Discover! Creative Careers exists to inform and inspire young people about careers in the creative industries. It aims to showcase creative careers unknown to many and to explain what skills and qualifications they need to succeed in those careers when they leave school.
With funding from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), the 2025 - 2026 programme aims to reach young 100,000 young people to encourage them to pursue a career in the creative industries.
Funding supports the delivery of a hybrid programme of activities and resources, informing young people directly about the opportunities in this world-leading sector. It offers meaningful encounters with industry professionals, online tools, training and support for teachers, parents, guardians and careers professionals, employers.
Discover!, also known as the Creative Careers Programme, was kick-started with funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in 2018 and has been shaped and supported directly by creative businesses, institutions, trade bodies and individuals across England. In 2020/21 the programme was developed further through funding from Arts Council England to develop a video programme used in schools during National Careers Week in March 2021. From 2023 - 2025 , we were funded to support and engage with schools and young people across 77 priority areas in England, identified as those facing the greatest disadvantage.
The 2025 - 2026 programme is funded by UK government and our online programme of activities such as our online insight sessions, video resources, lesson plans, training for careers professionals are open to everyone.
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