What are Commercial Awareness Workshops?
10 hands-on sessions giving creative owner/managers the opportunity to work on particular aspects of their creative business with the help of an expert. The sessions are intended to go beyond the usual seminar-type session to give creative businesses a real opportunity to get tailored information about issues facing them and put what they have learned into practice on the day.
Participants must attend 5 workshops from the series.
Workshop Topics
For further details of workshop content, please click on the relevant workshop.
Eligibilty
To be eligible to attend the workshops your business must have a turnover of less than €50 Million, have between 1 and 250 employees and be not more than 25% owned by a parent company.
Your company should also be based in one of the following sectors: advertising, architecture, craft, design, designer fashion, film and video, interactive leisure software, marketing, performing arts, publishing, television, radio, visual arts.
You should also be in an eligible area of North or West Lancashire (visit the objective two postcode checker: www.objectivetwo.co.uk). A limited number of places also exist for companies that are located outside these areas and have been running for less than three years.
How to Apply
To apply for the series download the application form at the foot of this page. You can also call Becky on 01524 592809 and apply over the phone. We recommend you submit your application as soon as possible as we will be allocating places on a first come first served basis.
Although the workshops are FREE to participants, places on each workshop are worth over £300. This cost is covered by the Grow Creative Project and failure to attend the workshops could result in the Project loosing all or part of its funding. Once accepted to the workshops participants will be asked to provide a cheque for £150 as a deposit. This cheque will be retained by the project team and only cashed should you fail to attend.