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Advertising & Marketing

Good Nugget: Kickstart - Branding & Marketing Training Programme

London
For 18+
Deadline 13 Jul 2025
🚨 KICKSTART IS BACK 🚨 Want to break into branding, design or marketing but don’t know where to start? This is your sign 👀 ⚡️ 16 weeks of real-world creative training 🎤 Mentorship from industry pros 💼 Work on a real client brief📍 London-based, just for 18–25s 💛 For young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds ✨ No experience needed. Just passion + potential
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Roundhouse Film Fund: A paid job opportunity

London
For 18+
Deadline 15 Jul 2025
Got a bold short film idea about the world we live in? We’re commissioning three emerging filmmakers to create powerful micro shorts on social or political themes. Get £1000 to make your film, one-to-one mentoring, kit access, and support with distribution. Plus, a chance to win the £8k Wiggin Emerging Filmmakers Award.
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Moulin Rouge! The Musical: Discover backstage careers with free event

London
For 16+
Deadline 15 Jul 2025
Get Technical! offers the chance to anyone aspiring to a career in theatre to hear from members of the production’s backstage and technical teams, watch live on-stage demonstrations and learn more about what goes into the making of the West End’s leading musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Free places are available for the Arts Emergency Young Community via the link below. Location: Piccadilly Theatre, London; Time: 2pm (Doors open from 1.30pm).
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General / Other

Kurt Geiger: Business by Design - Learning Programme

London
For 18+
Deadline 18 Jul 2025
Business by Design is a free, 7-month learning programme for young people interested in design, retail, merchandising, marketing or buying. You'll learn from industry pros whilst getting mentoring, networking opportunities, and paid work experience. Open to 18-20 year olds or 18-24 year olds who have been in care or have an EHCP living in London.
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Art & Design

Royal College of Art: RCA2025: School of Design EXPO

London
For 16+
Deadline 19 Jul 2025
Exhibitions and events showcasing the work of graduating RCA students in the School of Design and Intelligent Mobility Design Centre, on selected dates 3–19 July. Part 1: 3–5 July, featuring work by Innovation Design Engineering MA/MSc & Intelligent Mobility MA. Part 2: 17–19 July, featuring work by Design Products MA, Design Futures MDes, Fashion MA, Service Design MA & Textiles MA. At Studio Building, RCA Battersea campus, SW11 4AN.
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Art & Design

Royal College of Art: RCA2025: Festival of Communication

London
For 16+
Deadline 23 Jul 2025
Open on selected dates between 4 July and 23 July, The Festival of Communication is a series of events and exhibitions from the School of Communication. Part 1: 4–6 July - Showcasing work from Visual Communication MA & Digital Direction MA. Part 2: 11–13 July - Showcasing work from Animation MA, Information Experience Design MA & Communication MFA. At the RCA’s White City campus, and in the surrounding area.
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Theatre / Music / Performance

A New Direction: Sadler's Wells - Producing and Touring Trainee (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £13.15 per hour (30 hours per week)
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Theatre / Music / Performance

A New Direction: Sadler's Wells - Programming Trainee (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £13.85 per hour (30 hours per week)
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Theatre / Music / Performance

A New Direction: Sadler's Wells - Learning Engagement Trainee (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £13.85 per hour (30 hours per week)
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Theatre / Music / Performance

A New Direction: Sadler's Wells - Breakin' Conventions Trainee (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £13.85 per hour (30 hours per week)
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Museum & Galleries

A New Direction: UCL East - Schools Engagement Assistant (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £14.64 per hour (36.5 hours per week)
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Museum & Galleries

A New Direction: UCL East - Community Engagement and Public Art Assistant (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £27,205 per annum
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Museum & Galleries

A New Direction: V&A East - Community Engagement Assistant (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £13.85 per hour (36 hours per week)
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Art & Design

A New Direction: The Mosaic Rooms - Communications Officer (STEP)

London
For 18+
Deadline 03 Aug 2025
To apply for STEP, you must be: Aged 18 to 30 and a resident of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Priority will be given to those that have attended school or college in these boroughs. Through STEP, you’ll get paid London Living Wage over a 12-month training programme to develop a range of skills and creative approaches and build on your network across different organisations or departments.
Salary: £28,000 per annum
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Art & Design

