CREATIVE people across the South West are being offered to have their film and audio showcased by the BBC as part of a new initiative.

The scheme called New Creatives, which is backed by BBC Arts and Arts Council England, will see successful applicants qualify for funding, training, production resources and expert help to create work for use across a number of BBC platforms including iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

Entry is free and open to people aged between 16 and 30-years-old living in the South West.

The scheme is being run by the Bristol-based media production and training company Calling The Shots in collaboration with other creatives across the south west.

Steve Gear, Calling The Shots director and programme producer for New Creatives South West, said: “It’s also a rare chance for young South Westerners of any background, identity, ability and/or culture to win a wider audience for their insights into what it’s like to live in England’s biggest, most rural and most visited region and show that there’s a lot more variety here than the picture postcards suggest.”

To enter, visit callingtheshots/newcreatives.