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Issue 1765 October 2013

Skills Investment Fund (SIF) Skills Investment Fund (SIF)

What is the What is the Challenge Fund?

Challenge Fund?

What is the Challenge Fund?

The Challenge Fund offers employers in film, TV, animation, games What thetoChallenge and VFX is access grants of up to Fund? £1 million to deliver creative and The Challenge Fund offers employers in film, TV, animation, games practical ways to boost skills and develop talent in their industry. and VFX access to grants of up to £1 million to deliver creative and As part of Creative Skillset’s Skills Investment Fund (SIF), practical ways to boost skills and develop talent in their industry. the Challenge Fund will help keep the UK at the forefront of innovation As of Creative Skills Investment Fund (SIF), andpart positioned as aSkillset’s hothouse of creativity by placing funds and training the Challenge Fund will keep the UK at the forefront of innovation delivery in the control of help industry. and positioned as a hothouse of creativity by placing funds and training What grants are available? delivery insize the control of industry.

Applications of between £10,000 and £1 million are welcome from What size and grants are available? small, medium large employers, either as individual companies or Applications of between £10,000 £1 industries million areand welcome in consortia. Bids can cover one orand more we are from keen small, and large employers, either as individual companies of or to see medium proposals addressing innovation, diversity and development in consortia.

Bids can cover one or more industries and we are keen the skills base across the UK. to see proposals addressing innovation, diversity and development of Which employers are eligible? the skills base across the UK. The Challenge Fund is accessible to those employers contributing Which are eligible? to the Skillsemployers Investment Fund.

Applicants must match 50% of The Challenge Fundfor is their accessible to those employersfunds. contributing the money needed proposal with non-public to the Skills Investment Fund. Applicants must match 50% of the money needed for their proposal with non-public funds.

For application guidelines visit www.creativeskillset.org/challengefund For application guidelines visit www.creativeskillset.org/challengefund

The SIF is administered by Creative Skillset and funded by industry contributions with Government match funding to support skills, talent and business development in the film, TV, animation, games and VFX industries.

Each industry determines how it contributes to the SIF and employers who make a contribution gain access The SIF is administered by Creative Skillset and funded by industry contributions with Government match to the SIF’s talent, grants and training resources. funding to support skills, talent and business development in the film, TV, animation, games and VFX industries.

Each industry determines how it contributes to the SIF and employers who make a contribution gain access

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Issue 1765 October 2013

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