Nurture Support for Emerging Creatives
An 8-month program providing bespoke meaningful business support within a nurturing creative environment to help 4 emerging freelance or self employed creatives to successfully establish their creative practice and to provide advice and inspiration to emerging self-employed and freelance creatives within the broader creative community in Belfast.
An 8-month program starting in October 2024 to help 4 emerging creatives in Belfast establish their creative practice. Providing bespoke business support and free shared creative workspace in our new South Belfast studios. Each program participant will have 24/7 access to their own dedicated deskspace as well as use of shared communal facilities throughout the program. In addition they will benefit from the following support:
Monthly one-on-one mentoring sessions – for accountability with Blick founder Christine James
Monthly peer-mentoring group sessions with the other program participants – for peer support, learning, inspiration, community and accountability.
Quarterly finance mentoring sessions – to help with financial planning and advice with Blick and freelance finance manager Rosy James
Monthly industry specific skillshare training workshops for program participants – with current and past Blick residents and team members, sharing their skills and experiences with the program participants
Monthly online business resources, worksheets and exercises – to help you refine your idea, improve your skills and knowledge and for accountability and to establish your creative practice
Quarterly creative talks – by local creatives sharing their creative journey for inspiration and peer learning
Quarterly industry specific skillshare workshops – by local creatives sharing their expertise to improve skills and knowledge
Showcasing and promotional opportunities – on our website and social media and through presenting your work at a showcase event at the end of the project
Program dates:
1st October 2024 – 31st May 2025
Project kindly supported by Belfast City Council