Season’s Greetings from The Fifth Sector

As we approach the end of the year, we want to take a moment to extend our heartfelt thanks to all our clients and colleagues. Your support has been instrumental in helping us deliver our most extensive programme of activity yet in 2024!

This year has been bustling with exciting projects, including:

• Ongoing research into the development of the Surrey+ Creative Corridor.

• Crafting a new cultural strategy for Herefordshire, set for completion in March 2025.

• Launching WYCreate, a user-led, needs-driven programme focused on business and skills training for creatives in West Yorkshire.

• Providing critical evidence for establishing a new Digital & Creative Cluster in the Liverpool City Region.

• Evaluating cultural investments and assessing creative industries development and skills needs in Wakefield.

• Researching and developing new strategies for cultural and creative industries in Calderdale, Kirklees, and Leicester.

• Collaborating with UK Research & Innovation, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and local universities to enhance the uptake of R&D funding among high-growth businesses in Greater Manchester.

• Partnering with the British Council in the West Balkans to bolster the creative economies of Montenegro and North Macedonia.

• Supporting UP Projects in developing public arts and cultural education initiatives across London, Devon, and Wigan.

You can explore our reports here: Leicester Leading and Kirklees Creative Economic Impact Report 2024 for more insights.

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