Re:Create Westminster empowered 38 creative, self-employed individuals and small enterprises in the borough of Westminster to develop their businesses, increase their confidence and establish new connections with other creatives their community and beyond.
Re:Create Westminster is a business support programme designed specifically for creatives and micro or small creative enterprises. Delivered by Creative United, with funding from Westminster City Council via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the programme provided free one-to-one business mentoring, networking opportunities and access to an on-demand, e-learning course.
What did the programme achieve?
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Jobs Safeguarded
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Est. additional income generated across cohort
Social Return on Investment of
£1 : £9.44
Who did the programme support?
A diverse cohort of thirty-eight talented creative freelancers, artists, and creative business owners from across the borough of Westminster took part in Re:Create Westminster from January to March 2025
Thirty-eight participants were selected for Re:Create Westminster, and each offered 3 hours of one-to-one business mentoring and advice. Each participant was carefully matched with a mentor or advisor who would be a best fit for their business type and specific challenges.
“The 1-to-1 sessions were what I really needed for clarification, about establishing my trade and developing a specific strategy to promote my business.”
– Re:Create Westminster participant on one-to-one business mentoring
“I found the mentoring incredibly helpful, especially with regards to mentoring around marketing and helping to pull together a formal marketing strategy which I now have in place to action.”
– Re:Create Westminster participant on one-to-one business mentoring
The Re:Create Business Skills e-learning course provided learners with the essential business skills needed to make their business resilient.
“I found the information very useful and I am applying it to my business.”
– A Re:Create Westminster participant on e-learning
“It’s good for me to have a structure provided otherwise I might not do the obvious things.”
– Re:Create Westminster participant on e-learning
Creative businesses in the borough had the opportunity to broaden their network and sharpen their skills at two specially designed Network and Learn events.
“Laura Mulhern delivered a really interesting and thought-provoking talk which I also found really helpful to get me thinking about how I should relay the story behind my business and how best to connect with my audience.”
– Re:Create Westminster participant on networking event
Outcomes and Take-aways
Case Studies
We have developed a number of case studies to capture the Re:Create Westminster experience and demonstrate the ways in which individual participants benefited from the programme.
Click the images below to read each case study in more detail
Want to bring Re:Create to your borough and better support the creatives in your community?
Drop us an email: laurie.kremer@creativeunited.org.uk
