Crowdfunder and Creative UK team up to launch a pilot support programme for creative businesses in Cornwall.

Tevyans Kernow: Growth for Cornwall is a pilot scheme created between Crowdfunder and Creative UK to support creative businesses to bridge their growth, enable socially impactful activity and provide a return for Cornwall. Five businesses have been selected for the initiative, each demonstrating a strong story and social impact with exciting potential for growth.

The five businesses selected for the initiative are Truro-based digital platform JamUp!, Newlyn School of Art, Sterts Art & Environmental Centre serving communities in Liskeard, regional independent film champions 606 Distribution and One Blue Eye, turning platic waste into useable products in Helston.

Suzie West, Lead Programme Manager for Creative UK Devon & Cornwall, said:

“Creative UK Cornwall are excited to be partnering with Crowdfunder on Tevyans Kernow. The selected businesses all have innovative campaigns with Cornish community, environment and stories at their heart.

At Creative UK, we want to provide a platform for creative businesses to grow and thrive, exploring all of the routes to investment. This support programme enables ambitious crowdfunding targets to come to fruition with increased visibility and access to new audiences.

We selected the businesses on their strong story, social impact and size of business – choosing to help founders with much smaller teams or less public funding. We are confident that the donations received will also provide a catalyst for the business’s growth and economic return for Cornwall.”

The programme lauched with four campaigns that are now live on the Crowdfunder platform. You can find out more about the selected businesses and explore their campaigns here:

JamUp!: Virtual Pets for Kids with Additional Needs 

Sterts Arts & Environmental Centre: More on the Moor 

606 Distribution: Cornish Films Deserve To Be Seen

One Blue Eye: From Waste to Waves

The projects hope to benefit from the postitive trend of existing Crowdfunder audience giving to Cornish Projects via the Crowdfunder platform, with insights showing that:

• 2339 people have pledged nearly £7M to projects in Cornwall.
• 809 people have pledged more than £1k, averaging £3.4k each and totalling £2.7m.
• Their 2021 ‘Cornwall Calling’ cultural campaign achieved over £500k of pledges, generating £3 of additional income to every £1 pledged by Cornwall Council.

This announcement follows a recent Creative UK and Crowdfunder initiative which enables creative crowdfunding projects to be set up with 0% platform fees – you can learn more here.