Apply for Greening the Screen Cymru Scale-Up Fund (UK)

Greening the Screen Cymru Scale-Up Fund is delivered by Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), on behalf of Media Cymru and Ffilm Cymru Wales.

This competition aims to support UK registered organisations to scale-up sustainable products, services or processes that will green the screen industry in the CCR.

Informed by BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal research, projects must reduce the negative impact the sector has on the environment.

Theme

• Your project can align with one or more transformational opportunity areas identified in the BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal route map to sustainable film production:
  • production materials, for example, responsible procurement and reuse;
  • energy and water, for example, alternatives to diesel, transport and generators, renewables, reduction, studio and equipment efficiency;
  • studio buildings and facilities, for example, repurposing and smart building management;
  • studio sites and locations, for example, changing modes of transport, reducing waste including catering and circular production;
  • production planning, for example, digital collaboration tools, virtual planning and production, and shared infrastructure.

Impact Areas

• BAFTA albert’s Screen New Deal focuses on delivering a zero-carbon and zero-waste future through key impact areas:
  • energy and fuel
  • transport
  • circular economy and waste, including catering
  • data capture and dissemination, expertise, technical insight, production planning, and reporting across the supply chain.

Funding Information

• A total of up to £600,000 is available to fund projects in this competition. Awards will be between £75,000 and £250,000 per project. Funding will be in the form of a grant.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your project must:
  • have a primary focus within the film and media sector;
  • demonstrate significant environmental benefit to the media industry, particularly the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;
  • demonstrate a commercially viable business model or potential for long term financial sustainability;
  • last between 12 and 24 months;
  • start by 1 April 2024;
  • end by 31 March 2026.
• Lead organisation
  • The lead organisation may be based outside the CCR but justification must be made in your application as to why the project could not be led by an organisation from the CCR. If the lead organisation is based outside the CCR, you must collaborate with an organisation in the CCR.
  • To lead a project your organisation must:
    • be a UK registered business of any size, community interest company (CIC) or not for profit;
    • be based in the CCR or collaborate with at least one UK registered business, research organisation, public sector organisation or charity in the CCR;
    • carry out the project work in the CCR.
  • Collaboration is encouraged within the following sectors and with micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the supply chain:
    • film, television and media;
    • academia;
    • technology, for example, IT, software, electronics and computer services;
    • energy and fuel;
    • transport;
    • circular economy services and waste management, for example, production space and infrastructure, costumes, catering;
    • manufacturing and materials, for example, set materials and props.
• Project team
  • To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered:
    • business of any size;
    • academic institution;
    • charity;
    • not for profit;
    • public sector organisation;
    • research and technology organisation (RTO).

Ineligible

• They will not fund projects that:
  • are early-stage research and development or feasibility studies;
  • do not demonstrate the potential to positively impact on the environment of the CCR and Wales;
  • do not demonstrate clear advancement of product, service or process such as technology and potential application or novel application of existing technology to solve environmental challenges;
  • have disproportionate involvement of non-UK based partners or subcontractors;
  • do not address the size, potential and access to market for the innovation;
  • do not evidence the potential for their project to have significant positive environmental impact.

For more information, visit Innovate UK.