Local and regional arts support links

Arts in the Peak
Run by artists and for artists, Arts in the Peak collects and distributes news of funding opportunities, commissions, festival planning, etc. and works to ensure that official policies, strategies and documents take account of key issues for artists working in the Peak District.

Creative Industries Network (CIN)
Supporting creative businesses in Derbyshire

Derbyshire Open Arts
A visual arts and crafts event across Derbyshire, with open studios over two weekends.

Design Factory
The East Midlands' leading design organisaion

Derwent Valley Mills
World Heritage Site, stretching 15 miles down the river Derwent from Matlock Bath to Derby. Arts activity is supported to bring alive the heritage aspects of the site for local people.

Derbyshire Arts Development Group (DADG)
DADG is an association of participatory arts organisations, local authorities and other arts groups.  It seeks to promote the development of professional arts in the county for the benefit of the people who live, work in and visit Derbyshire.

EM-Media
EM Media is the Regional Screen Agency for the East Midlands, one of nine agencies across the UK. Since 2001 EM Media has supported the region's film, television and interactive media (games, digital media and new media) through talent development, investment and business support.

East Midlands Participatory Arts Forum (EMPAF)
Forum exists to discuss and debate issues of importance to the community arts sector in the East Midlands.

Epilogue
A website for people in the performing arts in the East Midlands.

East Midlands Incubation Network (EMIN)
SUpporting creative businesses in the East Midlands.

EMARAN
The rural culture website for the East Midlands

Live & Local
A network of mainly voluntary organisations in the East and West Midlands who, supported by a professional team, promote top class professional arts performances in small and friendly venues such as village halls and community centres.

Peak District Products
A group of superlative artists, craftspeople and fine food producers based around the Peak District, Derbyshire.

Peak Directions
Peak Directions contains information and links to services that support enterprise amongst businesses and communities within the Peak District.

Shoutout
Shoutout is designed to be the voice of the creative industries within the UK East Midlands.

The Greenhouse
Supporting Creative Businesses in North East Derbyshire, Mansfield, Ashfield, Chesterfield, and Bolsover.

Regional governmental bodies

Culture EM (Culture East Midlands)
Culture EM promotes the value and importance of culture in the East Midlands region. They bringing together the organisations which have a role in the region’s cultural life. With these partners, they raise the profile and value of culture in the East Midlands.

East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA)
In the East Midlands 10% of the region is employed in the cultural industries, and EMDA support growth of this sector at a strategic level

Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM)
Developing and delivering Government policies that enable a vibrant, healthy and prosperous region.

Regeneration East Midlands
Promoting the regeneration of rural and urban environments in the East Midands.