Our Mentoring Service
Delivered via our current partner, Good Growth Hub, you can book mentoring sessions if you live in Hackey, Tower Hamlets, Newham or Waltham Forest.
Through regular 1:1 and group sessions, we will help you:
Build your Skills
Our professional mentors will help you to prepare for a career in the creative industry, with advice, guidance and practical tools.
Understand the Industry
We can help you network with industry professionals, and guide you through the nuances of the creative industries.
Develop your career
We will help you to find, prepare for and succeed in job applications, giving you the skills you need to be successful.
Showcase Your Work
If you want to improve your performances, there is no substitute for being on stage, so we provide that opportunity through our Creative Society Lates programme at Peckham Levels.
Watch this space for more details of upcoming events. In the meantime, register your interest in taking part.
Here are some images from past events.
Young People and the Creative Arts
Discover what a difference the Creative Society has made to some of the UK’s aspiring artists.
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Grace’s Story
“I have learned the importance of never passing up on any opportunity, irrespective of how mundane, monotonous as it might sound as it might be preparing you for where you need to be.”
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Laho’s Story
“I wish I had found out about The Creative Society sooner and my only wish is that there were more places that support young people in the way that they do.”
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Gaby’s Story
“Art lessons at school were terrible, there were no queer people in my school, in my class or in college.”
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Jade’s Story
“I’m interested in creating new works, new experiences, about making theatre accessible, it’s about using the platforms there are to start conversations, to start dialogues, to make an impact, and for people to see things in a different way and in a different light,”
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Hiba’s Story
“One of the things I found really difficult to deal with was that I didn’t know anyone who looked like me or dressed like me (wearing a hijab) who was trying to do something similar to me, I felt alienated and out of my depth.”
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Ami-Jade’s Story
“When I accidentally stumbled across The Creative Society, I was stuck. I had been working in retail for years and found all thoughts of the future absolutely terrifying.”
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Sam’s Story
Sam is an artist by trade, but he is also an experienced writer, who has published a collection of his essays with a local publisher. Sam’s story is representative of the wider struggles of young creative people trying to make a living in the UK today.
