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“We believe passionately that those with the most potential are often the least able to pay for education, the least able to pull favours or access helpful networks, to work for free, or find shortcuts into paid creative and cultural work.”
Josie Long, Co-Founder
Arts Emergency helps young people flourish in higher education and the cultural industries.
creative and cultural opportunities shared in 2022
mentoring sessions in 2022
of mentees said they understood more about the world of work by the end of their mentoring year (2022)
Each donation had double the impact in this match funding campaign.
For our first Young Community commission of 2024, writer & designer-maker Millie-Jo MacIver shares her vision for the art and cultural world in 2034.
In 2023, Sheffield-based Illustrator and designer Lisa Maltby, mentored a young person hoping to pursue a career as an illustrator. Here she shares what she's learned over the past 12 months whilst mentoring with us.