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title: West Yorkshire CGP case studies
description: The West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme is a fully funded programme to support creative businesses in West Yorkshire to develop the skills to secure investment.
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#### West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme

The West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme is a fully funded programme to support creative businesses in West Yorkshire to develop the skills to secure investment and grow their companies. It is tailored to the needs of different creative disciplines, their respective markets, governance and distribution models.

[ Explore case studies ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/tag/west-yorkshire-cgp?hsLang=en)

## What is the West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme?

Funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and delivered in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the Create Growth Programme has been designed to support creative businesses to explore and secure commercial investment opportunities. Selected businesses gain access to a programme of activity including tailored workshops, one-to-one mentoring, and opportunities to connect with investors.  

The first year of the programme, which ran from May 2024-March 2025, saw 41 creative businesses benefit from one-to-one mentor support, access to tailored workshops, and critical introductions to investors through pitch and dine events and larger-scale summits. Businesses from the inaugural cohorts of the West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme are already seeing growth, with an impressive £2,065,000 in investment secured since joining the initiative.   

The Big Creative UK Summit: Investment in West Yorkshire, which took place in Bradford in February 2025, saw 13 businesses exhibiting to an audience of over 150 investors, partners, creative networks and local business owners, with four given the opportunity to take part in a pitching competition to a selected audience of investors and partners.

![Highlights square CGP (1)](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Highlights%20square%20CGP%20(1).png?width=800&height=800&name=Highlights%20square%20CGP%20(1).png)

 

Case study

##### Baesha

![Baesha blog header (1)](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Baesha%20blog%20header%20(1).png?width=1200&height=628&name=Baesha%20blog%20header%20(1).png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/baesha-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Pasimo

![Pasimo blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Pasimo%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Pasimo%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/pasimo-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Rezon

![Rezon blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Rezon%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Rezon%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/rezon-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Schwartz Patrick Media

![Schwartz Patrick Media blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/schwartz-patrick-media-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Felt Nowt

![Felt Nowt blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Felt%20Nowt%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Felt%20Nowt%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/felt-nowt-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### NOVAK

![NOVAK blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/NOVAK%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=NOVAK%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/novak-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Flamingo Heights

![Flamingo Heights blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Flamingo%20Heights%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Flamingo%20Heights%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read now ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/flamingo-heights-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case study

##### Ghostwriter Consultancy & Events / Gig Lab

![Ghostwriter Giglab blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Ghostwriter%20Giglab%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Ghostwriter%20Giglab%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/ghostwriter-consultancy-events-/-gig-lab-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Meg Fletcher

![Meg Fletcher blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Meg%20Fletcher%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Meg%20Fletcher%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/meg-fletcher-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Layers Studio

![Layers Studio blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Layers%20Studio%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Layers%20Studio%20blog%20header.png)

[ Apply Now ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/layers-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case Study

##### ToneAlly

![ToneAlly header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/ToneAlly%20header.jpg?width=686&height=386&name=ToneAlly%20header.jpg)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/toneally-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Cast Study

##### Shudder Films

![Shudder Films blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Shudder%20Films%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Shudder%20Films%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/shudder-films-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case Study

##### Orbital

![Orbital FX blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Orbital%20FX%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Orbital%20FX%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/orbital-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

## Stories from the programme:

[![Cornwall case studies rounded (1)-1](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Cornwall%20case%20studies%20rounded%20(1)-1.png?width=500&height=500&name=Cornwall%20case%20studies%20rounded%20(1)-1.png)](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/bo-carter-case-study?hsLang=en)

[![Cornwall case studies rounded-1](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Cornwall%20case%20studies%20rounded-1.png?width=500&height=500&name=Cornwall%20case%20studies%20rounded-1.png)](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/common-wealth-case-study?hsLang=en)<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/one-blue-eye-case-study?hsLang=en>

[![Sticks and Glass rounded square](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Sticks%20and%20Glass%20rounded%20square.png?width=500&height=500&name=Sticks%20and%20Glass%20rounded%20square.png)](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/sticks-and-glass-case-study?hsLang=en)

##### The West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme is funded by the Department for Media, Culture and Sport and delivered in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

![WYCGP Banners  Headers](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/WYCGP%20Banners%20%20Headers.png?width=1483&height=142&name=WYCGP%20Banners%20%20Headers.png)

 

![A quote from Buttercrumble on their experience of being on the West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/CSE%20CGP%20quote%20Buttercrumble.png)

![A quote from Bo Carter on their experience of being on the West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/WY%20CGP%20quote%20Bo%20Carter.png)

![A quote from Samson Athletic on their experience of being on the West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/WY%20CGP%20quote%20Samson%20Athletics.png)

![A quote from Sticks and Glass on their experience of being on the West Yorkshire Create Growth Programme](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/WY%20CGP%20quote%20Sticks%20%26%20Glass.png)

