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low carbon fund 

For East of England content production businesses the biggest low carbon initiative to come out of the UK this year for Film, Documentary, TV and Computer Games


Before submitting an application, you are required to attend a workshop relating to low carbon production processes. Please see our funding guidelines for further details.

The next Low Carbon and Investment Readiness workshop will be on Thursday 2nd September 2010 in Norwich.

Venue: Screen East Offices, 2 Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF
10.30am – 5pm

Please note that tea and coffee will be provided but that lunch will not. The offices are in the centre of the city with an abundance of cafes and sandwich shops nearby. There is no free parking but several public car parks within a 5 minute walk of the offices.


Please email sam@screeneast.co.uk to confirm your attendance on the one day workshop or to register your interest in attending the next available workshop (date and venue yet to be confirmed). Places are limited to 30 and are on a first come first served basis so book early to guarantee your place.



Please see below for further information about the Low Carbon Fund

Low Carbon Fund
The Low Carbon Fund will provide low carbon, digital production investment across Film, Documentary, TV and Computer Games to commercially viable projects in the East of England:

  • Through a £3.5m investment fund
    Officially closing at 31/12/2015 we anticipate having expended the fund by December 2013
    The fund will invest in a minimum of 15 productions
    Productions must be shot/produced wholly or partially in the East of England
    Applicants must be based in the East of England


Low Carbon Development Fund
The Low Carbon Development Fund will provide East of England businesses with funding to develop and exploit low carbon focused digital content across Film, Documentary, TV and Computer Games:

  • Through a £250,000 development fund
      Officially closing at 31/12/2015 we anticipate having expended the fund by December 2013
        The scheme will support the development of a minimum of 30 projects (small and medium-sized businesses)
          The scheme will fund digital content development i.e. treatments, scripts, pilots, marketing, marketing research and distribution


        Low Carbon Business Support Programme
        The Low Carbon Business Support Programme will provide finance, and advice and guidance for critical project planning and commercial exploitation for small and medium-sized digital content businesses in the East of England:

        • Through a £250,000 investment development fund
            Officially closing at 31/12/2015 we anticipate having expended the fund by December 2013
              Provision of workshops and funding supporting the development, adoption and implementation of low carbon and other resource saving production techniques
                Advice and guidance from expert Low carbon consultants
                  Provision of workshops and funding supporting budgeting, scheduling, tax planning and location finding activities
                    The scheme will support a minimum of 75 small and medium-sized businesses


                  Guidelines, Expression of Interest and Application Forms are available in the download panel on the right of this page.

                  contact
                  On all funds, your first point of call is Michael Lavery at m.lavery@screeneast.co.uk or on 01603 776927