supporting arts businesses and creative industries in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland

Hidden Treasures is a voluntary organization founded by the visual arts practitioners residing and working in Leicester and Leicestershire

The Department for Culture Media and Sport's role is to assist the creative industries by raising their profile and helping them achieve their full economic potential

Culture East Midlands is one of eight regional cultural consortia that were set
up in 1999 by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to champion the
whole spectrum of cultural and creative interest within their respective regions. Culture East Midlands covers the six counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

New service providing information about cultural projects and organisations in rural parts of the East Midlands.

NESTA was set up by Act of Parliament in 1998 to help maximise this country's creative and innovative potential.

The Ideas Factory is an initiative from Channel 4. Its aims include:

• aiding you in your creative development
• encouraging conversation with other creative people enabling you to exchange ideas experience knowledge views

Shoutout is designed to be the voice of the creative industries within the UK East Midlands. It provides resources, networking opportunities and powerful promotion for creative practitioners and businesses across the region