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Our noticeboard is where you can find out about funding streams, industry news and insights, and potential job opportunities for those operating in the creative industries across the Highlands and Islands.
Do you have a story to tell or news you think we should be shouting about? If it's related to the creative sector in our region, we want to hear from you too. Get in touch with us by emailing creative@hient.co.uk
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Amazon has launched the Regional Creatives Fund to support creative careers across the UK, offering grants of up to £30,000 to charities that help underserved communities enter sectors like publishing, music, gaming, and film. the fund also provides free upskilling opportunities, including mentoring, work experience, and digital training, through Amazon’s network of creative professionals from Amazon Music, Prime Video, and more.
Visit Amazon's website to apply
The Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance supports professional theatre and dance productions of varying scales to tour across Scotland. This includes outdoor, circus, interdisciplinary and site-specific work.
Visit Creative Scotland's website to apply
This fund supports organisations based in Scotland who produce and deliver film festivals and public screening programmes. It prioritises activity that addresses underserved and underrepresented audiences, and projects that align with our Focus Areas.
This fund is open to organisations based in Scotland that will produce film festivals and/or curated screening programmes for public audiences in Scotland and meet the aims and eligibility criteria of this fund.
Find out more on the Screen UK website
This fund supports the progression of film and TV projects through attendance at key UK (outside of Scotland) and international markets and festivals.
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"Research finds worrying generational and class divide when it comes to how public perceive creativity."
This Plan aims to ensure that the UK is the number one destination worldwide for investment in creativity and innovation and aims to significantly increase investment by 2035.
The Heritage Creates: Heritage and the Creative Industries (March 2025) report by The Heritage Alliance explores how the UK heritage sector and creative industries are deeply interconnected. It updates the 2019 "Inspiring Creativity" report with new insights and case studies.
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The Visioning Group brings together key stakeholders from education, business, and cultural sectors to explore challenges, identify opportunities, and develop strategic solutions to support sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy.
Discussions with screen production businesses in the Highlands and Islands and with MG Alba, highlighted the pressing need to look at the impacts of the current commissioning and financial landscape, and how small production companies could be helped during a period of significant challenge.
This report captures the discussions and outcomes of the Visioning Group, a collaborative initiative aimed at shaping the future of creative industries and career opportunities for young people in the Highlands and Islands.
This week on Moonsnacks, hosts Dr. Ed Hoffman and Jessica Fox send telecommunications trailblazer Walda Roseman on an interstellar journey with three carefully chosen films that reflect her extraordinary career bridging global communications.
As the former COO of the Internet Society and current Chair of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, Roseman has spent decades proving that "as long as we can communicate, there's a chance for peace." Her lunar cinema selection reveals this philosophy beautifully: It's a Wonderful Life for its butterfly effect of kindness, Arrival for its celebration of linguistic courage in the face of the unknown, and Love Actually to remember "what being human is all about" during her solitary moon sojourn.
From her early days performing alongside her actress mother to becoming the first woman in numerous senior telecommunications roles, Roseman's story is one of resilience, faith, and determination. She shares moving insights about growing up in an orphanage, pioneering international satellite communications, and her current work developing the HAL 9000 Challenge—an intergenerational collaboration aimed at ensuring humanity thrives in our AI-driven future.
Plus: Endless Oreos (with milk) await her on the lunar surface!
When the brightest minds in business get a ticket to the moon, what movies do they pack?
Moonsnacks reveals the films that shaped today's most innovative leaders. Dr. Ed Hoffman (former NASA Chief Knowledge Officer) and author / filmmaker Jessica Fox explore the cinema that drives visionaries in management, technology, and the arts—three DVDs at a time.
Every Monday, discover the stories behind the success through the lens of Hollywood, independent cinema, and everything in between.
Three DVDs. One book. Endless snacks. The leadership podcast that's truly out of this world - launches Monday July 7th.
MoonSnacks is the podcast where extraordinary leaders pack their bags for an extraordinary journey.
Each week, Dr. Ed Hoffman — former NASA Chief Knowledge Officer — and Jessica Fox — director, author, and creative innovator — sit down with a visionary from the worlds of management, technology, and the arts who's about to embark on the ultimate business trip: a one-way ticket to the moon.
With strict weight restrictions (and the need for radiation-proof DVDs), our guests can only take three films for the journey. Through these carefully chosen movies, we discover what drives the most innovative minds in their fields—uncovering the stories, lessons, and leadership insights that have shaped their remarkable careers.
Plus, they get to choose one movie snack for the endless supply and one book to keep them company among the stars.
