CDF1 Network

Worcester Worcester is supporting the transformation of Worcester’s central city area into a modern 21st Century workplace of creative industries.  The project board is made up of representatives...

Creative Wakefield Wakefield in West Yorkshire will deliver capital developments, provide a business support programme for local creative businesses and support creative and skills development. The programme known...

Creative Estuary Creative Estuary has a vision to forge a new future founded on creative energy and innovation, along the length of the Thames Estuary....

Prior to the DCMS announcement of the second round of investments through the Cultural Development Fund, (CDF), the CDF Network presented case studies through the first round CDF projects at Creative UK's Creative Coalition Festival 2022.

During this session at Creative UK's Creative Coalition Festival 2022, our expert panel discussed the role of culture in engineering the levelling-up agenda.The Levelling Up White Paper, published on 2nd February 2022, included 107 references to how culture can support the levelling up agenda, with a promise that DCMS will further set out its plan to deliver to this agenda in the spring.

The Cultural Development Fund (CDF) Network is the national collective that shares best practice and generates knowledge to capture and celebrate the success of the DCMS CDF round one investment.