Throughout November 2025
After a hugely successful week in 2024, we can't wait for our extended Discover! Creative Careers Month which will take place throughout November.
We’ll be working with industry to encourage them to open their doors for local young people to encounter their workplace.
We’ll also be partnering with Speakers for Schools again to deliver the virtual programme which will be open to all.
Schools, colleges and industry across England are encouraged to register their interest in taking part.
Schools and colleges
Industry
About Discover! Creative Careers Month
Discover! Creative Careers Month is a call to arms to employers and individuals across the sector to provide young people aged 11-18 with direct encounters with industry through in-person and online events at workplaces.
Taking part supports schools and colleges to meet several Gatsby benchmarks including:
Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers particularly if you enhance your involvement in activities with our suite of creative industry careers lesson plans
Benchmark 5: Encounters with employers and employees Discover! Creative Careers Week offers opportunities to hear directly from professionals working across the creative industries through online and in-person events
Benchmark 6: Experiences of workplaces During the week we encourage employers to open their doors and invite local students for interactive careers activities. The
Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024 took place from 18th - 22nd November and saw thousands of young people take part in careers activities delivered by hundreds of creative industry employers.