Creative Entrepreneurs is CIDA’s business development programme funded by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, whereby participants have the opportunity to develop their business concept from idea to draft business plan. Leading experts deliver four days of intensive training in Business Planning, Marketing, Presenting and Pitching. The fifth day is...

Creative Links is CIDA’s business support and showcasing event for London’s creative sector. Lively and interactive, Creative Links offers the ideal opportunity for creative individuals, businesses and arts organisations to see new work, get the support they need and take their business or project to the next level. CIDA have...

The Digital Women’s Club began as a route into the creative industries for women who were unemployed or running a sole trader business. It was funded by the London Development Agency via the European Social Fund and offered accredited training and business development in film, music, literature, web design, TV...

Originally funded by the Arts Council England and the London Development Agency the Creative Space Agency in an innovative service that links owners of vacant property with creative professionals looking for spaces in which to work, exhibit, perform and rehearse. The Creative Space Agency website includes an up to date space...

The aim of the East London Cultural Tourism Group was to raise the cultural profile of East London and to support the regeneration of East London. The East London Cultural Tourism Group was a network of cultural destinations, events and relevant strategic partners across east London including venues, galleries, museums, festivals and...

The Creative Business Catalyst pilot between 2008 - 2009 aimed to tap into the skill-base of UK business schools to exploit their expertise in supporting the development of growth in the creative industries sector. This national pilot programme wasdeveloped by NESTA and HEFCE, in conjunction with a range of project partners...

After the huge success of CIDA’s Overlay Street Gallery in Brick Lane where 13 artists from different backgrounds were selected to feature on hoardings, CIDA continued the Overlay project in Hackney. We put a call out early 2010 for artists living or working in Hackney and producing New Media/Digital prints....

Switching UP is CIDA’s training and employment support programme for young people interested in the Creative Industries. We have delivered 2 successful programmes in partnership with DV8 over the last 3 years. More than 100 young people have completed the programme of training, confidence building, work experience and showcasing. Most...

Action Digital supported 10 unemployed/under-employed artists in producing and running an advertising/communications campaign in commercial conditions, offering participants direct experience of using their creative skills to contribute to and including design and idea development, budgeting, negotiation and project management. Participants worked on live briefs that required them to produce real solutions, working...

In October 2009 CIDA sent out a call for artists to cover 54m2 of builders hoarding around the grade 1 listed building the ‘Jamme Masjid’ (Jamme Mosque), which was closed to traffic - between the junction of Fournier Street and Princelet Street. 13 creatives from different artistic backgrounds including painting, drawing,...