News and stories
Opportunities, events, films and stories from across the creative industries - updated as the movement grows.
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Hannah Telfer Of VINTAGE At Penguin Inspires Young People At Roundhay School In Leeds
By Helen Parker, Creative UK
In May 2026, Hannah Telfer, Managing Director of Penguin Random House’s VINTAGE division, delivered an exciting industry talk at Roundhay School as part of the Speakers for Schools Programme.
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How Into Film Brought the BFI Careers Festival to Young People Across the UK
By the Creative Careers Collective
Into Film delivered a UK-wide careers programme across all four nations to support London's flagship BFI Careers Festival.
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Inside Framestore’s Immersive Experience Workshop
By the Creative Careers Collective
Framestore’s Immersive Experience Workshop introduced young people to career opportunities within the visual effects, games and animation sectors and helped them to explore future industry pathways.
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Music:Leeds / Launchpad Power New Careers with Leeds Music Industry SWAP
By the Creative Careers Collective
Across 2 weeks in January and February 2026, Music:Leeds/Launchpad worked closely with a local job centre to reach young people who wanted to find new career paths.
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The Crafts Council’s Nationwide Mission to Build a Sustainable and Inclusive Craft Sector
By the Creative Careers Collective
In November 2025, the Crafts Council teamed up with regional organisations and industry collaborators to tackle this challenge and delivered a national UK programme for Discover Creative Careers Month.
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Vicky McClure and Nihal Arthanayake back Discover Creative Careers as new badges announced
By the Creative Careers Collective
Industry ambassadors including Penguin Random House, BAFTA, Crafts Council, and Into Games back new creative careers badge being issued to those advocating for widened access to creative careers and creative careers education for young people ahead of Discover Creative Careers Month in November.
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Levelling Up - How Into Games Inspired the Next Generation of Game Designers
By the Creative Careers Collective
The video games industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the UK. However, it remains a challenging industry to break into. Into Games is a UK charity widening access to careers in the video games industry for people from working-class and low-income backgrounds.
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How THE HOUSE OF RADHA Inspired Scotland's Next Generation of Creatives
By the Creative Careers Collective
Every conversation has the power to shape a future. Between January and March 2026, the award-winning creative platform THE HOUSE OF RADHA—where fashion, art, music, and education meet—led an inspiring series of career events and interactive workshops across Ayrshire and Edinburgh.
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What career pathways can studying GCSE Drama open up?
By Stef Hall, Director of Talent & Outreach, Creative Access
A guide into what jobs or career pathways you can choose if you’ve studied GCSE drama.
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Welcome to Discover Creative Careers: a fresh chapter
By the Creative Careers Collective
Discover Creative Careers has relaunched as a UK-wide programme, connecting young people with work experience, resources and opportunities to make creative careers more accessible, especially for underrepresented communities.
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Talent, Not Background
By Nick Brook, CEO, Futures For All
The creative industries are one of the UK's greatest success stories, a sector that shapes cultural influence around the world while contributing over £145 billion to our national economy.
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Opening Doors. Building Futures.
By Dr Mel Rodrigues CEO of Creative Access
Showing a young person that a creative career is possible can change their future. But if that's where the journey stops, we've only done half the job. The real challenge is making sure that inspiration becomes real opportunity.
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Five big reasons creative employers should get involved with Discover Creative Careers
By Emily Cloke, CEO of Creative UK
Creative UK’s Discover Creative Careers campaign connects underrepresented young people with opportunities across the creative industries, helping build a diverse, skilled workforce for the future.