Links/Books
Creative Resources
Creative London
The strategic agency for London's creative industries.
The Club at ICA
A forum where young creative companies can exchange ideas, start collaborative projects, access practical help, and meet potential clients and investors.
Own It
A new service designed to help London's creative enterprises with intellectual property advice.
Soflow
An intelligent network and a place for the efficient exchange of information and opportunity.
The Cultural Industries Development Agency (CIDA)
CIDA is a specialist support agency that provides services to the creative and cultural industries. It provides a range of services including, business consultancy, organisation development, strategic planning, marketing support, funding guidance, training and networking opportunities.
Creative Capital
Creative Capital is an advice and information service for London's artists and art professionals. It provides comprehensive networking opportunities, up to date information on training, learning and skills development workshops, access to specialist advice, an extensive directory, youth programming, one to one advice, funding, seminars, technical resources and business support.
Creative and Cultural Skills
The Sector Skills Council for advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, music, performing, literary and visual arts. An industry led organisation that campaigns across the United Kingdom to deliver the skills and support that employers, artists and freelancers need. The organisations works towards reducing skills gaps and shortages, improving productivity, increasing opportunities to develop skills and improving education opportunities for people entering the creative and cultural sector.
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
NESTA offers support for creative and talented people to explore new ideas, develop new products and services, or experiment with new ways of nurturing creativity in science, technology and the arts. This is done through a range of programmes and funding opportunities.
Artquest
Artquest offers a comprehensive advice and information service for visual art and crafts professionals at every stage of their career. Covering all areas of practice, Artquest provides information relating to the presentation and selling of work, research and development of new work, funding advice and funding sources, and ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
TV Freelancers
A unique independent internet community, catering exclusively and specifically to the needs of freelancers in the TV industry.
Shooting People
An online daily email network for anyone working within independent film in the UK. [Requires joining fee]
The Documentary Filmmakers Group
Filmmakers group with regular meetings and screenings. Site includes meeting schedule.
Broadband Bananas
Industry networking group for digital interactive television.
Pact
Trade association in the UK representing independent television, feature film, animation and new media.
New Media Knowledge [NMK]
Learning and business information resource for digital interactive media in the UK.
A few books I find inspirational, useful or just plain interesting...