The programme is being set up now and will launch in January 2023. The funding must be spent by March 2025. Access to the programme is likely to close in October 2024 when the final cohort of businesses will be recruited (to be confirmed). Have created a revenue generating product, launched a new platform or service or reached a market of scale Be located within the administrative boundaries of Greater Essex, Kent, Medway, East Sussex, West Sussex or Brighton and Hove.

TEACHER: Jesus was arrested for ‘blasphemy’. Blasphemy is when someone says something disrespectful about God or religion. The people in charge of the Jewish faith believed that Jesus blasphemed by saying he was the "King of the Jews" and the "Son of God". This Create for Growthprogramme support is very much welcomed by Screen South – it provides welcome opportunity for a unique industry led collaborations to drive growth in our sector. We look forward to working with regionally based companies to enhance their creative business offer with a viable and realistic support framework which will enhance investment and ensurefuture success and sustainability for a wide range of companies. This will undoubtably enhancethe region’s Creative Industry profile nationally and internationally.”Local Enterprise Partnerships ( LEPs) were set up by Government in 2011 to identify and support local strategic growth priorities, encourage business investment and promote economic development. This approach puts businesses in the driving seat and empowers the private sector to determine its own priorities. What is the South East LEP? TEACHER: This is the garden of Gethsemane. Christians believe this is where Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples, Judas, and arrested by the authorities.

The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) is a genuine partnership for growth between business, government, and education. We work together with all sectors of business, all levels of government and in partnership with key agencies to pursue and attract investment into the South East which will deliver significant economic growth. New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Suffolk County Council and Norfolk County Council as consortium partners; and

The South East Create Growth Programme exists to support creative talent across the South East with crucial investment and development opportunities. We are excited to be partnering with the South East Creative Economy Network (SECEN), the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) and true innovators and thought leaders in the region Screen South and Wired Sussex to help champion growing businesses, channel investment into the region and make a real impact to support the South East’s leading creative businesses of the future.” Sarah Dance, Co-Chair of South East Creative Economy Network (SECEN) and Deputy Chair of South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) said: