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What is ELCID?
East Lancashire Creative Industries Development (ELCID) is a support agency that helps creative businesses in East Lancashire grow and prosper. The agency serves as a bridge between new and established creative businesses and the business support that's available in their local area. The support is free or subsidised.
What is a creative business?
For the purpose of the ELCID project, the definition of creative industries is:
"Industries that generate employment and sales opportunities for local creative workers within the preferred sectors of (in no particular order) film/video, music, performing arts, crafts, photography, visual arts, design, fashion, publishing, broadcasting and multimedia/IT."
This definition is intended as a guideline only: no strict boundaries are necessary. The range of scale in this sector is enormous, from a ceramics artist working from home to a graphic design agency employing 50 people.
Who manages ELCID?
ELCID is a joint initiative between CEA (the Consortium of Enterprise Agencies) and the six local authorities of East Lancashire. ELCID is managed by Hyndburn Enterprise Trust, on behalf of CEA.
Funding for the initiative comes from the Arts Council and the European Union.
