Author: Micky Harris

How not to be skint! (Cash flow for freelances) – 23 Aug 2019, London

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Free workshop for members

The time
11am to 4pm

The venue
ITF
ITF House
49 - 60 Borough Road
London
SE1 1DR

Income can vary from month to month when you’re a creative freelance. So, in this workshop, we’ll show you how you can plan to have enough cash all year round and avoid the panic of running out of money at any given time.

Apply online by 13 Aug

Workshop Content

This workshop will help you dig out your crystal ball and plan your finances for the next 12 months. We’ll look at how to predict likely incomings and outgoings, and how to spot problems before they catch you by surprise.

We’ll work through some typical scenarios relevant to your creative work and include plenty of examples to help you get used to taking control of your financial future.

You don’t have to be a whizz at maths or spreadsheets as we’ll aim to make sure that it’s easy to understand. We’ll also provide you with a useful toolkit to use after the workshop to help make managing your cash flow straightforward. The workshop includes:

  • An introduction to monthly budgeting for personal and business spending
  • Using estimates to set work patterns
  • How to make sound business decisions based on financial information
  • Risk planning
  • Cash flow planning.

Who should attend?

Any freelance who wants to improve their financial and cash flow planning and management and is daunted by financial unknowns.

Note: We’ll be using spreadsheets to illustrate examples but you won’t need to use spreadsheets during the workshop. You will find a calculator useful. The one on your phone will do!

Learning outcomes

By the end of this workshop you should be able to:

  • understand how to guestimate monthly budgets
  • use cash flow planning to avoid problems before they happen
  • use financial estimates to help make better business decisions
  • use spreadsheet templates (provided) to plan your own freelance life

Tutor: David Thomas

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself.

NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. We are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey, which you will need to fill in before or at the workshop. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand.

All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240585

Blogging for Creative Freelances – 22 Aug 2019, London

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Free workshop for creative freelance members

The time:
10.30am - 4.30pm

The venue:
Equity
Guild House
Upper St Martin’s Lane
London
WC2H 9EG

Everybody tells you that you must have a website and you must have a blog but nobody tells you how – or why. In this workshop you will learn the key steps to creating your blog but, more importantly, what you can use one for and how it will become an important part of your creative work.

That’s true whether you’re a writer, journalist, musician or performer: you are already creating work that blogs can showcase and you will benefit from reaching audiences through a well constructed, targeted blog. This workshop will tell you how.

Apply online by 12 Aug

Workshop Content

Filled with practical advice and time-saving tips, this workshop covers:

  • the choices you need to make before setting up your blog
  • what exactly to blog about
  • how to reach an audience that matters for all your creative work
  • what to do with that audience – how to engage with them
  • using your blog to make your website fresh
  • creating new material and reasons to contact your clients.

Who should attend?

Those who have thought about writing a blog but are not sure how or really certain why it will help and those who have already started blogging but need help in making their blogs more focused and effective.

Expected learning outcomes

  • a better understanding of what blogs can and cannot do for you
  • knowledge of how to quickly create and regularly update blogs
  • a better understanding of how to exploit your blog and build your audience
  • specific computer knowledge about what tools will help you and how to use them.

Tutor: William Gallagher

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself. NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. At the workshop, we are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand. All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

Key strategies for success – 15 Aug 2019, London

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Free workshop for members in England

The date and time
15 Aug, 10.30-4.30pm

The venue
ITF
ITF House
49 - 60 Borough Road
London
SE1 1DR

This session examines popular strategies and tips that successful people use to achieve what they want in life with the aim of helping you to think about how you can learn from these to support your career progress and gain greater satisfaction from what you do.

Apply online by 5 Aug

Workshop content

In this workshop, we’ll discuss key strategies that successful people use to turn aspirations into reality and examine how you can apply this in practice to achieve your creative goals including:

  • Exploring the definition of success
  • Long-term development strategy
  • Actions that count
  • Creating helpful habits
  • Learning from experience
  • Self-maintenance.

