Creative Enterprise Zone - Open Call for Ideas

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Ten successful projects will receive funding as part of the Open Call for Ideas for the Acton and Park Royal Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ).

The ten awardees are:

  • A LOOK INTO; delivering a programme of workshops on accessing the film industry and gaining tangible skills to secure work experience and employment
  • ARTification and Pati Starzykowski; engaging the community in the creation of two public art installations within the local area
  • Bollo Brook Youth Centre; working with young people to produce a film about the area’s tea houses and creativity
  • Excelsior Studios; creating a new affordable space that will be home to the CEZ Hub, accessible by local creatives and businesses
  • Form and Beyond; curating the first-of-its-kind market event that will develop connections in the local area, promoting goods, services and materials to the local community.
  • Hikayetna (meaning Our Story); hosting Park Royal Nights events giving opportunities for storytelling, poetry, music and inspiration within the community
  • Loom Projects; creating of the first Park Royal Womens’ Group providing a safe space for women to gather, share, collaborate and support women who live and work in the area
  • MAMA Youth Project; joining forces with reputable film studio, Garden Studios to deliver a digital media production training course for young people from underrepresented and challenging backgrounds
  • Park Royal Design District; developing a central website to grow and build a directory of creative businesses, local events calendar, interactive map and creative research into a procurement platform
  • W3 Hive; using Re’Store and EX2 Studio to host pop-ups, events, talks and workshops to promote the circular economy and makers in Acton and Park Royal

You can read our full announcement here; https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/city-halls-partners/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-corporation-opdc/opdc-media-centre/opdc-press-releases/mayor-londons-opdc-awards-ps150000-funding-ten-local-creatives-acton-and-park-royal-creative

If you have any questions in the meantime, please email cez@opdc.london.gov.uk

Ten successful projects will receive funding as part of the Open Call for Ideas for the Acton and Park Royal Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ).

The ten awardees are:

  • A LOOK INTO; delivering a programme of workshops on accessing the film industry and gaining tangible skills to secure work experience and employment
  • ARTification and Pati Starzykowski; engaging the community in the creation of two public art installations within the local area
  • Bollo Brook Youth Centre; working with young people to produce a film about the area’s tea houses and creativity
  • Excelsior Studios; creating a new affordable space that will be home to the CEZ Hub, accessible by local creatives and businesses
  • Form and Beyond; curating the first-of-its-kind market event that will develop connections in the local area, promoting goods, services and materials to the local community.
  • Hikayetna (meaning Our Story); hosting Park Royal Nights events giving opportunities for storytelling, poetry, music and inspiration within the community
  • Loom Projects; creating of the first Park Royal Womens’ Group providing a safe space for women to gather, share, collaborate and support women who live and work in the area
  • MAMA Youth Project; joining forces with reputable film studio, Garden Studios to deliver a digital media production training course for young people from underrepresented and challenging backgrounds
  • Park Royal Design District; developing a central website to grow and build a directory of creative businesses, local events calendar, interactive map and creative research into a procurement platform
  • W3 Hive; using Re’Store and EX2 Studio to host pop-ups, events, talks and workshops to promote the circular economy and makers in Acton and Park Royal

You can read our full announcement here; https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/city-halls-partners/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-corporation-opdc/opdc-media-centre/opdc-press-releases/mayor-londons-opdc-awards-ps150000-funding-ten-local-creatives-acton-and-park-royal-creative

If you have any questions in the meantime, please email cez@opdc.london.gov.uk

  • You can apply to the Open Call using this simple online form. Please refer to the CEZ Open Call for Ideas Prospectus before completing the form.

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