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Discover! Creative Careers to reach 10,000 young people across Scotland in a new partnership with Into Film Scotland

Earlier this year we announced our expansion into Scotland through a new partnership with Into Film. We can now announce that Discover! Creative Careers Week, Scotland will run from 10-14 November to coincide with Scottish Careers Week

Discover! Creative Careers to reach 5000 young people across Wales in a new partnership with Into Film Cymru

Earlier this year we announced our expansion into Wales through a new partnership with Into Film. We can also now announce that the programme will offer opportunities throughout the year but with its focus week, Discover! Creative Careers Cymru to take place 17-21 November.

Discover! Creative Careers to reach young people across Scotland and Wales

We're thrilled to announce our expansion into Scotland and Wales through new partnerships with Into Film.

Partnering with Education and Employers to reach schools and industry with Discover! Creative Careers

We are excited to announce a new partnership with Inspiring the Future, run by Education and Employers; a programme which gives schools direct access to real people in real jobs.

Speakers for Schools continue to offer virtual experiences for young people as part of Discover! Creative Careers Month

One of our trusted partners over the past few years has been Speaker for Schools. Their aim is to close the opportunity gap and level the playing field for all 11-19-year-olds from state schools and colleges by providing fair access to fully funded work experience and inspirational talks that will help them to reach their full career potential.

Announcing Discover! Creative Careers Month November 2025

Our flagship event connecting thousands of young people with creative industry encounters will now take place across an entire month as part of a programme-wide expansion.

Introducing our delivery partners for the Discover! Creative Careers Work Experience Pilot

Further to our announcement earlier this week about the expansion of the Discover! Creative Careers Programme, we are sharing a bit more detail about our partners.

ScreenSkills, Discover! Creative Careers and the Adobe Foundation team up to host a series of events to inspire 11-18 year olds

Five regionally-based events for young people to get hands-on with animation, games, events, documentaries and music have taken place...

Programme Assistant Vacancy

We are looking for a Programme Assistant to join the team at an exciting time as we expand the programme. The role involves some PA duties for the Programme Lead alongside meeting management, data administration, event support (online and in-person) and finance administration.

Discover! Creative Careers with Adobe Foundation: Games Workshop with Radical Forge at Longfield Academy in Darlington – November 2024

Our second event in partnership with Adobe Foundation was another Discover! Creative Careers Week event - this time in Darlington.

Discover! Creative Careers with Adobe Foundation: Animation Visit to Aardman Studios for Cabot Foundation – February 2025

Students from Digitech Studio School enjoyed a visit to Aardman Studios for a workshop with one of Aardman’s Junior Animators. They had the opportunity to get hands on with Feathers McGraw, and learn about the making of Shaun the Sheep.

Discover! Creative Careers with Adobe Foundation: Farnborough International Studios Visit for The Sixth Form College Farnborough March 2025

The Sixth Form College Farnborough sent a lucky group of 45 students to the incredible space at Farnborough International Studios for a day of learning about film/ TV physical filming space careers, insights into post production and VFX and a visit to the stages.

Discover! Creative Careers with Adobe Foundation: Music Local Launch Pad event for young people in Kirklees – March 2025

Young people in Kirklees spent an evening at Conscious Youth in Huddersfield. The evening gave young people the chance to find out about music industry roles and opportunities in the Yorkshire region...

Watch some of the highlights from Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024

Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024 took place across England with over 33,000 young people taking part in careers activities with hundreds of creative industry employers.

Exclusive YouTube film launches campaign for young people to enter creative industries

New partnership aims to excite more young people across the country about creative careers. Discover! Creative Careers, an England wide industry-led programme, has partnered with YouTube to launch a campaign to excite and energise 11-18 year olds about opportunities in the creative industries.

Discover Creative Careers Week 2024 Launches!

Thousands of young people across England will be taking part in careers activities with hundreds of creative industry employers during Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024, 18th – 22nd November

Regional growth in creative industries hinges on expanding employment opportunities

Discover! Creative Careers, an England wide industry-led programme, is today urging employers in the creative industries to step up their time investment in the workforce, as a growing skills gap threatens to hinder the sector's ability to thrive.

Discover! Creative Careers Celebrating Funding Announcement

We were thrilled that the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has prioritised funding for an expansion of the Discover Creative Careers programme. Our Programme Lead Mary Rose had the following statement to make regarding the announcement that the Chancellor’s Budget underscored just how important the creative sectors are...