Craft Community

InCube is Invest in Renfrewshire’s new business programme to launch and grow creative retail businesses. In the InCube, you get a broad mix of support, training and advice from industry experts. The incubator gives young businesses a worry-free environment in which they can concentrate on developing their products, services and markets.     

Jerwood Visual Arts is a national programme supporting visual arts practice, through which Jerwood Charitable Foundation works with early career artists to commission and present new work. 

Journeys in Design curates a rolling series of Exhibitions, Events, Talks and Workshops throughout Scotland and beyond. They explore where design meets well-being and sustainable futures. By engaging local communities and reaching out internationally, they set Scotland’s design talent in context.

Liberis provide small business finance in the form of a Business Cash Advance, based on advancing your future customer credit and debit card payments. It enables businesses to access between £2.5k and £300k, which you only repay as your customers pay you. 

Local Heroes is a not-for-profit, independent organisation founded in 2016 by design curator Dr Stacey Hunter. Local Heroes is run on a project-by-project basis and promotes Scottish design at home and internationally.   

Make Works started because founder Fi Scott wanted to make fabrication in Scotland more accessible for artists, designers and makers. Now they teach passionate people in other places how to do the same!