What Creative Dundee does

Creative Dundee is a Scottish charitable organisation (SC053961) and Company Limited by Guarantee (SC444344), founded in 2011 and headquartered in Dundee, Scotland, with a small team of around 11 staff. It operates as a community-led, non-profit cultural development body whose purpose is to amplify and connect Dundee's creative sector, running collaborative programmes that generate local, national and international opportunities for creative practitioners, community organisations and the city.

Its core "products" are programmes rather than technology products: Fabric, a peer-led development journey for creative practitioners; Hapworks, an initiative and pilot physical space network for creative work; CULTIVATE (May 2021 – October 2023), a regional climate-justice leadership programme that invested £310,000 and engaged 2,132 people; PechaKucha Night Dundee, the documented largest PKN in the UK across 32 volumes since 2011; and the Amps Network, a community of 170+ individuals, businesses and organisations. Underlying technology is intentionally minimal — a website, blog (Original Features), monthly email newsletter (News Mail Out), and standard social channels (Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo) support programme delivery and community engagement.

Revenue is a mix of grant funding from Creative Scotland, Dundee City Council and the Scottish Government Climate Action Fund, supplemented by Amps supporter subscriptions and modest event ticket income (typical £3-£21). Pricing across ticketed events is deliberately accessible, and most programmes are free to participants, reflecting a public-good funding model rather than a commercial GTM motion.

Name

Creative Dundee

Legal name

Creative Dundee

Website

https://creativedundee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Creative Dundee is a Scottish non-profit cultural development organisation that amplifies and connects Dundee's creative sector through peer-led programmes (Fabric, Hapworks, CULTIVATE, PechaKucha Night) and a 170+ member Amps community, serving creative practitioners, community groups and young people in the Tay region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural and Creative Sector Development Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Arts, Culture & Creative Placemaking Enterprises (BPAGALAO)

Keywords

• Creative sector development
• Community arts programs
• Creative space networks
• Peer-led development
• Cultural event programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Dundee, Scotland

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Creative Dundee receives core support from Creative Scotland and Dundee City Council as their primary funders. Additional project funding comes from Scottish Government Climate Action Fund and other institutional sources.
2. Amps Membership: The organization generates revenue through Amps supporter membership subscriptions, with over 170 individuals, businesses and organizations supporting Dundee's creative community.
3. Event Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from ticketed events such as PechaKucha Nights and special performances. Ticket prices vary by event type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Creative Dundee is a Scottish non-profit community organization that connects and amplifies Dundee's creative sector through peer-led development programs, creative space initiatives, signature presentation events, and climate justice programming. Its portfolio includes Fabric (peer-led development journeys), Hapworks (creative space network and pilot coworking/event space), CULTIVATE (regional climate justice leadership programme), PechaKucha Night Dundee (the UK's largest PKN event series running since 2011), and the Amps Network community of 170+ supporters.

