LEAN recognises the talents and skills freelance participatory artists possess are invaluable. Through our Freelancer Forum, whatever stage you are in your career, we provide facilitated networking opportunities for you to meet your peers, tailored one-to one-support sessions, professional development training and bespoke newsletters.
What you get
- Freelancer Forum Members Page: Exclusive online access to the latest opportunities which organisations have asked LEAN to share. This may include freelance work or permanent roles, commissions, open calls, opportunities to work with schools.
- Freelancer Forum Newsletter: Sent out twice a term with more details of LEAN and other partners’ networking events and training, sector news and opportunities to share project case studies or collaboration requests for future projects
- Free Freelancer Forum Network meetings e.g. twilight private view, practice sharing hosted by different local arts venues
- Discounted Half-day training on half-day courses on specific identified sector needs e.g. aspects of fundraising, social media, how to work with schools [fees £20-£25 for member; £45 non-members]*
- Bookable one-to-one advice sessions with LEAN specialist staff on project development introductions to schools and bid reviews
- Inclusion in LEAN’s freelancer skills database. LEAN is often asked by schools to recommend practitioners with a particular expertise
- The LEAN general Monthly Bulletin: a digest of that month’s web posts of events and projects on offer to young people
LEAN Freelancer Forum annual Membership fee is £20 (£15 concession rate if in receipt of benefits).
Subscriptions and training fees can be counted as professional development therefore as tax deductible expenses
Please complete the form here to subscribe and pay. Apologies existing Freelancer members will need to resubscribe. Thanks for your support.
