South Downs National Park Authority

Specialist business support for Creative & CreaTech businesses in Hampshire The Creatives’ Advice Hub is a new, fully funded support programme for creative and creative-tech businesses based in Hampshire. Delivered on behalf of Hampshire County Council & Hampshire Growth Hub by IncuHive, the programme offers practical, sector-specific business advice, mentoring and events designed around the real challenges creative founders face – from marketing, technology, IP and scaling with confidence. Whether you’re a freelancer, studio, agency or creative start-up, the Creatives’ Advice Hub gives you access to experienced advisers who understand the creative economy and can help you take your next step.

Winchester Poetry Festival – a registered charity – is a local and national poetry community that inspires and excites everyone to read, write, perform, and enjoy poetry in all its forms. Our work ranges from our acclaimed biennial festival and our popular competitions, to our wider year-round engagement work with community organisations and schools. We share, showcase, celebrate, and champion great poetry because we believe in its power to bring us all together and make a positive, enriching difference to our lives and to our society. We collaborate with a wide range of partners and businesses – including with Hampshire Cultural Trust and the work of the Hampshire Poet – and and we act as a local. national & international hub for poetry.

The Villagers are based in Gosport in Hampshire, and began life in 1986 with a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Little Woodham (‘The 17th Century Village’). Every year since we have put on an open air production of one of Shakespeare’s plays, in Little Woodham and – in recent years – elsewhere across Southern England. Our aim is to enjoy ourselves, and to share some of that enjoyment with our audiences.