Skip to main content

Create South East

and stay up to date with our latest opportunities and events

Create South East

Interested?

Supporting you to turn your ideas into a leading creative business

  • Does your business have creativity at its heart? (eg: design, fashion, architecture, film, broadcast, createch, gaming, immersive, publishing, music, theatre, art, heritage, craft, media).
  • Are you operating in Kent, Essex or Sussex?
  • Are you ready to take the next big step on your journey to grow your business?

Create South East is designed to help creative businesses like yours. The programme will support you to develop the skills to secure investment so that you can achieve your ambitions for your company to grow. It is tailored to the needs of different creative disciplines, their respective markets, governance and distribution models.

Map of south east region of UK

What do I get from the programme?

Speach bubble icon

1-2-1 Mentoring

Expert mentors will work with you to craft a bespoke nine-month journey. Together you will address your challenges, explore opportunities and develop new networks.

People icon

Peer to Peer Cohorts

You will be put together with a curated cohort of similar creative businesses. The cohort will support, champion and learn from each other throughout the programme.

Cogs icon

Tailored Workshops

Cohorts will take part in workshops that are designed specifically for them, covering business foundations and discipline or sub sector- specific challenges.

pointing arrow icon

Investment Opportunities and Networking

The cohorts will be introduced to creative industry investors and have exclusive opportunities to pitch for investment as part of the national Create Growth Programme.

Who is Create South East?

Create South East is a consortium of businesses, agencies and local government bodies who have come together to work with national statutory agencies to deliver the South East part of the national Create Growth Programme.

Our purpose is to ensure that the support offered is high quality, relevant, up-to-date and discipline specific.

Programme Partners

Angels at Essex logo
creative UK logo
Screen South logo
Basildon Council logo
Brighton and hove council logo
East Sussex County Council Logo
Essex County Council logo
Medway Council Logo
university of kent logo
West Sussex County COuncil Logo
UKRI Logo
Kent Councty COuncil logo

"Our region is full of incredible creative talent. Create South East is here to bring our collective expertise and experience, so whether you work in architecture, design, fashion, films, games, performance or tv, let’s take your ambitions a step closer to being a business reality."

Angels@Essex, Creative UK and Screen South.

Proud delivery partners of Create South East.

Latest News & Events

News

Innovate UK Launch DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4

Innovate UK Launch DCMS Create Growth Programme Competition 4 for Small and Large Projects UK registered micro, small and medium enterprises in the creative sector…
News

Alumni News: Chalk Productions Win Award for ‘Best Single Documentary’

Alumni News: Chalk Productions Win Award for 'Best Single Documentary' at the Royal Television Society Southern Awards This month programme alumni members, Chalk Productions, took…
Case Studies

Alumni Case Study: Studio Sam Causer

Find out more about programme alumni, Studio Sam Causer. Studio Sam Causer are a Kent based architecture company who joined the Create South East programme…

Find out how Create South East can support your business

Create South East Logo

Create South East

© 2025 Create South East
Website Design by Vinco Marketing

Get in touch

E: createsoutheast@wearecreative.uk

Sign Up to our newsletter

Cookie Policy / Privacy Policy