Creative Employment Programme

Creative Employment ProgrammeSara Whybrew, Director, Creative Employment Programme

@CCSkills #CEP

Addressing youth unemployment (16-24s)

Diversity through fair access

Shifting recruitment culture

Maximizing engagement with mainstream work, skills and employment programmes

Creative Employment Programme drivers@CCSkills #CEP

Creative Employment Programme

Programme numbers£15 million over 2 yearsMarch 2013 – March 20156,500 OpportunitiesLottery funded

@CCSkills #CEP

Programme ambition over two years

1,600 Young Apprenticeships

2,900 Apprenticeships

2,000 Paid Internships

@CCSkills #CEP

• Music• Dance• Theatre• Literature• Visual Arts• Contemporary

craft• Combined arts• Galleries• Museums• Libraries

@CCSkills #CEP

The CEP footprint

Young Apprenticeships• Mainstream funded through

skills system

• Colleges and creative sector working in partnership

• 16-week programme with 12 days in industry

• Linked to qualifications and Arts Award

• Sector based work academies

Apprenticeships

• Wage subsidy for employers

• Work-based - 12-month jobs

• Recognised framework

• Managed by arts and cultural organisations

• Other subsidy available

Paid internships

• Aiming for long term change

• High quality 6 month placements

• Wage subsidy for employers

• A real job for JSA claimants

• A national Internship Academy

Next steps• Launch: Skills Academy Annual

Conference: 6 & 7 March, The Backstage Centre

• Applications open online in March

• 6 weekly application rounds

• Open and competitive application

• Moderation for widespread reach

• Register interest: [email protected]

CSkills #CEP

The Backstage Centre6 & 7 March 2013 @CCSkills #CEP

[email protected]