Now live on Discover! Creative Careers.

FREE freelancing resources for teachers and pupils on Discover Creative Careers by Alison Grade.

“I’d been working away quietly on a top secret new and exciting project with BOA Stage and Screen Production Academy for my lovely clients ScreenSkills and Department for Culture, Media and Sport when lo and behold my cover was blown during the UK House of Lords freelancers debate.”

Discover Creative Careers is a government-funded, industry-led programme working to ensure there is a larger and more diverse intake of talent into the creative industries.

My project aims to start plugging the freelancing knowledge gap in education. I have designed the resources to be packed full of information needed to start a sustainable freelance career within the creative industries including teacher lesson plans, engaging resources, and a student activity book.

These resources include valuable insights, practical tips, and educational materials to help aspiring freelancers thrive in the creative industries today and in the years to come. 

Discover Creative Careers: Introduction to Freelancing 1
Discover Creative Careers: Introduction to Freelancing 2

Education policy from 4-18 doesn’t recognise freelancing as a way of working. It recognises entrepreneurship and employment.

Michael Painter, Principal, BOA Stage and Screen Production Academy
Discover Creative Careers: Introduction to Freelancing 3

Young people would like the independence of freelancing, but their parents wouldn’t! Educators need to do something to explain [freelancing]

Sir Peter Bazalgette, Co-chair, Creative Industries Council

Coming soon.

Exciting things are on the horizon! In addition to our current freelancing resources for teachers and pupils, we will soon be expanding our offer to include further in depth CPD (Continuing Professional Development) resources for teachers and career advisors on freelancing.

Stay tuned for these valuable resources that will help you enhance your skills and knowledge about freelancing so you can embed this knowledge in your students.

Alison says, “I wrote The Freelance Bible to share the knowledge I could see was missing from education, with these new resources my aim is to support all teachers, lecturers and careers advisors to support their students with the knowledge on how to win at freelancing”

To be the first to know when they become available, please register your interest below.