Open Doors: Photography Prize for early-career artists

National
For 16+
Deadline 11 Aug 2025
Open Doors Gallery is looking for submissions for the fifth edition of the OD Photo Prize. For over a decade, ODG has championed the discovery and mentorship of early-career artists working across the full spectrum of contemporary photography. This year’s shortlisted artists will be invited to participate in a group exhibition in London where this year’s winner will be announced. £17 entry fee, bursaries available for low income applicants.
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General / Other

Peckham DAZ: Free Digital Skills Training Programme

London
For 18+
Deadline 21 Aug 2025
FREE digital skills training programme for 18-30 year olds in South London. Gain skills in web development, as well as career support & industry-led workshops. Open to young people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
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Film / TV / Games

Banijay UK: Paid 18 week internship in Unscripted TV Development

London
For 18+
Deadline 28 Sept 2025
Banijay UK is hiring 6 new interns to train up in Unscripted TV development You don't need any experience or qualifications - just a passion for content and a brain fizzing with ideas. For all the details of the scheme and to apply please click the link.
Salary: 18 week contract at £525 per week gross. London Living rate.
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Art & Design

Heart of Glass: Creative Class @ Independents Biennial 2025

Merseyside
For 16+
Deadline 30 Sept 2025
Creative Class is a long-term mentoring project supporting young people’s development and future in the arts across Merseyside. This summer, we will be working on a project for Independents Biennial. Working together with mentors from Women Working Class to produce a creative response to the the project and the experiences of working class young people who are interested in creative futures. The project will culminate in a public exhibition.
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Film / TV / Games

Mister Tibbs: Up Close and Personal With Mister Tibbs

London
For 16+
Deadline 31 Dec 2025
Every three months (ish) we host a short film night in London and in Manchester. It’s called “Up Close And Personal With Mister Tibbs” and we use it to share comedy work we like with comedy people we like. If you’re a creative with a specific interest in making good comedy, seeing good comedy, or meeting the people who make the good comedy, then you’re probably going to want to come along.
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Film / TV / Games

Mister Tibbs: Up Close and Personal With Mister Tibbs

Manchester
For 16+
Deadline 31 Dec 2025
Every three months (ish) we host a short film night in London and in Manchester. It’s called “Up Close And Personal With Mister Tibbs” and we use it to share comedy work we like with comedy people we like. If you’re a creative with a specific interest in making good comedy, seeing good comedy, or meeting the people who make the good comedy, then you’re probably going to want to come along.
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General / Other

Next Us - Lambeth: Creative Employment Support & Internships

London
For 16+
Rolling deadline
For Lambeth residents only - Next Us is a year-long programme that aims to support Lambeth residents aged 16 to 24 and not in education, employment or training (NEET) into careers in the Creative and/or Digital sectors. With 1:1 wraparound support from Creative Link Workers, participants will explore pathways into employment, education and training.
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General / Other

ERIC App: An app for opportunities in the creative industries

Other
For 16+
Rolling deadline
Spending too much time looking for internships, entry-level jobs, training programmes, networking events, mentoring schemes, etc? You don’t need to do that anymore. ERIC has done all the searching for you! Simply download the free app and browse all the opportunities.
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Komedia Brighton: £6 tickets for Down the Hatch Comedy Club, every first Sunday of the month!

Other
For 18+
Rolling deadline
On the first Sunday of every month, head ‘Down the Hatch’ for a night of queer & alternative comedy at Komedia in Brighton (allies are welcome too!). Our beloved resident MC is comedian & presenter Lee Peart, who will introduce you the most extraordinary queer stand-ups, musical comedians, drag kings & queens, ventriloquists, and other alternative comedy acts. All for just £6. ‘BEST COMEDY FORMAT’ at the CHORTLE AWARDS 2024!
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Komedia Brighton: Discounted tickets for Comic Boom Comedy Club, every last Thursday of the month!

