creative catalyst scotland cic
Perth
Who : Creative Catalyst (Scotland) CIC is a social enterprise which supports
young people into Creative Careers. After establishing and running a similar two
year pilot project for young creatives as part of the lead up to Perth Creative
Exchange and The Famous Grouse Ideas Centre opening , founding director Helen
O’Brien decided to take the model of this project forward as a social
enterprise. In September 2019 we successfully received ‘Start It’ funding from
Firstport, and moved into our new studio at Perth Creative Exchange in November
2019. We have just received Firstport ‘Build It’ funding to support and embed
our development in 2021-22. We offer creative employability opportunities for
young people who face barriers to employment and training in Perth & Kinross.
This project is specifically targeted at young creative individuals who need
support to develop their confidence in their creative skills and abilities, and
signpost to other opportunities and experiences that will support them with next
steps of a creative career. We work alongside other 16+ support agencies in
Perth & Kinross who refer young people to us, and we welcome individuals and
support workers to contact us directly. How: We offer work experience and
mentoring opportunities with professional artists and makers who run live
creative projects for us, from design and prototyping an idea, to making a final
product, marketing and selling; visit shop here. These projects develop a broad
spectrum of practical creative and transferable skills including using
imagination, problem solving, clear communication, persistence, self discipline,
collaboration and working to a deadline. We also run creative workshops and
programmes for children, families and communities which offer opportunities for
our young people to work alongside a lead artist to gain confidence and
experience of delivering projects with different age groups.