Our Climate Group has released new survey results today showing encouraging progress on climate action by creative organisations.

The report also outlines eight practical next steps to accelerate future progress.

www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/download-hub/cic-climate-group-2025-survey

Creative health programmes are helping to improve the UK's health & wellbeing, providing new work opportunities for creatives & saving the NHS money.

Read our new report, from the CIC & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.

www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/download-hub/health-wellbeing-forum-report

The government has launched a new ten-year plan to grow the UK creative sector.

Developed in partnership with the CIC, the Creative Industries Sector Plan is part of the government's Industrial Strategy for the nation.

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⚡ Our latest newsletter is out today on Substack.

It's jam-packed with useful news, research, events + opportunities from across the UK creative sector, inc @creativepec.bsky.social @bpimusic.bsky.social @creativeuk.bsky.social + more

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A new report calls for a "radical overhaul" of education to build a skills pipeline that will secure the UK's role as a global CreaTech leader, as well as R&D investment & tax reliefs, a CreaTech collaboration hub & funding for CreaTech scale-ups.

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🌷 February is a busy month in the UK's creative industries calendar, with conferences, festivals, launches and more.

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⚡ Our latest newsletter is out on Substack.

It's jam-packed with useful news, research, events + opportunities from across the UK creative sector, inc @creativeuk.bsky.social @ukscreenskills.bsky.social
@heritage-crafts.bsky.social + more

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🚀 The government has announced a £60 million package of support for the creative industries at a major economic summit for the sector today - the first step in delivering its growth plan for the sector.
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⚡ The launch of the government's Creative Industries Taskforce, a new public consultation on AI & creative copyright and the start of Bradford's year of culture-led regeneration are among the stories in our first newsletter of 2025.

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Earlier this Autumn the @creativepec.bsky.social re-launched it's incredible network of Industry Champions, a nationwide group of sector leaders who work with the PEC to share insights on live policy issues facing the creative industries.

📢 Here's our rolling list of funding opportunities for UK creative organisations, businesses and freelancers.

If there are any we've missed, please do let us know.

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Baroness Shriti Vadera joins us as our new industry chair next summer.

Baroness Vadera, who also chairs the RSC, will work with our current chair Sir Peter Bazalgette to lead a taskforce helping DCMS to develop government’s creative industries growth strategy.

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Games industry body UKIE has proposed a new Digital Creativity GCSE to fill demand for skilled workers in the creative sector.

It would sit alongside the Computer Science GCSE, focusing on practical skills such as audio production, visual design & game development.

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New research from the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre explores the important role of foreign direct investment in the UK's creative sector.

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Are you a UK artist/creative practitioner interested in using immersive technologies in your work: #MR #VR #AR #XR #haptics #binaural + more?

Immersive Arts is offering grants to artists at different stages of development: Explore (£5k), Experiment (£20k) &Expand (£50k).

⏰ Apply by 2 December.

📢 Here's our rolling list of funding opportunities for UK creative organisations, businesses and freelancers.

If there are any we've missed, please do let us know.

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We're a joint forum between the UK government & leading figures from the creative sector.

We'll share news, research & opportunities across arts & culture, architecture, advertising, crafts, design, fashion, film & TV, games, music & publishing.