The Northfleet Place Partnership, consisting of Creative Estuary, Gravesham Borough Council and Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, is seeking applications from creative individuals, who live, work or are based in Northfleet Kent, for the Northfleet Creative Development Grant Programme (NCDP). 

Successful applicants will be enabled to grow their professional careers in the creative industries. This grant is available to people based in Northfleet who are interested in, or already pursuing careers in, the creative industries, to improve their creative and cultural abilities. The grant will support them to develop new skills, invest in their practice or ensure they are better equipped to be successful creative professionals. 

We are providing 10 grants of up to £1000 to creative practitioners who are looking to progress their professional creative ambitions. Successful applicants will use the funds to cover the costs of practical needs relating to their professional development and creative business ambitions. Types of activity that this fund will support include (but not limited to);

• Creative professionals looking to develop a new skill that would complement & improve their practice / business.
• Existing skilled professionals, who don’t work in the creative industries but want to explore transferring their skills to the creative industries.
• Hobbyists who want to explore their professional potential.
• Those who have had creative training or previously worked in the creative industries but no longer work in the industry and would like to return.
• Covering the costs of equipment, materials, software, assets, training, workspace or access to specialist studios, that will improve professional outcomes or business potential.
• Those who would like to shift their practice to be more sustainable.

This grant programme is for individuals, sole traders and unincorporated groups.

The programme will have three rounds over the next 9 months, allowing as many of Northfleet’s creative individuals to have an opportunity to apply.

How to apply

Fill in an application form and an EDI Monitoring Form, and return to info@creativeestuary.com by Sunday 8th December 2024.

You can find the Northfleet Creative Development Grant Information Pack here.

Decisions on applications will be made 3 weeks after deadline. Projects must be completed and fully reported on by 31st October 2025.

Grant Programme Information Sessions