In January, we ran a Creative Industries Careers Day inconjunction with Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester College & Pallant House Gallery. The day offered an opportunity for young people to discover more about the varied creative professions and demystify the many pathways leading into those roles.

The event showcased theatre, visual arts, design, writing, music, production, curating, archiving and traditional trades, devised to ignite potential, spark ideas, and show the endless possibilities available. 

Targeted for students choosing GCSE options, next step pathways, or those ready to survey the employment landscape, students were given the opportunity to quiz experts on apprenticeships, explore trainee schemes, attend panel discussions, discuss career pathways and employment opportunities. 

We hosted approximately 400 participants from schools, home education groups, uni’s and colleges who actively pursued over 1200 participations across the day.  We were supported by 23 organisations as well as 26 individual contributors across a range of creative industries all at the very top of their game.

Creative Industries Careers Day

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‘Today has been really good - we have spoken with a very diverse group of people that we would never usually get the opportunity interact with. It’s great that people can learn about the different jobs and roles that we, and other organisations have available- often they didn’t know that the opportunities exist. Events like this are so important, especially reaching people before they get to college. Many of the events we do are for people who are 18 and over, so it has been great to talk to teenagers about possible careers so that it can support their decision making when considering school and college courses.’ Dani | Cameron Mackintosh Ltd

‘We have been able to showcase what we can do to individuals with creative skill sets who might want to consider other options when they leave education. This event is opening their eyes to different opportunities and things that they might not know or have seen before. There are so many creative aspects to the work we do that young people may not be aware of, and it’s great to be able to share what we do. Cory | Rolls Royce

It's been great to speak to lots of different students. and give them more insight into the different roles there are in theatre. Having regional events is so important -there are lots of opportunities in London which unfortunately, many students are not able to access.  Outreach Coordinator | LW Theatres

It has been great to see how engaged the pupils were in the workshops and to hear the quality of the questions at the end. They were really attentive and interested and I think got a lot from the sessions. I think events like this are extremely important because I personally don’t think there's enough happening at the moment to highlight the breadth of pathways into the creative cultural industries. People think it’s all about learning to play an instrument, but don't understand that there are another 300 roles in the music business and so many different career opportunities to explore.

Paul | West Sussex Music

It's been a wonderful day, and our students have really enjoyed it. It's been brilliant from an accessibility point of view- we teach students with additional needs, and they have loved the day and learnt a lot. Events like this are super important to show our young people that there are options for them. We have had a couple of students that had no idea about the backstage, technical side of theatre and they are really interested after listening to the talk and getting to ask questions. It’s been brilliant. Willow | Theatre Inc, Chichester College

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