HRH THE DUKE OF YORK TEAMS UP WITH SCHOOL FOR STARTUPS TO NURTURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CREATIVE TALENT Bursaries and scholarships awarded to some of Britain’s most talented creative entrepreneurs LONDON 29TH OCTOBER: Doug Richard’s School for Startups has unveiled the recipients of their bursary and scholarship schemes, funded by The Duke of York and the Equitable Charitable Trust. The partnership will see some of the UK’s most talented entrepreneurs take up places on the ground-breaking School for Creative Startups programme, designed to help creative individuals start and grow creative enterprises. These packages of financial support create even more opportunities for creative entrepreneurs to access School for Creative Startups’ innovative training and support programme, empowering individuals within the sector to harness their talents and realise their business dreams. His Royal Highness has funded three different packages of financial support for students applying to the course. These include The British Made Bursary, The British Export Bursary and The British Culture Bursary. The Duke of York is committed to supporting entrepreneurship and creative enterprise in the UK and these new bursaries reflect his ongoing support for School for Creative Startups. The British Culture Bursary has been awarded to illustrator Matt Sewell, who has recently completed his second book ‘Our Songbirds’. He plans to turn the success of his illustrations and books into a range of products and merchandise depicting the British countryside and the birds that inhabit it. The recipient of the British Made Bursary is Tilly Walnes, whose blog Tilly and the Buttons receives more than half a million views a month and is regularly featured in both craft and mainstream press. The blog encourages more people to start creating their own clothing by making sewing more accessible for beginners. Rory Souter has been awarded the Export Bursary to help grow his fledgling cider business, Cotswald Cider. The company aims to take advantage of the overseas demand in British cider, and has already claimed interest from Sweden, Germany and India. The aim is to open up new markets in developed countries and emerging economies where British cider has a level of recognition and popularity as a luxury item. Set up by Equity, the trade union for actors and performers, Equity Charitable Trust has awarded a generous scholarship that will grant the full tuition, plus a contribution towards travel expenses, for the 2013/14 School for Creative Startups programme. The scholarship is designed to support experienced and established performers who have an ambition to start a creative business. Sam Bradshaw of Magic Wish Parties is the winning applicant for the Equity Charitable Trust scholarship, a children’s party entertainment agency that has already won wide recognition. Sam is now looking to turn his vision into a viable and successful business that creates jobs and opportunities for many of his fellow performers and entertainers. Doug Richard, founder of School for Creative Startups, said: “I am thrilled that HRH The Duke of York and the Equity Charitable Trust are supporting us in our mission to nurture the next generation of creative entrepreneurs in the UK. “These entrepreneurs have strong proposals and it will be exciting to spend a year helping them develop and grow these ideas into viable, profitable businesses. “We are committed to backing startups and hope more and more organisations will be inspired to offer bursaries or scholarships to deserving aspiring creative entrepreneurs. “I’m delighted to welcome the winning applicants into the School for Creative Startups family.” schoolforcreativestartups/
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 23:58:36 +0000
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