Keep It Yours
The project should still feel like your project. You keep the vision. We help with the structure around it.
Start a Project With SCO CIC
Build the work you care about. We can carry the business end.
We help volunteers, grassroots groups and nonprofit project leads turn good ideas into workable projects. If there is a strong free support route in Sheffield, we will point you there first. If you want to build under SCO CIC, we can help with the structure behind the scenes so you can focus on delivery.
- You keep the identity, direction and creative freedom.
- We can help with structure, admin, budgets and funding applications.
- Any income SCO CIC generates goes back into the CIC and into more projects.
From your Google Drive
Live projects like Industrial Elements and 09 Murals are the proof of concept.
How It Works
Closer to a collective than an agency.
A lot of people have the idea, the relationships and the energy, but not the time or experience to manage forms, budgets, admin and funding applications. That is where SCO CIC can help.
What We Handle
We can support with setup, budgets, admin, funding applications, planning and practical next steps.
Reinvested Income
Anything SCO CIC generates goes back into the CIC and into supporting more projects, not private profit extraction.
Built Through Practice
Our work includes Industrial Elements and 09 Murals, alongside wider funding experience including EU funding and theatre and arts funding for dance.
Free Support First
If there is a good free route, we will point you there.
We try to offer free help wherever we can, and we do not want to duplicate support that already exists in Sheffield. These are good places to start if you need advice, opportunities or funding guidance.
Culture Sheffield
A strong local starting point for cultural organisations, artists and community-led work.
SYFAB
Funding advice, training and one-to-one support for voluntary and community groups across South Yorkshire.
Voluntary Action Sheffield
Useful for groups that need organisational support, training, governance help and practical guidance.
Sheffield Grants
A local hub for grants and funding routes across the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
Next Step
Need help getting a project off the ground?
Tell us a bit about the idea and we will help you work out a sensible next step. If there is a better free route, we will point you there first.