Product overview

Creative Dundee operates as a cultural development organization that amplifies and connects Dundee's creative sector through multiple collaborative programmes and initiatives. The portfolio includes: Fabric, a peer-led development programme for creative leadership; Hapworks, a creative space network with a pilot coworking/event space; CULTIVATE, a climate justice leadership programme (2021-2023); and PechaKucha Night Dundee, the UK's largest PechaKucha event series running since 2011. Supporting infrastructure includes the Amps Network (170+ member community), Original Features content, Dundee Guide resource, Materials Library, and a News & Events service with monthly mail-outs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fabric An informal peer-led development journey for creative practitioners and community members designed to grow confidence and agency for leading creative initiatives with positive impacts across Dundee. Delivered through cohorts of around 20 people meeting regularly across Dundee locations.
• Hapworks A network and initiative to develop creative spaces in Dundee, advocating for secure, long-term space driven by the needs of the creative community. Includes the Hapworks_00 pilot creative coworking and event space operating February 2024 to June 2025.
• CULTIVATE A regional leadership programme that ran from May 2021 to October 2023, bringing together creative practitioners and local communities to collaboratively explore embedding creativity at the core of grassroots collective action for climate justice across the Tay region. Invested £310,000 into 81 commissioned creative practitioners and engaged 2,132 people.
• PechaKucha Night Dundee An international quick-fire presentation format event series running since 2011, where presenters show 20 images each for 20 seconds. Grown into the biggest PechaKucha Night in the UK across 32 volumes and a staple of Dundee's creative calendar, held at venues across Dundee with ticketed admission.
• Amps Network A subscription-based community network of over 170 individuals, businesses and organisations supporting Dundee's creative community. Membership includes regular events, work profiling, the Ampersand+ peer-sharing project, and access to a Community Ideas Fund, with Pay It Forward subscriptions available for accessibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• 81 creative practitioners commissioned and 2,132 people engaged through CULTIVATE programme
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dundee Changemakers HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership continuing from CULTIVATE legacy, with Creative Dundee as one of five organisations delivering the Hub for collective community action on climate.
• Dundee Changemakers HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collective of five local community organisations (Transition Dundee, The Maxwell Centre, ScrapAntics, Uppertunity, and Creative Dundee) offering support, events, workshops and micro-grants. Part of Climate Action Hubs funded by Scottish Government's Climate Action Fund.
• Dundee City CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaborative partner in CULTIVATE program delivery alongside Perth & Kinross Council.
• Perth & Kinross CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Regional partner in CULTIVATE program delivery across the Tay region.
• tialt // there is an alternativeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Social research organisation working as learning partner for CULTIVATE's second phase, supporting reflection on outcomes and developing creative and inclusive research methods.
• Culture CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Network of participatory arts projects across Scotland, shaped by local communities alongside artists and creative organisations, funded by Scottish Government through Creative Scotland. CULTIVATE was part of Culture Collective.
• Dundee Changemakers Hub PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Five organisations: Transition Dundee, The Maxwell Centre, ScrapAntics, Uppertunity, and Creative Dundee collectively delivering the Climate Action Hub.
• Culture for Climate ScotlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Green Tease events exploring intersections between art practice, climate change and mental health.
• University of DundeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership on creative space research as part of AHRC Creative Communities programme.
• Newcastle UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with Dr Emma Coffield on meanwhile space research for Creative Scotland.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Watford Creative: UK-based creative development organisation supporting local creative practitioners and cultural programming; comparable as a regional creative-sector support body.
• Left Bank Leeds: Community-led arts and events venue in Leeds offering coworking, studios, and programmes for creative practitioners — comparable in community-led creative space and events model.
• Creative Edinburgh: Edinburgh-based non-profit that supports and connects the city's creative community through events, programmes, and advocacy — directly comparable to Creative Dundee as a regional creative-sector development organisation.
• The Stove Network: Dumfries-based creative community organisation running participatory arts projects and creative placemaking initiatives — a direct structural peer in community-led creative development.
• Creative Republic: West Midlands-based network supporting creative freelancers and organisations; shares Creative Dundee's peer-led, community-organising approach to creative sector development.

Emerging players

• Creative Mornings: Global creative community running monthly talks and events in 200+ cities; comparable in event-driven community building and grassroots creative networking.
• Impact Hub: Global network of community-led coworking and innovation spaces for purpose-driven organisations; comparable in operating a community-membership model and creative-space provision.

Broad incumbents

• Creative Scotland: Scotland's national public body for arts, screen and creative industries funding; broader portfolio incumbent funder/partner that intersects with Creative Dundee's mission at the national level.

Regional players

• Folkestone Creative: Folkestone-based creative development organisation focused on creative placemaking and community-led cultural programmes; a strong regional analogue for Creative Dundee's community-arts work.
• Culture Collective: Scottish network of participatory arts projects of which Creative Dundee's CULTIVATE was a part; overlapping methodology in community-led cultural programming and shared funder relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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