nurturing talent applications 2025/26
Nurturing Talent is Create’s training programme aimed at upskilling professional emerging artists in community workshop facilitation.
Artists joining the programme will work as supporting artists alongside Create’s professional artists to plan and deliver creative arts projects with different community groups. They will also attend seven professional training days, during which they will explore their own facilitation style, practise leading activities and deliver their own workshop in one of Create’s community settings.
Nurturing Talent will run between March 2025 and March 2026. Up-to six artists based in London and one artist based in Greater Manchester will be selected, who are interested in gaining hands-on workshop experience to apply their professional practice in a community setting. We are open to applications from animators, dancers, drama artists, filmmakers, musicians, photographers, visual artists and writers. The programme is a 25-day commitment.
Create is committed to delivering high-quality professional development that is accessible to everyone. The Nurturing Talent programme is offered free of charge with a bursary of £1,800 towards expenses.
Applications will be open from 1 October 2024 and will take place in three stages. We will first determine your eligibility to apply through the completion of a short form. Eligible candidates will then be invited to proceed to the application stage. The final stage will be an interview with the Chief Executive and a Senior Project Manager.
HOW TO APPLY – NURTURING TALENT APPLICATIONS 2025/26
Download the relevant brochure to learn more about the programme and the application process:
Nurturing Talent Greater Manchester
The first stage of the application is now closed. Candidates who are eligible to apply will be contacted directly to proceed to the application stage.
NB: Please only apply if you have been invited to.
If you are deemed eligible to apply for Nurturing Talent, you will be sent an application form by email. Please note applications must be submitted in either Word or PDF formats only.
We would also like you to submit an informal two-minute talking head video (keeping the file size as small as possible and under 2GB) answering the following questions:
1. Why do you want to work for Create?
2. Why do you want to be part of the Nurturing Talent programme?
3. What inspires you about your artform?
4. What experience do you have delivering/supporting workshops with vulnerable children and/or adults?
Please note that we are not looking at your film skills: the quality of the video will not be scored (even if your art form is film).
submission of applicaTIONS
Completed application forms can be emailed to jo@createarts.org.uk (please type Nurturing Talent 2025/26 in the subject field).
Please upload your video to WeTransfer; you will then have the choice of either putting jo@createarts.org.uk as recipient or copying a download link, which you can send by email along with your application form.
Your application form and talking head video must be submitted by 10am on 15 November 2024.
Applications submitted after this application period will not be considered.
Interviews will be held on 16 December 2024 and 17 December 2024.
Please note that to take part in the Nurturing Talent programme you must be able to attend in person training days in London on all the dates below. These are an essential part of the programme and are non-negotiable. Please inform us ASAP if you know you are unable to attend on any of these dates:
Final rehearsal of 2024/25 cohort: Monday 17 March 2025
Induction: Monday 24 March 2025
Artist Sharing 1: Monday 12 May 2025
Workshop Development Module: Monday 8 September 2025
Artist Sharing 2: Monday 17 November 2025
Workshop Rehearsal Module: Monday 2 March 2026
Workshop Delivery Module: Monday 16 March 2026
Exit interview: Tuesday 24 March 2026
Thank you for taking the time to complete this application.
SOLVEIG HERZUM ~ NURTURING TALENT 2024/25
Find out about how the Nurturing Talent programme influenced Solveig’s facilitation skills as well as her own artistic development.