Whippet on the Wire is a new creative network for companies and individuals in the creative and digital sector in Yorkshire and Humber (and friends further afield). It's a chance to share ideas, be inspired, find partners and collaborators, make new networks and find out what's going in the region.
Use the site to showcase your talent, make new contacts, flag up your events and let others know about interesting stuff you've found (new widgets, great sites, top people, new trends, amazing places). Whippet on the Wire has two sister sites; 38 Minutes for Scotland and Northern Ireland and Who Needs the Sea in the West Midlands. This site is powered by 4iP and supported by Screen Yorkshire.

4iP is an innovation fund to stimulate public service digital media (beyond television) across the UK. In plain English, that means supporting great ideas for websites, games and mobile services which help people improve their lives. Channel 4 has worked with regional partners to create a £50m pot to invest in public service media innovation. Themes that 4iP is particularly interested in are;

Hidden gems - tools and sites to help people discover stuff which could change their lives
Digital democracy - new ways to let everyone keep an eye on money and power
Amplifying voices - new ways to empower those communities that media could never previously reach.
Wise crowds - connecting people who need to know stuff with people who know it already
Tools to make trouble - developing disruptive media tools, then putting them in the hands of people that need them most.

In Yorkshire and Humber alone there is up to £10m to invest in great ideas and regional talent. 4iP's regional partners are Yorkshire Forward and Screen Yorkshire.

The Whippet would like to share regional events, and show them all via this lovely visual map! You too can get your event shown here by simply adding the word 'whippet' in the tag section of created events (and making sure you fill out the place field too so we can stick you on the map) in Yahoo Upcoming