Creative Workforce for the Future was a West of England Combined Authority funded pilot programme that ran from October 2020 to March 2021.
Creative Workforce for the Future’s mission was to make the creative industries as representative as the society in which we live.
We aimed to do this by creating and fostering inclusive work environments to support our brightest and best young creative talent in the cultural and creative industries.
Based in the West of England, Creative Workforce for the Future offered a flexible and bespoke programme of professional development for companies and paid placements for young people.
“The Creative workforce for the Future programme has been a great way to re-focus and structure our recruitment with the goal of building a more robust, open and inclusive process.”
A Productions
Hosting paid creative talent
We ran a 48 week placement programme for thirteen 18 – 30 year old creative professionals from specific backgrounds currently not well represented in the creative sector.
We’re delighted that all the Creative Professionals in the 2020 cohort have completed industry placements in companies who are actively embracing inclusion and changing their work cultures with support from the programme. The majority of the cohort have been offered jobs or freelance opportunities through their placements or through other network links with the programme.