-Creative UK’s ongoing partnership with @crowdfunder.bsky.social UK continues to support the sector, enabling creative organisations to launch crowdfunding projects with 0% platform fees.

🔗  www.crowdfunder.co.uk/creative-uk?...

-A new article from the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association highlights strong growth across UK entertainment sectors in 2025, outperforming the wider UK economy and reinforcing the value of creative-led industries.

🔗 www.eraltd.org/streamed-and...

@figurative-org.bsky.social is hosting a free, online webinar supporting cultural and creative organisations to explore financial resilience, including how repayable finance can play a role in long-term sustainability.

🔗 figurative.org.uk/event/webina...

-As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, @aardmananimations.bsky.social has partnered with @bristolbeacon.bsky.social as its corporate partner for 2026, bringing together two iconic cultural organisations rooted in Bristol’s creative heritage.

🔗 bristolbeacon.org/blog/aardman...

The paper also found:

-Cultural assets drive regeneration & confidence
-Improve health & wellbeing, reducing pressure on public services
-Culture attracts talent, tourism & private capital

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#Wellbeing #Culture

Our most downloaded report? Unleashing Creativity, which was downloaded a whopping 1,096 times. 

Check out the links to read them again ⬇️

Public view of Creative UK reports www.wearecreative.uk/champion/pub... 
 
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Discover! Creative Careers will continue as part of the Government’s Creative Industries Sector Plan, supporting the long-term creative talent pipeline and regional growth hubs.ly/Q03YkYXF0

This campaign reinforced the amazing work happening during Discover! Creative Careers Month, involving nearly 500 industry employers who provided almost 80,000 school students with creative career experiences across the UK.

With industry outreach from Creative UK, support from advertising partners and backing from sector ambassadors, the campaign reached millions of people across the North of England and beyond, amplifying stories of young people succeeding in creative careers in their local areas.

Read the report: report.wearecreative.uk/culture-as-g...

Findings from academic research, alongside insights presented during the evidence sessions, demonstrate that the case for more strategic long-term investment could be made if there were better systems in place to measure the true economic impact of culture.

This original paper draws on qualitative evidence gathered in two national evidence sessions led by Creative UK – in which academics and over 30 sector leaders presented evidence that cultural investment already delivers strong returns.

[…] from policy to practice, as well as our wider work on leadership diversity, industry access, and diverse creative business development & growth.

New EDIAG members join from January, alongside the group’s existing members.

🔗 www.wearecreative.uk/edi-advisory...

Panels explored findings from @filmtvcharity.bsky.social report, mobile-first viewing habits, safe AI use, IP protection, and the balance between creative integrity and data-led strategy for monetising content.

Explore the programme overview femalefounders.wearecreative.uk/conference-2...