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WELCOME TO MELT

What is Melt?

  • Melt is a three year, digital content development programme for South Yorkshire which was launched in 05.
  • Melt gives annual research and development (R&D) awards of up to £50,000 to leading artistic, media and technical talent to explore the creative and economic possibilities of innovative content for new and emerging media platforms.
  • Melt Awards help you take proposals from initial concept to pilot or prototype stage, where they could attract further development funding, production investment or full commissioning.
  • Melt also enables South Yorkshire creative and digital companies and individual practitioners to work with partners anywhere in the world.

Melt is managed by The Culture Company working with the BBC, Channel 4, Orange and PACT and is funded by Yorkshire Forward, Objective 1 South Yorkshire and Arts Council England. Melt operates in partnership with Screen Yorkshire.

Is Melt for you?

  • To be eligible to apply for Melt funding you need to be a South Yorkshire based creative or digital company (with less than 250 employees) or individual practitioner.
  • You can apply to work on your own or you can apply to work with a creative or technical partner or partners anywhere else in the world. Melt welcomes innovative partnerships and can help you to identify suitable collaborators.
  • If you are outside South Yorkshire you can register your interest in becoming a Melt partner by contacting the Melt team.
  • More details on what Melt is looking for and how to apply can be found in the APPLY section of this site.