Creative London North will focus
on the needs of enterprises in the boroughs
of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey and Waltham
Forest, but also offer a consultancy
service for the clients of other hubs where
local knowledge can be shared across the city.
Funded by national, local and European government,
Creative London North brings together eight
key North London organisations working in
the cultural, arts and creative industries:
Collage Arts, Prevista, Enfield Arts
Partnership, Mountview Academy of Theatre
Arts, the Selby Trust and Centre, CIDA, DV8
and Integria.
What is Creative London North?
Creative London North is a 'creative community
in progress' that will grow to service the
diverse needs of the local community and beyond
and advocate and promote local creative talent,
products and services. It is a cross between
a creative chamber of commerce and a club
for creative entrepreneurs.
CLN has a professional mentoring scheme and
a broader life-coaching service.
There are regular training, speed-matching
sessions and supervision and support are available
for both mentors and mentees.
CLN hosts industry events, deliver business-support,
provide facilities for business activities,
and create networks. An example of CLN events
includes the recent hosting of the AIM (Association
of Independent Music) Digital Distribution
Day, which attracted over 200 small creative
businesses to presentations and one-to-one
appointments with a broad range of players
including I-Tunes, and Napster.
CLN aims to provide services that work
towards a level-playing field for all creative
people because we recognise the inequalities
that can affect talented people from north
London's diverse communities. CLN provides
advice and guidance, talent-focusing and
the opportunity to share ideas, experience
and work with other committed artists and
creative people, providing a professional
sounding-board for ideas and facilitating
a clear understanding of industry processes
and practices.
Who can benefit from the Creative
London North programme?
If you are a sole trader, partnership or
small business, based either in the London
Borough of Haringey, Enfield or Waltham
Forest which makes or owns intellectual
property (e.g. artists, musicians, film-makers,
photographers, composers, writers, producers,
directors, crafts-people etc) or you provide
a creative or support service to other creative
people or businesses (e.g. specialist finance,
legal, marketing, sponsorship and PR, technical,
stage, lighting, sound, set-design, wardrobe,
make-up, catering, event management, studio
and venue hire, equipment hire, agents,
managers etc).
How will you benefit from the Creative London
North programme if you are an established
business?
CLN will link you with other creative, technical
and business services and enable you to
meet like-minded people, gain new employees
or sub-contractors, attract new clients,
and make other contacts to break into new
creative business markets. CLN will respond
to the needs of your individual business
rather than delivering a one-size fits all
programme. CLN is able to provide on-going
support to facilitate business growth or
diversification and broker investment and
staffing needs. CLN will provide 2 hours
initial free specialist advice for specific
problems and issues relating to business
growth or problem solving.
How will you benefit from the Creative
London North programme if you are a new
business?
CLN will enable you to meet the creative
people that may become your future clients
or sub-contractors. The CLN team will accelerate
the careers of creative individuals by diagnostics,
advice, guidance, referral, programming
and profiling. CLN is able to provide on-going
support to new businesses while they learn
to manage professional relationships and
how to effectively supply to clients.
