Creative & Cultural Skills

Information, Advice and Guidance

We are a campaigning organisation, committed to developing people's careers within the creative and cultural industries. Some of our key projects are outlined below:

Creative Choices

Creative Choices launched in April 2008. It provides the tools, knowledge and networks to support every individual and business working within the creative industries and the cultural sector. We worked in partnership with the National Guidance Research Forum, Warwick University, producing toolkits for careers advisors - these are now available on Creative Choices.

14-19 Diplomas

We want to secure a qualifications system that is more relevant to the needs of individuals and employers; as well as ensure colleges, universities and training providers are more responsive to the skills industry demands. From 2008, young people will get the option to take a new Creative & Media Diploma. The aim of the diploma is to enable students of all abilities to work towards a high calibre qualification. Creative & Cultural Skills, along with Skillset and Skillfast-UK is working to develop the curriculum that will underpin the new diploma.

Creative apprenticeships

Currently our industries suffer from the lack of apprentices because very limited opportunities exist for employers or sole traders and employers to access a flexible approach or secure public support. The Creative Apprenticeship programme will revolutionise the way people access high-quality work-based routes into the sector, allowing young people to choose from a number of pathways such as design, music business, cultural heritage and performing arts.