Expected outcomes

  • A clearer idea of what success means to you
  • Increased awareness of how people achieve their goals
  • A clearer understanding of how you can use your own experience and the experience of others to become more successful
  • Increased focus on what you want to achieve.

Who should attend

Those freelances who want to examine what they are doing now (and how they are doing it) and look at ways of maximising their career potential.

Qualifications

No formal qualifications are necessary, just a desire to gain awareness of techniques that support your career progress.

Tutor: Muriel McClymont

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself. NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. At the workshop, we are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand. All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

 

WEBINAR – Creative Collaboration
11am, 7 Aug 2019

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Easy to enrol – learn from the comfort of your own computer or mobile!

This webinar will help you avoid the potential pitfalls of collaborative work to ensure that you get the rewards that you’re aiming for with minimum aggravation.

Please indicate your interest in this Webinar before 6th August by clicking ENROL below.

Content

Collaborating with others can be an effective and inspiring way of achieving results that you can’t achieve on your own. Conversely, it can be a hellish experience, which leaves you ruing the day that you ever got involved in such an arrangement!

This webinar will help you develop more productive and smooth running collaborative relationships that are mutually beneficial to those involved. It includes:

  • What to consider before you make the decision to collaborate
  • Planning and agreeing your collaborative work
  • Building a productive and enjoyable working relationship.

The format

While you will be able to see and hear the tutors, you will not be visible or audible to them or each other. However, you will be able to ask questions, see the questions that others ask and make comments.

The session will last approximately 1hr of presentation-style teaching interspersed with questions and answers from participants. We will round up the with a Q & A session.

Depending on how many questions are asked, the session may run longer than 1hr so please set aside 1hr 15mins if you want to stay to participate in the Q & A at the end.

Expected learning outcomes

  • A better understanding of what aspects to take into account and agree upon when collaborating.
  • A better understanding of how to plan and deliver collaborative work to get the best results.

 

Tutors: Frances Dredge

Effective Communication – 9 Aug 2019, London

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Free workshop for members (who live in England)

From convincing someone to commission your work to asking for better terms and conditions, this workshop will help you develop your communication skills so that you achieve better and more consistent results.

The time:
10.30am to 4.30pm

The venue:
Equity
Guild House
Upper St Martin's Lane
London
WC2H 9EG

Apply online by 29 July

Have you ever found yourself speaking to someone who you just can’t seem to get through to - perhaps who seems to misunderstand your point or not even give you time to make it?

This often happens between people with different communication priorities and thinking and language patterns. This one-day workshop will help you develop more flexibility to be able to effectively communicate with a broader range of people to help you achieve your aims and build better working relationships.

This workshop is a high level introduction to a broad topic and part of series of workshops we will do throughout the year covering ‘communication skills’. We will share some of the easier-to-spot language patterns and motivational strategies that can allow you to communicate better in the future.

Workshop content

This workshop includes:

  • key principles of communication
  • learning to focus on how someone speaks as well as what they say
  • identifying your own language patterns and preferences
  • using questions to demonstrate people’s preferences
  • fun exercises to help us learn about ourselves and others

Who should attend

Anyone who would like to explore the art of communication and the use of language to see how being a better communicator can help them to be more persuasive and effective when working with people.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, you will:

  • understand more about the complexities of communication
  • have worked with several language patterns
  • have a greater understanding about how misunderstandings occur
  • have tools to try out and expand your own flexibility in language

Tutor: Muriel McClymont

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself.

NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. We are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey, which you will need to fill in before or at the workshop. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand.

All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

Grow your creative business via email marketing – 31 Jul, 2019, London

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Free workshop for members

The time
10.30am to 4.30pm

The venue
Musicians' Union
60-62 Clapham Road,
London
SW9 OJJ

Get your name out to audiences and keep that relationship going by learning how to use MailChimp for emails, newsletters and mailing lists.

