Programmes & Projects

Programmes

CREW offers accredited and non-accredited programmes for creative entrepreneurs. These programmes will help you turn a creative idea into a sustainable business, breaking down barriers to the start-up world by demystifying the jargon around entrepreneurship, sharing toolkits and processes to give creatives the power to respond to a changing world.

CLIMB Programme

The CLIMB Programme is a dynamic two-year initiative designed to empower creative entrepreneurs to scale their businesses, embrace innovation, and strengthen their leadership capabilities.

Creative Catalyst

A cross-border innovation support programme, funded by InterTrade Ireland’s Innovation Call 2025, and is designed to address capability gaps facing digital creative SMEs and academics across the island of Ireland.

Creative Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development

The CREW CEED incubation programme will help turn a creative idea into a sustainable business in a variety of disciplines

Creative Entrepreneurship EXPLORER Programme

High growth creative entrepreneurship start-up programme to inspire and engage the next generation of dynamic Creative Digital Entrepreneurs.

ELEVATE Games programme

This dedicated business development programme looks to bridge this gap by equipping developers with the necessary skills in leadership, financial management, legal compliance, and market strategy.

Media Practice

A Media Training Development Scheme by TG4 and Údarás na Gaeltachta began today at Atlantic University of Technology’s Cluain Mhuire Campus.

Creative Business Cup

The CLIMB Programme is a dynamic two-year initiative designed to empower creative entrepreneurs to scale their businesses, embrace innovation, and strengthen their leadership capabilities.

Projects

CREW delivers impactful regional, national, and European projects that support the growth of creative enterprise and innovation. These projects connect creatives, educators, industry, and policymakers to test new ideas, build skills, and strengthen creative ecosystems.

TRI CREATES

The TRI-CREATES project represents a transformative initiative aimed at embedding innovation and entrepreneurship within 4 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across diverse European regions...

DIGI CONTENT

Empowering Europe’s Creative Industries with Extended Reality & AI. DIGI-CONTENT, a project designed to address fragmentation and skills gaps in the European Creative and Content Industries (CCI)...

Creatives of the Future

CREW’s Creatives of the Future Masterclass Series is a targeted programme designed to strengthen Galway’s position as a leading hub for innovation in the creative industries...

Regional Entrepreneurship Partner Programme

Delivered by CREW in partnership with Údarás na Gaeltachta, this Regional Entrepreneurship Training Programme brings high-impact training opportunities to creative and innovation hubs across the west of Ireland...

Irish Games Talent Incubator Programme

The Irish Game Talent Incubator aims to develop the creative and entrepreneurial skills that video game developers will require to navigate the professional games industry...

Spectra

Stimulating Performance of Ecosystems in Creative Territories and Regional Actors. CREW is partnered with the Western Development Commission (Ireland)...

Digital Creative Practitioner-in-Residence

Galway Culture Company and CREW are inviting applications for a Creative Practitioner in Residence programme based at the new CREW Creative Enterprise & Innovation Hub in Galway...

Atlantic Region of Creative Content

A feasibility study for the development of a shared island ‘Atlantic Region of Creative Content (ARCC)’ including virtual production facilities in Northern, Western and North-West regions of Ireland...

Cybernate

The second residency programme between Ireland and France for digital artists with a background and expertise in the use of immersive technologies and many types of digital media for creating future narratives for immersive storytelling...

Empowering Creative Circular Entrepreneurs

In partnership with Roscommon LEADER Partnership (Ireland), and project partners Momentum (Ireland), Global Impact Grid (Germany), Academy of Entrepreneurship (Greece), and the European E-Learning Institute (Denmark)...