Support children and young people to connect with creative careers (18th – 22nd November)
This month, HEY Creative is kickstarting Hull and East Yorkshire’s engagement in Discover! Creative Careers, a government-funded initiative to champion creative careers to children and young people.
As part of its commitment to supporting an inclusive arts and cultural sector across the region, HEY Creative is leading a creative careers awareness campaign from the 18-22nd November 2024 to align with Discover! Creative Careers Week.
This is a national week of focus where each year thousands of young people get to connect with creative careers through resources, activities in their schools, communities and online.
This will be the first time Hull & East Yorkshire as a region has taken part in Discover! Creative Careers, working in a joined-up way to respond to the specific creative career needs and interests of children and young people.
They know, from a recent Careers Student Voice report, that young people in Hull & East Yorkshire don’t feel confident about exploring a creative career.
But they also know that arts and culture can offer a great career right here in our region – and that non-creative businesses need a future workforce that can embrace creativity to solve problems, communicate effectively and innovate.
Can you help us champion creative careers from 18th – 22nd November?
Here’s some ideas how…
- Register your interest in Discover! Creative Careers Week
Register here to keep up-to-date with all the information and ways to get involved
2. Add a creative careers angle to upcoming planned activity
You might be able to incorporate a creative careers activity into an existing upcoming activity, such as your weekly youth theatre.
3. Share existing creative careers resources you have
Have you created free-to-access lesson plans, videos or resources that can support young people to learn about your industry? Share them with your contacts or on social media to get involved!
4. Support the campaign
Creative careers are fulfilling, meaningful and vital to all parts of the economy – but they’re currently not being valued properly.
Could you write a blog, share a short video message or use the Discover! Creative Careers toolkit to share your support for the campaign.
What else is happening in Hull & East Yorkshire for Discover! Creative Careers Week?
Alongside encouraging arts and culture organisations to showcase opportunities and resources that will support children and young people to connect with creative careers, HEY Creative is:
- Connecting with educational professionals to champion creative careers and get involved with activities and resources
- Urging non-creative businesses to champion creative careers and creative skills – every non-creative business needs creative skills and those with creative careers e.g. graphic designers!
- Shouting loud in the press and public about the importance of creative careers, including by delivering 10 inaugural Creative Careers Showcase Events in specifically selected schools across the region, in collaboration with Generation Hull and East Riding Cultural Education Partnership
Next Steps
They hope you can get involved in Hull & East Yorkshire’s first foray into Discover! Creative Careers Week using the ideas shared above.
If you have any questions or need any further support about the national initiative, you can reach out to Discover! Creative Careers here.
If you want to connect with HEY Creative, who are spearheading Hull & East Yorkshire’s involvement in the programme, you can reach out to info@hey-creative.co.uk.
If you don’t know HEY Creative, it’s a partnership to support the arts and culture sector in Hull & East Yorkshire to thrive – find out more on the website.