In this workshop you’ll learn techniques to help grow your business including what to do before you start to use MailChimp, how to use it quickly and effectively, how to keep your audience’s attention and how to build mailing lists in these days of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Apply online by 21 July

Workshop Content

This workshop aims to help you market yourself better and specifically to do so with MailChimp. By the end of the day, you’ll know how to make this tool a significant benefit to your creative freelance business and yet not have it take up all you time. It includes:

  • How to find your audience and build up a mailing list
  • How to comply with the GDPR regulations for new audiences and existing ones
  • How to plan a schedule that means you can produce strong newsletters quickly and regularly
  • How you manage lists in MailChimp
  • What audiences see first and how to make that compelling
  • Designing a newsletter
  • Handling graphics and images, especially if you’re not a designer
  • How to get readers to share your newsletter.

We’ll also cover exactly how the free and paid versions of MailChimp work. You may not need to pay but you do need to know when it’s worth paying and when you have to.

Who should attend?

Freelances who need to get their work and services known to more people - so really that’s everyone. Although MailChimp is an online tool, you do not need to bring your own equipment.

Learning outcomes

You’ll understand how to make marketing with MailChimp an effective part of your freelance business.

Tutor: William Gallagher

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself.

NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. We are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey, which you will need to fill in before or at the workshop. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand.

All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

How to run a crowdfunding campaign – 18 Jul 2019, Bristol

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Free workshop for members

The time
11am - 5pm

The venue
Unite
Tony Benn House
Victoria Street
Bristol
BS1 6AY

Crowdfunding campaigns keep hitting the headlines - but if you suspect there's more to it than just putting your great idea online and waiting for the money to roll in, you're right.

We'll spend the day working through how to structure your own crowdfunding campaign, from how to choose a platform and set a realistic target, to how to find your audiences and tell your story. We'll focus on planning a one-off rewards-based crowdfunding campaign. By the end of the day you should have a structure for your own crowdfunding strategy.

Apply online by 8 July

Workshop Content

We'll cover what you need for your pre-launch and how to run the campaign itself including

  • the different platforms and funding models available and how to choose
  • how to set a realistic target - and avoid unexpected costs
  • how to reach the right audiences
  • writing compelling campaign copy and telling your story
  • how to come up with perks/rewards and think creatively about what you can offer supporters
  • managing the mid-campaign slump.

Who should attend?

Creative professionals who are considering running a crowdfunding campaign - whether still wondering if the idea you have in mind could work or almost at the stage of choosing a launch date.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  • have a greater understanding of the different approaches available to crowdfunding
  • have a clearer idea of what needs to be done before launching a campaign
  • potentially have an outline of their own crowdfunding campaign strategy
  • have a better understanding of the timeline and structure of a successful campaign.

 

Tutor: Jo Breeze

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself.

NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. We are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey, which you will need to fill in before or at the workshop. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand.

All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

WEBINAR – Stop Procrastinating –
11am, 16 Jul 2019

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Easy to enrol – learn from the comfort of your own computer or mobile!

If you don’t nip it in the bud, procrastination can become a serious problem that results in consistent timewasting, under-performance, under-lying anxiety and high stress levels.

Please indicate your interest in this Webinar before 15th July 2019 by clicking ENROL below.

Content

This webinar will help you to understand why you are procrastinating and help you stop the rot so that you develop the most productive way of working that ensures that you concentrate your efforts in the areas that are most rewarding including:

  • Recognising the warning signs
  • Identifying and overcoming your procrastination triggers
  • Creating new habits
  • Taking control and moving forward.

The format

While you will be able to see and hear the tutors, you will not be visible or audible to them or each other. However, you will be able to ask questions, see the questions that others ask and make comments.

The session will last approximately 1hr of presentation-style teaching interspersed with questions and answers from participants. We will round up the with a Q & A session.

Depending on how many questions are asked, the session may run longer than 1hr so please set aside 1hr 15mins if you want to stay to participate in the Q & A at the end.

Who should attend

Those freelances working in the creative industries who wish to find out how to make better use of their time so that they feel in more control of their work processes and the consequent results.

