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Create Central’s Skills Accelerator launches in Coventry
This week in Coventry, at the Belgrade Theatre, we launched three new FREE training courses, with the support of the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, and with additional funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority.
Partnerships to turbo-charge the West Midlands creative content sector
Create Central is pleased to announce two new partnerships to start the year that will drive forward our missions around future media and sustainability.
StoryTown Conference
A groundbreaking three-day event designed to galvanise storytellers across film, TV, and VR, including authors and screenwriters.
Create Central’s Skills Accelerator
We're launching three new FREE training courses, with the support of the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, and with additional funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority.
West Midlands Create Growth Programme launch
Join us on 10 January to find out about the West Midlands Create Growth Programme - helping creative businesses to scale, with access to major new investment opportunities.
Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country
BBC and Create Central launch new writing scheme in Birmingham and the Black Country for aspiring scriptwriters.
Staying connected in the West Midlands
With the Royal Television Society Midlands Awards taking place tonight in Birmingham, nominee Tenisha White looks back on her career journey so far…
Skills Accelerator gets ready to go
To lead the training programmes we have appointed a fantastic team from across the region to work with industry to coordinate skills and training opportunities for below-the-line production crew in the West Midlands.
West Midlands Create Growth Programme
The next phase of the Create Growth Programme will help creative businesses to scale, with access to major new investment opportunities.
From ‘camper to camera trainee
Following completion of a Create Central bootcamp, Sador was offered the opportunity to work as a camera trainee on Steven Knight’s BBC drama, This Town
Bootcamp leads to business growth
The specialist content creation bootcamp, delivered by Solihull College and University Centre for Create Central, is an intensive course for those looking to develop their digital media skills.
Stop-motion series animation from the heart of the UK
Tweedy & Fluff: the first stop-motion series animation of its kind to be made in Birmingham.
Mayor meets our talented 'campers!
Mayor Andy Street met the latest students of the Drama and Scripted TV bootcamp.
Filming in England Connect - Birmingham industry mixer
Uniting regional based crew, supply chain businesses and supporting local partners across film & TV.
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
The series is commissioned as a result of Channel 4 and Create Central’s linear unscripted development initiative More4 the West Midlands.
Phoenix Rise returns to Coventry
Critically acclaimed series Phoenix Rise is back filming 20 new episodes in the West Midlands for a third and fourth series.
West Midlands scripted production
Kudos Knight, the creative partnership between Kudos and Create Central Champion Steven Knight, has announced the appointment of Rem Conway as their Development Producer
Channel 4: meet the Commissioners
Create Central was delighted to welcome Channel 4's commissioners to the West Midlands to meet local creatives.
First post-production house open in Digbeth
Clear Cut has opened a new post-production facility in Birmingham. Rowan Bray, Managing Director of the Clear Cut Group, shares what this new venture means for creative industries in the West Midlands.
Create Central Skills Accelerator
Hear an overview of our plans around our Skills Accelerator training programmes, our commitment to engaging talent from underrepresented backgrounds and how we are building on industry partnerships.