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Businesses across Plymouth are celebrating three years of investment with Creative UK to help support and grow Plymouth’s Creative Industries.  

iMayflower Ideate, the programme set up by DCMS and Plymouth County Council, included 20 companies working in immersive technology across Plymouth, including; Real Ideas Organisation, University of Plymouth, Arts University Plymouth, Crowdfunder, Destination Plymouth.  

As well as offering business support, Creative UK hosted bespoke mentoring programmes and events and helped to establish a Plymouth Film Office through its Filming in England team. The new office hosted crew nights, both in person and virtually to support the local talent, created a promotion video to showcase Plymouth as a versatile location for high end film and TV work, which culminated in exhibiting at the annual FOCUS industry event in London in 2021. Creative UK and Plymouth City Council are continuing to work together to support the iMayflower Ideate Businesses.  

Nina Sarlaka, Inward Investment and Enterprise Manager, Economic Development, Plymouth City Council said:

“Plymouth City Council and Creative UK will continue to work together to ensure the business journey continues for those businesses we have worked with over the last few years. We want to continue to offer support, advice and guidance to help grow and scale business across Plymouth. We are extremely proud of the iMayflower programme to create a legacy of strong local innovation and business with national and international reach and impact.”  

Caroline Norbury, CEO of Creative UK said:

“We are very proud to have helped launch the iMayflower Ideate programme alongside Plymouth City Council and partners to support 22 immersive technology businesses in Plymouth. We’ve given over £34k in grants to 7 companies and provided hundreds of hours of bespoke mentoring to ensure that our creative colleagues in all regions are recognised for the enormous strength, impact and potential our industry offers and I can’t wait to see what comes next.”

Read more about the journey and legacy of Ideate Plymouth here

Have a look and see how Ideate has supported companies using Immersive in Plymouth:

I Love Filming in… Plymouth

Soundview Media

SeaDream Education  

Souls club  

Millfields Inspired  

Letters From Australia

Letters From AustraliaCase Study

Never before in our history have we had the ability to tell the stories of our past in such dynamic, compelling and artistic ways.So when Martin Eddy was handed a box of fascinating old letters passed down from his family for generations, little did he realise just how epic the careful calligraphy on those worn pages would soon become.

They told of his Cornish family’s story of migrating to South Australia in 1860 – and the joy, loss and heartbreak along the way. Together with three friends, these Letters from Australia would soon become a story worth not just telling, but immersing in.

They’ve been brought alive by imagination, emerging technology and support from mentors and creative organisations such as Creative UK and its Ideate Plymouth mentorship programme.

Read full case study

Never before in our history have we had the ability to tell the stories of our past in such dynamic, compelling and artistic ways.So when Martin Eddy was handed a box of fascinating old letters passed down from his family for generations, little did he realise just how epic the careful calligraphy on those worn pages would soon become.

They told of his Cornish family’s story of migrating to South Australia in 1860 – and the joy, loss and heartbreak along the way. Together with three friends, these Letters from Australia would soon become a story worth not just telling, but immersing in.

They’ve been brought alive by imagination, emerging technology and support from mentors and creative organisations such as Creative UK and its Ideate Plymouth mentorship programme.

Read full case study

Ideate Plymouth is part of the iMayflower project and has been supported by The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport who fund the Cultural Development Fund which is administered by Arts Council England. The iMayflower project aims to deliver a programme of large scale cultural and creative events to inspire and enrich lives.