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The Freelancer Network

The Freelancer Network is a support programme for established businesses, social enterprises and start-ups in the creative, cultural, digital and tech sectors in the Tees Valley. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Tees Valley Combined Authority, Tees Valley Creates · funded by Regional funding

Last read from teesvalley-ca.gov.uk on 27 Oct 2026.

A support service listed by Tees Valley Combined Authority for established businesses, social enterprises and start-ups in the creative, cultural, digital and tech sectors, with help on finance and funding, business planning and networking.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Location listed as Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees. Business stage: established businesses, social enterprises, start-ups. Sector: creative and cultural industries, digital and tech.

Not confirmed on the official page

Business size

Start-ups, Social enterprises

Not confirmed on the official page

Sectors

creative industries, digital and tech

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How to apply

Contact the programme via email or visit the website.

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Where it is open: Tees Valley

Tees Valley

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington.

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  • Business size not stated beyond business stage; the stage list does not confirm micro, small or medium sizes

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Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Last read from teesvalley-ca.gov.uk on 27 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 24 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Tees Valley Combined Authority before you apply.

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