Professional Developmentwww.davidedmundsprojects.com
Visit the David Edmunds Projects website for more information on their arts mangement, production and consultancy services
www.arts.org.uk
Go to Yorkshire Arts 'arts directory' for listings under art form areas
www.ncsp.co.uk
Northern Cultural Skills Partnership- a group of cultural and creative organisations providing access to professional development in the Northern region
www.creativepeople.org.uk
Professional Development for arts and crafts
www.a-n.co.uk
Enhancing artists professional practice
www.itc-arts.org
Independent Theatre Council
www.wyselink.co.uk
Social Enterprise Link
www.literaturedevelopment.com
National Association for Literature Development
www.lapidus.org.uk
Promoting the use of literary arts
www.metier.org.uk
NTO for arts and entertainment industries
www.skillset.org
NTO for broadcast, film, video and interactive media
www.creativeyorkshire.com
Creative Yorkshire is the focal point for the development of the creative industries in Yorkshire and the Humber region.
www.beetroot.org.uk
Education Extra have just launched their innovative new website for schools providing info and resources for out of school arts and environment learning. Aimed at London schools but some useful tips and info nonetheless!
www.york.ac.uk/univ/advict
Advanced ICT training courses held in North Yorkshire
www.eiatconsultancy.com
External Independent Assessment & Training
Specialists in the Creative and Performing Arts Industry.
Making the links...employer to employee...trainer to trainee
The Huddersfield Business Generator (located in The Media Centre, Huddersfield) provides free start-up support & mentoring for individuals who want to start a business in a Kirklees EU Objective II postcode.
We can also offer shared office workspaces at highly subsidised rates (starting from as little as £31 per month, rising slightly every 2 months as your business grows).
Please contact us for further information/joining criteria or an informal look at the space available.
Tel: 01484 483 080
Email: j.asquith@huddersfieldbg.co.uk
'Creative York is one of three technology business clusters that are part of the Science City York initiative. Creative York is a dynamic cluster representing over 90 organisations, together employing over 1000 people in creative technology, arts and heritage applications. Creative York aims to support the economic and cultural prosperity of York by providing specialised business support, networking opportunities, and promoting infrastructure that will enable creative technology enterprises to thrive.'
The cluster organises, on average, 6 networking events a year, and in addition a Symposium on an annual basis which draws speakers from across the UK, and possibly this year further afield, to present on key creative industry issues/projects. In addition we have a team of business promotors who work with all sizes of business to help them develop themselves, new products and work with them on issues of funding, training, offer mentoring and business strategy advice.
LeaderGen specialises in developing business owners/managers with the confidence and agility to achieve extraordinary results. We work with creative companies to improve business performance and profitability through the development of high performing directors and key managers with the attributes, knowledge and skills to strategically plan, grow and sustain their business using our unique approach called Practical Application Knowledge. LeaderGen PAK is based on proven real world business solutions, and has helped us many companies achieve rapid results and sustained growth. We'd like to do the same for you.
