LEAN’s popular Arts Breakfast Club network has been relaunched as the Freelancer Forum in February 2026. The Forum will provide targeted training/CPD events as well as regular e-newsletters and sociable networking get-togethers events for sharing knowledge and ideas. LEAN is often asked by schools in Lewisham to recommend practitioners with a particular expertise e.g. mural painting, developing anti-bullying through drama, etc. Membership of Freelancer Forum network will better enable us to recommend and support this area.
What you get
- The original LEAN general Monthly Round-up: an e-summary of recent web posts of events and projects on offer to young people
- 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 and introductions to schools
- Inclusion in LEAN’s freelancer skills database to enable us recommend practitioners to teachers & youth leaders
*Subscriptions and training fees can be counted as professional development tax deductible expenses
LEAN Freelancer Forum annual Membership fee is £20 (£15 concession rate if in receipt of benefits).
Please complete the form below to subscribe and pay. Apologies existing Freelancer members will need to resubscribe. Thanks for your support.
