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Black Stories Matter Project – Black Creative Trailblazers

Deadline, Friday 10th November – apply here

Black Creative Trailblazers (BCT) is inviting Black-led organisations and community groups in Manchester to take part in Black Stories Matter, a community project celebrating and preserving the stories of the people and organisations shaping our city.

Across Manchester, Black-led organisations are creating opportunities, supporting communities, preserving culture and building spaces where people can connect, thrive and belong. Yet many of these stories remain undocumented or underrepresented in the city’s social and cultural history.

Black Stories Matter aims to change this by documenting and celebrating the experiences of 12 Black-led organisations and community groups through photography and video captured by our incredible photographers and filmmakers

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Our Stories, Our Future: Call Out for Creative Project with Young People – Black Creative Trailblazers

Our Stories, Our Future will bring young people together through creative workshops led by talented artists and creatives, offering opportunities to explore music, poetry, photography and dance, develop new skills and collaborate with others. The project will culminate in a showcase at Manchester Museum in January 2027, celebrating the creativity, ideas and stories of the young people involved.

For more information and to apply, click here

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Black Stories Matter: Call-out for Black-Led Community Groups – Black Creative Trailblazers

Black Creative Trailblazers (BCT) is inviting Black-led organisations and community groups in Manchester to take part in Black Stories Matter, a community project celebrating and preserving the stories of the people and organisations shaping our city.

Across Manchester, Black-led organisations are creating opportunities, supporting communities, preserving culture and building spaces where people can connect, thrive and belong. Yet many of these stories remain undocumented or underrepresented in the city’s social and cultural history.

For more information and how to apply, click here.

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Volunteer Artist, Musician or Performer – Age UK Camden

Deadline – Unspecified, apply here

The Dementia Services supports people to live independently and safely at home for as long as possible, stay socially engaged and carry on doing what they love. The service supports Camden residents over the age of 55 in the early or moderate stages of dementia.

We offer clients from the Dementia Services (befriending and wellbeing) a short performance or creative activity delivered by a volunteer visual artist, musician, dancer, actor, performer, and other creative artforms. You may choose to share a creative hobby or an art form you practice professionally.

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Commonwealth Education Trust  – Course Video Creator

Deadline – Unspecified, apply here

Commonwealth Education Trust are looking for a volunteer who can create videos for our courses that can be uploaded to our WordPress site.

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Volunteer – Parklife Festival

– By volunteering for 8 hours on one day of the festival, you will get free entry to both days of Parklife 2026 with plenty of time to enjoy acts on the day you volunteer.
– This is a great way to meet new people and get experience in the event industry.
– All applicants need to be 18+ and have valid ID
– You will be required to put down a £200 deposit – this will be returned after you have completed your shift the week after the festival.

To apply, click here

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Courses & Funding- Kings Trust

Multiple Deadlines

Kings Trust have so many great courses for young people aged 16-30 to get involved in. Courses are free and give people the tools to build their confidence, find a job or start their own business.
Coming up:

Free funding to train or start work
Build confidence with Explore
TeamMaking it in Media
Get Started with Disability Care
LLN Support
Get support to launch your business
Education Mentors
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Skills Exchange Tameside – Royal Exchange Theatre

Deadline to apply –

In partnership with Jigsaw Homes, we’re bringing back our Skills Exchange programme where we’ll be running 2x week long training courses for young people aged 16-18 (or 18-25 with an EHCP) who live in Tameside and aren’t in education, training or full time employment. The courses we’ll be running are:

Hospitality: 8 Sept – 13 Sept from 1-4pm at Dukinfield Community Hub
HOSPITALITY LINK

Live Events Production: 20 Oct – 25 Oct from 1-4pm at Tameside Arts Centre
LIVE EVENTS PRODUCTION LINK

As part of the course, participants will get further support from a Key Worker at Jigsaw to help them into further employment or training opportunities AND the chance to see a free show here at RET. We can also support covering cost of travel, lunches etc or any other barriers that people might face.

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Black Creatives Social – Black Creative Trailblazers

oin Black Creative Trailblazers & Manchester Museum for an evening to reflect, recharge & connect with creatives across Manchester. Inspired by The Cat that Slept for 1000 Years, we’ll explore how caring for ourselves and our dreams shapes a better future.

Expect beautiful conversations, good vibes, and space to simply be.

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Open Mic Night – Black Creative Trailblazers

Join us for a night of creativity and community at the Trailblazers Open Mic Night, showcasing emerging musicians, poets, and performers from across the creative community in Manchester.

Whether you’re an artist looking to share your work or simply want to enjoy a creative evening, come and experience a night filled with amazing performances, inspiring storytelling, and good vibes! Creatives can sign up to perform here

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Free Acting Workshop – Manchester Television Workshops

Commercials are full of people like you and TV/film producers want REAL PEOPLE, not posh drama school graduates. However, unless you’ve been to stage school or had some kind of formal training, it’s hard to be yourself on camera. That’s where Manchester Television Workshops comes in. 

MTW take people from all walks of life and teaches them acting skills and industry secrets that gives them everything they need to get work in the industry. They are all about diversity, so classes are open to everyone.

MTW only take people into workshops who they feel have potential, and offer an introductory class completely FREE OF CHARGE – it gives you the chance to show what you can do and to see if you like what they do! 