Expected learning outcomes

  • An understanding of why we procrastinate
  • An understanding of how to improve results through understanding our triggers and how we can overcome them
  • An understanding of how we can change the way we think about specific work tasks to create better habits.

 

Tutors: Frances Dredge and Muriel McClymont

Write that book and get it published
11 Jul 2019, London

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Free workshop for members

The time
10.30am to 4.30pm

The venue
Equity
Guild House
Upper St Martin’s Lane
London
WC2H 9EG

Whether you work in the field of performance, music, journalism or other forms of writing, many freelances have written - or intend to write - a book. It may be non-fiction, based on your expertise, skills and experience. Or, it could be a fiction title: that novel you’ve always wanted to write. Getting a book published has a reputation for being difficult and this puts people off trying. The truth is that it is challenging but thousands of books are published each year. Why can't one of them be yours?

Apply online by 1 July

Workshop Content

This one-day workshop aims to give you a realistic idea of how to go about writing your first book, and how and where to sell it. It covers:

  • What’s your idea? Will it make a book?
  • Your markets – know them and exploit them
  • The writing plan – discipline and practice to get the book written
  • Networks and networking – being part of a writing community
  • Selling you the writer – who you are and what you offer
  • Selling the idea – the synopsis
  • Who’s buying? - Agents, publishers, self-publishing and e-publishing

Who should attend?

Anyone who has written, is writing, or wants to write a book and sell it (you should have at least a basic idea of the book that you want to write).

Learning outcomes

You should expect to leave this workshop understanding where better to focus your book/book idea; how to fit the writing around your lifestyle; how to present and prepare you and your book for market.

Tutor: Sue Walker

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself.

NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. We are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey, which you will need to fill in before or at the workshop. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand.

All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07464 306 542

Digital marketing for creative professionals – 4 Jul, 2019, London

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Free workshop for members

The time
11am to 5pm

The venue
Equity
Guild House
Upper St Martin’s Lane
London
WC2H 9EG

Marketing has changed with the boom of the Internet, and now it's even more important to understand the principles of marketing your work online.

Apply online by 26 Jun

Workshop Content

This workshop aims to help you to market your work online including raising your profile and engaging new clients. It covers:

  • How to gain new work
  • Engagement through social media
  • Promoting your work
  • Keys to successful online marketing.

Who should attend?

Freelances who wish to learn more about digital marketing. No previous experience is required. Computers are not a requisite as this workshop focuses on tutoring, discussion and group-based exercises. However, you are welcome to bring mobile devices if you wish.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the day, you will have a better understanding of how to market your work online.

Tutor: Cemanthe McKenzie

POLITE REQUEST: if you are successful in obtaining a place on this workshop and, due to unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend, please let us know asap because we have others on the waiting list who we can allocate your place to. If you do not let us know this will disadvantage another member. Also, we may lose the funds that enable us to provide these workshops to all members including yourself.

NOTE: 1. If we were to postpone or cancel this workshop due to unforeseen circumstances (this has happened only twice in five years due to tutor illness and a tube strike), we will be unable to reimburse any costs such as pre-booked travel expenses. If this were to happen in the future, we will email and telephone you as soon as we know that there is a cancellation and attempt to re-schedule the workshop asap. 2. We are required to undertake a short equality & diversity survey, which you will need to fill in before or at the workshop. The information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and will help in our commitment to E & D.

IMPORTANT: Unfortunately we cannot always offer everyone who applies a place due to high demand. We set up a waiting list and contact people if there are cancellations. If you do NOT receive confirmation that you have secured a place, please do not turn up on the day because we will not be able to admit you. However, please keep applying because we work hard to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to attend at some point.

Apply online

To apply for a place on this free, one-day workshop, please fill in the short application form below. You will need to login or register if you have not done so already so have your Union number to hand.

All events have been over-subscribed to date so successful applicants will be chosen randomly after the cut-off date. We will let you know if your application has been successful within a couple of days of this date.

Further enquiries
e: [email protected]
t: 07710 240585