridging the gap between industry, education and the government
- Creative Choices° The first online service to provide the tools, knowledge and networks to support every individual and business for creative industries and cultural sector
- Creative Entrepreneurs Club Part of Glasgow’s Lighthouse, the CEC is Scotland’s largest and most active network for the creative industries with over 2,600 members.
- Creative Industries Technology and Innovation Network CITN is the UK’s National Knowledge Transfer Network for the Creative Industries. It exploits and shares the UK’s research and expertise in new technology.
- Creative Scotland Creative Scotland is the proposed new strategic body tasked with leading the development of the art and creative across Scotland.
- Cultural Enterprise Office CEO is Scotland’s specialist business support and development service for creative and cultural businesses and individuals.
- Cultural Industries Development Agency CIDA helps businesses and arts organizations by providing information, business support, and showcasing opportunities.
- Demos Demos is a think-tank focused on power and politics. It communicates ideas to give people more power to shape their own lives.
- Departure for Culture Media and Sport Departure for Culture Media and Sport aims to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities.
- Design Council The national strategic body for design, promoting the use of design throughout the UK’s businesses and public services.
- Designers Are Wankers Very popular social network for people trying to break into the creative industries.
- English Partnerships The national regeneration agency whose aim is to achieve high-quality, well-designed, sustainable places for people to live, work and enjoy. It is a non-departmental public body.
- Future Lab A not-for-profit organisation, Futurelab is passionate about transforming the way people learn. They develop innovative resources and practices that support new approaches to learning for the 21st century.
- General Public Agency GPA is a creative consultancy working in urban and rural regeneration strategy.
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation The JRF seeks ways in which people and communities can have control of their own lives, and contributes to the building and development of strong, cohesive and sustainable communities.
- Liverpool: European Capital of Culture Liverpool is a remarkable city with a proud history. And 2008 marks the beginning of an incredible new chapter in the city’s story. The city is the European Capital of Culture 2008.
- London 2012 Olympic Games In the summer of 2012, the UK will come alive with the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The four-year Cultural Olympiad will reach a crescendo with the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July. It starts a 60-day festival of sport and culture across
- NESTA NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts — a unique body with a mission to make the UK more innovative.
- NVA NVA is an environmental arts charity based in Glasgow. The company create one-off artworks and events and curate urban visual festivals and interventions.
- Skillset Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for Creative Media which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging and publishing.
- South West Screen SWS is the development agency for the creative media industries in the South West of England.
- The Lighthouse Scotland’s Centre for architecture, design and the city develops links between design and the creative industries.
- The National Lottery Every single pound spent on the Lottery helps UK Good Causes. So far over 300,500 projects both large and small have benefited from Lottery funding. That’s about one project for every square kilometre of the UK.
- The Work Foundation The Work Foundation is an independent research consultancy advising organisations and policymakers about the changing world of work and corporate performance.
- Urban Learning Space Part of Glasgow’s The Lighthouse, ULS is a consortium of individual creatives, organizations and the local community which seeks to develop how creativity can build a humane and sustainable economy.
- Urban Regeneration Companies URCs have been promoted by the government and established by local partners, in order to achieve a focused, integrated regeneration strategy for key towns and cities.
- Wales Arts International Builds international context to the arts in Wales, working with artists and cultural organisations committed to contemporary practice, intercultural dialogue and collaboration.
