By working with support agencies and our tenants, the Storey offers advice to residents in their new or established businesses.
Here are links to just a few of the public and private agencies and funding bodies that can offer business help and support.
Support
Supporting The Storey and the Creative Industries
Grow Creative
www.grow-creative.co.uk
Lancashire & Cumbria
Grow Creative is a project aimed at supporting the growth of creative companies in Lancashire and South Cumbria through a range of activities which are all free and tailored to suit the needs of creative individuals and organisations in the region.
Creative Bias
www.creativebias.org
Merseyside
Creativebias offers a range of free and subsidised support for both pre-start and existing Creative Industries businesses throughout the five Merseyside boroughs (Liverpool, St Helens, Knowsley, Sefton and Wirral).
Own-it
National / Regional
A really useful, free intellectual copyright resource.
APD (Artists' Professional Development)
www.apd-network.info
The Artists Professional Development Network (APD) is a UK-wide intelligence and exchange forum for organisations that are pro-actively developing information, advice, training and professional development services for visual and applied artists.
National CIDA (Creative Industries Development Agency)
National
CIDA specialise in helping to strengthen the contribution of the creative industries sector to every sector of a global economy, regionally, nationally and internationally.
Toolkit
www.thetoolkit.net
Manchester
Toolkit is a great resource for all creative industries, containing up-to-date information on organisations, networks, training and funding that can help you to make your project a success.
ACME
Merseyside
ACME is responsible for chairing and hosting the CISS (Creative Industries Support Services) Network which brings together organisations from across Merseyside working to support creative industries development .
Artsnet
www.artsnetc.org
National / Regional
ARTSNET supports every aspect of artistic expression- from painting and sculpture, to music, theatre, dance, and writing.
LanArts
www.lanarts.com
Lancashire
Lancashire Artists Network aims to connect, support and promote the interests of all visual artists and craftspeople.
Northern Edge
www.northernedgecpe.org.uk
North of England
A consortium of 15 northern universities, we work closely with the creative and cultural industries to harness expertise in teaching, learning and research in areas such as journalism, visual arts and music.
Creative Lancashire
www.creativelancashire.org
Lancashire
Creative Lancashire is on a mission to realise the combination of creative and commercial potential that we have in our county. Our aim is to put Lancashire on the map as a centre of innovation excellence, to take the appeal of your work and the talent of your teams deep into the business community.
Sizzle
www.sizzlenetwork.org
Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde
A subsidiary of Creative Lancashire, great networking and seminar opportunities.
Business Link
Regional & National
Whatever help you need for your business whether it's sales or starting off, finance or finding the right people you'll find something of benefit on this site.
Chamber of Commerce
www.lancaster-chamber.org.uk
Regional
The Lancaster District Chamber is a business membership organisation, representing and supporting Lancaster district businesses across all size groups and sectors.