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We share news for people working in the Creative Sector – offering career progression, skills development, business development, or funding opportunities.


Advertise Your Creative Job Opportunity or Industry Event For Free

Advertise Your Creative Job Opportunity or Industry Event For Free

You can now advertise your creative job opportunity or industry event for free on the Creative Wakefield website.
A rendered image of plans for the Annie Morris Sculpture outside the West Yorkshire History Centre in Wakefield. It is a colourful stack of different sized circles.

First Look at Sculptures for New City Centre Trail

Wakefield Council reveal artwork for a new sculpture trail guiding people on a journey of discovery through the city centre.
FIND YOUR CREATIVE FUTURE: Creative Path Finder

Try Our New Creative Path Finder

Our Creative Path-Finder helps you find your dream creative courses in or within a commutable distance of Wakefield District!
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Art Gallery Volunteering

Screw Gallery is seeking volunteers to apply to be part of a pool for their upcoming programme over 2023.
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Grants Supporting Projects with Young People

Grants for registered charities and local causes which help young people to achieve their potential.
Polaroids of Wakefield's cultural assets layered on top of each other. On the top of a pile is a polaroid with an illustration of Steven, our Chair by Abbey Withington. He is a white man with a shaved head wearing glasses and a blue polo top.

Introducing Our New Chair

Meet Steven Michael OBE. As Chair, Steven will help deliver our vision and take Creative Wakefield to the next level.
HMV logo. Pink letters on a blackground with a white dog listening to a gramma phone.

Play a Gig at HMV Wakefield

Musicians of Wakefield and Yorkshire, HMV Wakefield need YOU!
New College Pontefract

Share Your Knowledge with Future Creatives

Pontefract New College are looking for creative professionals to share their experience of working in the creative industries with current students. 
The Fat Beehive Foundation

Digital Funding for Small Charities

Small digital grants of up to £2,500 to charities with a turnover of less than £400,000.
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Beyond Borders Music Grants

To support co-commissions and performances of new musical works by UK not-for-profit organisations.
YVAN

Join a YVAN Working Group

Yorkshire Visual Arts Network are looking for people to join working groups. Could this be you?
HMV logo. Pink letters on a blackground with a white dog listening to a gramma phone.

Promote Your Gigs at HMV

Advertise local gigs in the HMV store.
Empath Action CIC: a group of 97% performers

Creative Spotlight: Empath Action CIC

We sat down with Empath Action CIC to learn more about the work they are doing to uplift and empower
TILEYARD NORTH DISTILLERY

Wakefield Businesses Collaborate to Design Distillery at Tileyard North

Creative businesses from across the Wakefield District have been working together to create something for residents, workers and visitors to
What Works Wellbeing

Arts and Wellbeing: Review of the Social Value of Place-Based Arts Interventions

This work supports those funding and delivering arts and culture interventions to maximise wellbeing impacts.
An elderly person takes part in a creative workshop drawing a patterned heart shape.

Volunteer Your Creative Skills to Support Local Care Home

Support people living with dementia and other needs at Lofthouse Grange and Lodge Care Home.