Case study

##### Baesha

![Baesha blog header (1)](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Baesha%20blog%20header%20(1).png?width=1200&height=628&name=Baesha%20blog%20header%20(1).png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/baesha-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case Study

##### Pasimo

![Pasimo blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Pasimo%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Pasimo%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/pasimo-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Rezon

![Rezon blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Rezon%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Rezon%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/rezon-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Schwartz Patrick Media

![Schwartz Patrick Media blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/schwartz-patrick-media-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case study

##### Felt Nowt

![Felt Nowt blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Felt%20Nowt%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Felt%20Nowt%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/felt-nowt-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### NOVAK

![NOVAK blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/NOVAK%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=NOVAK%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/novak-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Flamingo Heights

![Flamingo Heights blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Flamingo%20Heights%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Flamingo%20Heights%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read now ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/flamingo-heights-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case study

##### Ghostwriter Consultancy & Events / Gig Lab

![Ghostwriter Giglab blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Ghostwriter%20Giglab%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Ghostwriter%20Giglab%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/ghostwriter-consultancy-events-/-gig-lab-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Meg Fletcher

![Meg Fletcher blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Meg%20Fletcher%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Meg%20Fletcher%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/meg-fletcher-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

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##### Layers Studio

![Layers Studio blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Layers%20Studio%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Layers%20Studio%20blog%20header.png)

[ Apply Now ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/layers-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case Study

##### ToneAlly

![ToneAlly header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/ToneAlly%20header.jpg?width=686&height=386&name=ToneAlly%20header.jpg)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/toneally-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Cast Study

##### Shudder Films

![Shudder Films blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Shudder%20Films%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Shudder%20Films%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/shudder-films-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

Case Study

##### Orbital

![Orbital FX blog header](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Orbital%20FX%20blog%20header.png?width=1200&height=628&name=Orbital%20FX%20blog%20header.png)

[ Read more ](https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/orbital-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en)

![Schwartz Patrick Media 540 x 540 v2](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png?width=540&height=540&name=Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png)

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### Ballpoint Films

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/ballpoint-films-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![Schwartz Patrick Media 540 x 540 v2](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png?width=540&height=540&name=Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png)

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### Schwartz Patrick Media 

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/schwartz-patrick-media-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![Flamingo Heights 540 x 540](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Flamingo%20Heights%20540%20x%20540.png?width=540&height=540&name=Flamingo%20Heights%20540%20x%20540.png)

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### Flamingo Heights 

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/flamingo-heights-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![Felt Nowt 540 x 540 v2](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Felt%20Nowt%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png?width=540&height=540&name=Felt%20Nowt%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png)

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### Felt Nowt

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/felt-nowt-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![ToneAlly 540 x 540](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/ToneAlly%20540%20x%20540.png?width=540&height=540&name=ToneAlly%20540%20x%20540.png)

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### ToneAlly

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/toneally-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![NOVAK 540 x 540](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/NOVAK%20540%20x%20540.png?width=540&height=540&name=NOVAK%20540%20x%20540.png)

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### NOVAK 

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/novak-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![Baesha headshot](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/Baesha%20540%20x%20540%20(1).png)

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### Baesha 

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/baesha-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![REZON 540 x 540](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/REZON%20540%20x%20540.png)

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### Rezon 

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/rezon-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

![Schwartz Patrick Media 540 x 540 v2](https://regionalimpact.wearecreative.uk/hubfs/Schwartz%20Patrick%20Media%20540%20x%20540%20v2.png)

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### Bamboo Media Productions 

<https://read.wearecreative.uk/regional-programmes/bamboo-media-productions-create-growth-programme?hsLang=en>

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## Programme feedback

### Infinity 27

##### Cohort 1

“I think the programme has been brilliant. I'm excited for future cohorts to benefit from it. I've been surprised by how much support I've received from everyone."

### Candle and Bell

##### Cohort 1

“The programme has definitely increased my knowledge. Definitely happy I was accepted onto it.”

### Tull Stories

##### Cohort 2

“Feel so much more confident after the coaching. I can do things now I wouldn't have been able to do before the programme.”

### Ghostwriter / Giglab

##### Cohort ?

“At [Ghostwriter Consultancy & Events](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gwritereventsuk/), we’ve been incredibly lucky to have the support of some fantastic organisations in the North East while developing Gig Lab. Being part of the [Creative UK](https://www.linkedin.com/company/creativeukgroup/) Growth Programme has been invaluable, helping us make the most of the [Innovate UK](https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovateuk/) Women in Innovation Award we received. It definitely helps when everyone involved is such great craic, but with a bunch of North East creatives, what else would you expect?!”

### Bamboo Media

##### Cohort 2

“I've really enjoyed the programme and got so much out of it. I think the CUK team have been really great, very quick to answer any questions I had.”

### Changing Relations

##### Cohort 2

“My mentor has been such a good match for me. The relationship has really worked and I've learnt so much. [They have] really helped with business planning and I feel I've really moved forward because of this.”