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Young Community

The Young Community programme provides opportunities for young people to come together with like-minded peers and build connections that become networks for life. This long-term support programme is currently accessed by over 1,800 young people aged 16-25.

If you are currently on our mentoring programme or have been previously, you're part of the Arts Emergency Young Community, and will be until your 26th birthday! This programme works to connect, develop, and empower young people to live out their creative ambitions.
 

Introducing… the Youth Collective

The Youth Collective is a group of our Young Community members who meet regularly to develop their own advocacy, activism and community work, and ensure youth voice is at the centre of everything Arts Emergency does. We recruit new members of the Youth Collective every year so If you want to get more involved, look out for your chance to sign up in the monthly newsletter.

Youth Collective residential, Oct 2024
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Young Community event, Manchester, 2025

Young Community events

We host monthly in-person and online opportunities for the Young Community to build connections, develop knowledge and skills, and have conversations about the creative and cultural industries. From hands-on workshops and collaborative conversations, to online chats with creative professionals, the events offer a variety of spaces for young people to come together.

These events are co-produced with and led by the Youth Collective, ensuring every event is responsive to the needs of the young people we work with. 

Whether you want to try something new, meet fellow creatives or share your thoughts on the industry, come along and help us change the future of the arts.

The Young Community Newsletter

The newsletter drops into your inbox every month offering news, opportunities, freebies and lots more. It's the main way we'll stay in touch with you so make sure you're subscribed. If you want to change the email address we send the newsletter to, please get in touch.

The most useful aspect of the Arts Emergency support was those monthly newsletters. Every month I’m gearing myself up to see what new opportunities there are. Those links have (hopefully) changed my life.
Rowena, Young Community member
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The Young Community Discord

Get onto the Young Community Discord so you can connect and collaborate with other Community members. We also organise workshops, trips and opportunities for you to meet each other. Keep an eye out for the Discord link in the monthly newsletter.