Other
For 18+
Rolling deadline
Enjoy a feel-good, fast-paced night of fantastic new comedy with Comic Boom Comedy Club at Komedia Brighton for only £8 (concession ticket). Every last Thursday of the month, a fabulous MC brings you a whole host of comedy’s current rising stars PLUS a top headline comic. Expect a warm, friendly, upbeat atmosphere suitable for comedy lovers over 18 years of age. Will you see the next big thing in comedy? You might!
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Museum & Galleries

Manchester Museum: Touching Grass environmental justice workshops

Manchester
For 18+
Rolling deadline
Manchester Museum is building a programme for young people aged 18-25 who want to know more about the climate emergency, social justice and taking action. Touching Grass aims to create a space for young people who don't feel represented by climate messaging and movements. Join us for a day of workshops, a free lunch and the opportunity to connect with other young people.
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Wye Valley Music: £2 tickets to classical concerts

Other
For 16+
Rolling deadline
Wye Valley Music puts on monthly chamber music concerts, played by top-quality professionals, in Monmouth and nearby. We are keen to welcome more young people in our audiences and offer tickets to under-25s at £2 (instead of £20). If you're interested in making a career in music, we can often introduce you to the players.
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation: Music grants for under 18s in Suffolk

Other
For 16+
Rolling deadline
The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation is a charitable music foundation which aims to help young people under the age of 18, and living in Suffolk (UK), with small but useful grants to help with studying or playing music. These grants could be used for almost anything, such as buying an instrument, funding your music studies, or paying for rehearsal space. Sign up to the newsletter to find out when applications open.
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General / Other

Blackhorse Responders: Waltham Forest workshops on creative activism

London
For 16+
Rolling deadline
BLACKHORSE RESPONDERS is an award-winning 5 month project of weekly workshops on creative activism at Blackhorse Workshop. It's for 15-25 year olds who LIVE, WORK or are EDUCATED IN, Waltham Forest. You’ll learn essential skills in design, making and wood and metalworking skills whilst gaining insights into creative activism from artists, activists and designers in weekly sessions. Participants will receive £10 per session to cover costs.
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Advertising & Marketing

D&AD: Free Design Online Courses & Resources

Online
For 16+
Rolling deadline
If you're interested in advertising, marketing or graphic design D&AD hae a great selection of free online resources to increase your understanding of the sector and design processes. Free online courses include 'Creativity as a Catalyst for Change', 'Creating Impact with Outdoor Advertising', 'What is strategy?' and more!
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Architecture

Barbican: Barbican: Architecture on Stage

London
For 16+
Rolling deadline
Throughout the year, the Barbican hosts talks given by the most exciting architectural practices working across the world, as well as debates around ideas and issues that impact architecture and urbanism today. If you are aged 14-25 you can become a Young Barbican member and get tickets for £5.
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Green Mind: Green Mind: Social Media Marketer

Online
For 18+
Rolling deadline
Green Mind is looking for a freelance social media marketer to support an upcoming one-day indoor music festival, Shiny New Model, held in Cambridge. They want support in the run up to the event and on the day (11th October 2025). The role will work with the director and venue to plan social media posts and create content. Ideas and creativity encouraged! Fee: £3000.
Salary: £3000
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Creative Re-Work +/Rinova Ltd: Creative Re-Work +/Rinova Ltd: Free Courses

London
For 18+
Rolling deadline
Are you a dancer, performer or creative ready to take your next step? This fully funded Leadership Qualifications give you the skills to manage projects and lead sessions. Part time Tuesdays & Thursdays at a London location Level 1 - Foundations of Leadership (Apr - May: 5 days) Level 2 - Advanced Leadership (May – Jul: 6 days + 1 day placement) Eligibility criteria applies. For further information, contact Shereen: s.davey@rinova.co.uk
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Theatre / Music / Performance

Contact Theatre: Contact Theatre: Social Experiment - Informal open mic for live art and contemporary performance

Manchester
For 16+
Rolling deadline
If you’re a Greater Manchester artist this is your chance to test out a short performance, intervention, or durational work, in front of an informal audience. If you’re an audience member looking for something a little bit different - this is your chance to take a few risks & meet some artists in our social experiment. Takes place 22 May, 17 Jul, and 27 Nov 2025.
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Writing & Books

The Letters Page: Writing Submission Callout

National
For 18+
Rolling deadline
The Letters Page publish stories, essays, poems, memoir, reportage, criticism, recipes, travelogue, and any hybrid forms. It is looking for writers of all nationalities and ages, both established and emerging. They only ask that your submission come in the form of a letter. Published contributors will receive a gift subscription to one of their favourite small presses/literary journals and a lifetime subscription to their Aerogramme letters.
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