What is Grow Creative?

Grow Creative is a creative industries development project run by the Innovation and Enterprise Unit at Lancaster University.

The aim of the project is to transfer knowledge, expertise and resource from the University out to the creative sector to enable creative businesses to develop.

The project works in partnership with industry support agencies and networks in the North West region to enhance existing provision to the sector. 

We also provide support to the Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree schemes within the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, providing opportunities for students to gain valuable work experience and develop ideas and skills to run their own practices, companies and creative projects.

Who is it for?

We offer support to Lancashire and Cumbria-based organisations ranging from student start-ups and young companies to established organisations working in the following sectors:

• Advertising;
• Craft;
• Design;
• Designer Fashion;
• Film & Video;
• Interactive Leisure Software;
• Marketing;
• Music;
• Performing Arts;
• Publishing;
• Television and Radio;
• Visual Arts

How is support delivered?

Grow Creative focusses on both personal and professional development through a range of support activities which include:

• Consultancy services
• Business workshops
• Professional development programmes for owner/ managers
• Mentoring 
• Skills development programmes for emerging practitioners and managers,
• One-off events 
• Peer development groups and networks.