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Destination Local

We are delighted to announce the ten Destination Local projects. These projects are jointly funded by Nesta, the Welsh Government and Creative Scotland.

Thank you to our selection panel: Will Perrin, Damian Radcliffe, Sarah Hartley, Mark Pearson, Jan Schaffer and Jeremy Silver.  To find out more about the selection process Jon Kingsbury gives a broad analysis of the applications and offers some insight into why these projects were selected in his blog post here.

Destination Local projects

The projects will now work alongside the successful Technology Strategy Board projects and Nesta's strategic partners to develop the next generation of hyperlocal media services.

We received a total of 165 applications for Destination Local.

The location of all the Destination Local applications can be viewed in the map below



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We've collated the video pitches from the applications on YouTube which can all be viewed in one playlist.


Arrow icon green [original]View the Destination Local YouTube playlist

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If this page and associated content haven't answered your queries, please contact us at destinationlocal@nesta.org.uk

Programme partners

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A full list of programme partners can be found here.

Jon Kingsbury at TEDx

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Watch Nesta's Director of Creative Economy Programmes, Jon Kingsbury, talk about the need to design digital tools for localism at TEDx Houses of Parliament.

Programme links

Help us build a new augmented reality service

Arrow icon green [original]Interested in geo tagging your content and developing an augmented reality service? Find out more here.

Here and Now

Here and Now report cover [original]This review offers insight on the diverse, creative and emerging sector of hyperlocal media

Download the review

Programme partners

Arrow icon green [original]A full list of Destination Local partners can be found here