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Duffryn Creative Enterprise Lab
Duffryn Creative Enterprise Lab is a 12-week skills programme for Duffryn residents aged 16–35, helping participants develop visual design, creative thinking, and micro-enterprise skills. Through hands-on workshops in collage, art journaling, and digital design, participants will build portfolios, learn how to turn creative ideas into sellable products, and explore pathways into employment or self-employment.
Young people aged 16–21 in Duffryn will gain creative enterprise skills, confidence, and practical experience through workshops, helping them build portfolios, develop employability skills, and explore pathways into further training, work.
Unemployed Duffryn residents will benefit from practical creative skills training, portfolio development, and enterprise guidance that improves employability, builds confidence, and opens pathways into freelance work, further education.
Residents experiencing poverty will gain access to free training, creative enterprise skills, and opportunities to develop products and portfolios, helping them explore income-generating activities and improve long-term employment prospects.
People from ethnically and culturally diverse communities in Duffryn will benefit from inclusive creative training that supports self-expression, builds skills, and provides pathways into employment and enterprise within the creative sector.
Direct participants will be Duffryn residents aged 16–35yrs
50 direct participants
| Resource | Description | Quantity needed | When needed | How this donation supports the project (Enabling Actions or KPIs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONEY | Funding for tutors, materials, venue hire, participant support, and programme delivery. | £28,000 to deliver a 12-week creative enterprise programme for Duffryn residents. | Flexible | Funds skills training, enabling 50 Duffryn residents to build portfolios and pathways into work. |
| PRODUCTS | Art materials, sketchbooks, collage supplies, printing materials and basic design equipment. | Creative kits and materials for 50 participants throughout programme delivery. | Flexible | Allows participants to create portfolios, products and designs for enterprise development. |
| SERVICES | Professional tutors, enterprise mentors and workshop facilitators | 3–4 creative professionals delivering weekly training and mentoring sessions. | Flexible | Provides skills training, supporting participants to gain creative and enterprise skills. |
We collect data through participant registration forms, attendance records, pre- and post-programme
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