Creative Catalyst Challenge Fund

£250,000 grant fund to help decarbonise the creative industries

Creative UK is accepting applications for the Creative Catalyst Challenge Fund, offering businesses an opportunity to access grant funding of up to £250,000.

Supported by Innovate UK, this fund is designed to empower creative minds to channel their innovation towards addressing specific climate challenges within the industry.

The focus of this grant is to support research and development that:

• combats waste
• promotes decarbonisation
• minimizes the creative industry's impact on the environment

Proposals must:

• be from the creative industries and support the creative industries
• demonstrate clear benefits for the UK creative industry and the wider UK
• focus on a clear opportunity and the proposed innovation which addresses it

Whether it's creating a groundbreaking product, optimising a system, or developing a greener process, the Creative Catalyst Challenge Fund hopes to catalyse transformative change.

Examples of projects that could be eligible include:

• developing/ prototyping new tech for reducing excess waste at music festivals
• textile recycling
• revolutionising or offsetting audience travel to events and festivals
• developing innovative new manufacturing processes within a creative industry
• innovation in access to power – for example on a film set

The allocation of the fund may result in a single grant of £250,000 or multiple smaller awards totalling up to £250,000, depending on the nature and quality of the applications received.

Find out more about the Creative Catalyst Challenge Fund.

First published 3 November 2023