NESTA - Raise the Game
NESTA today announced a £450k war chest to help foster innovation in the games industry. Four strands of activity have been announced to help new companies, small and growing companies, and even some bigger companies will get support to counteract the difficulties being caused by the current skills shortage.
Following on by the coverage gained by the Games Up? Campaign this is really good news for games companies in the UK, and provides a real opportunity to a lot of games developers to focus on innovation and new and exciting projects.
Some good partners announced - the Dare to Grow scheme will be a partnership with Abertay and Dare to be Digital and will support the placement of interns within smaller games companies - there should be real value there for both the trainee and the employer.
Other initiative include a Crossover Lab with a focus on games, and a staff ’swap shop’ enabling job shadowing and skills swaps with other areas of the creative industries.
Finally there is a Business Mentorship Scheme for 10 companies, this feels similar to things that Skillset has run in the past in the TV and Interactive sector, and again, should be of great benefit to the companies taking part.
Full details on all four strands are here: www.nesta.org.uk/raisethegame
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