Book Your Class

Call MTW

Lines open 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday

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Early Career Promoter Fund – PRS Foundation

The Early Career Promoter Fund is open again for applications after a successful first year of the programme. For the latest advice see the ‘How to Make a Strong Application’ webinar with Grants & Programmes Manager Ben Price on the PRS YouTube channel here.

Early Career Promoter Fund recognises the vital role independent promoters play in supporting the talent pipeline across England, and offers grant funding and capacity building support, with the aim of bolstering the local, regional and national ecosystems.

Grants of up to £3,500 will be available to support a range of activity, including:

  • The booking, programming and promotion of gigs, concerts, club nights, showcases, tours and other performances
  • Costs associated with those activities (including venue hire, production, artist and/or DJ fees, crew fees, administration and other related costs)
  • Capacity building (including mentoring, coaching, shadowing, workshops, masterclasses, and other skill building and networking opportunities)
  • Other expenditure which helps grantees to programme a diverse range of artists, develop new audiences and build their skills

The fund aims to help emerging promoters to do what they do best – book and promote shows to develop scenes, support artists and DJs and to reach and engage audiences locally, regionally, and nationally, and build sustainable careers in the grassroots music sector. Those receiving support will be able to step up to book and promote talent at a scale beyond their current level, and build their capacity, skills and networks.

Managed by PRS Foundation and supported by Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Early Career Promoter Fund also helps to address under representation, ensuring support reaches a diverse range of promoters, and proactively encourages grantees to support a diverse range of artists and music genres nationwide.

Click the link above or here to find out more.

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Creative Writing Groups – Manchester Speculative Fiction

Manchester is a literary city and so there are a multitude of Manchester writers’ groups. Below is a list of all the writing groups in Manchester that we’re aware of.

The groups we list here are mostly for creative writing rather than non-fiction. They cover all genres and types of creative writing: short stories, novels, novellas, screenplays, theatre and poetry. Most of them are free or have a nominal charge.

Click here to see the list of creative writing groups in Manchester.

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MIC’s Podcast Club for Global Podcasts

“Helpful and supportive regular online and in-person get-togethers for podcasters from everywhere!

We’re a community of global podcasters who help each other make brilliant podcasts.

We all make podcasts as producers, editors or presenters.

Each Podcast Club meetup is a real-life podcaster FAQ asked and answered by the awesome MIC podcaster community who come from across the world.

(yep it says Manchester, that’s where we’re based – it won’t let us put EVERYWHERE!)

Our monthly events are online, and we (aim to!) host quarterly in-person meetups too, what we like to call our ‘socials’.

We also have a special podcaster guest most months to give their expert take on a chosen podcasty subject. To date, we’ve had talks from chart-topping and award-winning podcasters about shortform podcasting, rating and reviews and remote recording.

Our guests have included Arielle Nissenblatt, podcasting legend, Olly Mann, Brown Girls Do It Too podcast, Obsessed with Line of Duty podcast producers, BBC Sounds Commissioner Louise Kattenhorn, Dan Maudsley (BBC: Paradise), The VO Social podcast, Clare Freeman (ASFB Productions: Slimming World Podcast…), Kate Cocker (The Presenter Coach: Everyday Positivity), Alex Bennett (Lower Street Media, Art of Podcast), Guy Kilty (DipDap productions, BBC 5Live: The Price of Football), Sam Walker (BBC, Desert Diaries, Northern Power Women), Emma Goswell (Gaydio, Coming Out Stories), Mark Asquith (Captivate, Rebel Base Media), Amy Woods (Content x10), Ant McGinley (XS Manchester, On The Left Side).”

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Monthly Meet Ups for Content Creators – BTS Brunch Club

BTS Brunch Club is for:

✨ Anyone who is either a creative looking to connect and collab with other creatives.
✨ Event planners/Brands who are looking for BTS creators to film at their next event.
✨ Creatives who just want to meet like minded, supportive friends.

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ALL HEAR – MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

All Hear is a free monthly newsletter featuring audio opportunities with upcoming deadlines from across the industry and around the world — grants, residencies, awards, calls for pitches and events spanning journalism, podcasting, radio, audio drama, oral history, sound art and more. It’s written by Talia Augustidis in collaboration with Transom.org.

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FESTIVAL APPLICATION GUIDE 2025

From major UK festivals to events in the US and Bali, find out how to apply to perform at a whole variety of 2025 festivals here.

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THE GREY AREA WRITING GROUP & BOOK CLUB

The Grey Area is a monthly event for trans and queer writers and book lovers. Events will take place in person, in the Office Arté Util space at the Whitworth.

This is a new trans and queer writing group and book club in Manchester. The Grey Area is based in the Whitworth and we run from 6pm to 8.30pm.The idea is for writers and book lovers to get the chance to meet, share work and find like-minded people.

The Grey Area events are held on the first Thursday of the Month. These events are very collaborative and Grey will ask you what your expectations are of the session, encourage feedback and keep the group welcoming to newcomers who may join in later months.

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Free Creative Workshops – Levenshulme Old Library

Each Monday, Levenshulme Old Library provide a free and informal workshop for anyone (18+) to come and get involved with:

✂️ Collage Club with Janie Lucchese
🧵 Stitch Club with @sophiebenson
📖 Zine Club with @letsmakezines
✍️ Writing Club with @kate.ireland__

Whether you’re engaging with your creativity for the first time or looking to refine your skills, each session offers a welcoming space to explore different creative practices and connect with others who share your passion for art.

Book your place today and make this year the start of your artistic journey.

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Poetry Club and Art Club – Y2 Cafe