Find the words to communicate your work, ideas and value with North East Cultural Freelancers.
Workshop
Find the words to communicate your work, ideas and value with North East Cultural Freelancers.
Whether you’re describing your creative practice, promoting a project, applying for a job, or putting together a funding application, knowing how to write about your work can make a real difference. This free one-day workshop will help you find the words, communicate with confidence and adapt your writing for different audiences and opportunities.
Delivered by North East Cultural Freelancers (NECF), this session explores how to write about your practice with authenticity, without feeling that you have to change your voice or squeeze your work into someone else’s idea of what a creative career should look like.
Creative freelancers are often expected to be artists, communicators, marketers and administrators all at once. From writing a CV or cover letter to promoting an event, pitching a story to the press, or making the case for a project in a funding application, you often need to communicate clearly about what you do and why it matters. Yet many of us have to figure this out as we go along.
This workshop will give you space to explore your own language, build on what makes your work distinctive and develop practical writing skills you can use in different contexts.
Throughout the day we’ll explore:
The day will combine short presentations, discussion and practical writing activities, with opportunities to experiment with language, share ideas and learn from others. You’ll have plenty of time to get up, move around, take breaks, and approach activities in ways that work for you.
Please bring a notebook and pen. You’re also welcome to bring a laptop or tablet if you prefer to write digitally.
Lunch and light refreshments will be provided.
This workshop is for artists, makers, performers, writers, producers, technicians and other creative freelancers, as well as those considering a career in the creative and cultural sector. Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, you’ll have the opportunity to work on writing that’s relevant to your own practice and professional goals.
No previous funding application experience is required.
Book your FREE ticket below. You’ll receive further information in your booking confirmation.
North East Cultural Freelancers (NECF) is a freelancer-led organisation supporting more than 6,100 freelancers working across the North East’s creative and cultural sector. Through advocacy, research, training and community-building, NECF works to improve conditions for freelancers while championing the vital role they play in the region’s cultural ecology.
Sam Brimer is Director of Marketing and Engagement at NECF and a freelance marketing consultant specialising in arts and culture. She supports creative organisations and freelancers to communicate their value, build meaningful connections with audiences and develop sustainable approaches to engagement and impact.
Hannah Keville is an arts fundraising specialist and freelance consultant. She first turned to fundraising to support her own artistic practice and participatory arts projects before specialising in fundraising in 2014. She works with creative organisations and artists to tell the stories behind their work and communicate the difference they make.
We have an access budget available and are able to offer a small number of access bursaries to support people to take part in Freelance Foundations.
This can cover costs towards circumstances that might otherwise make it difficult for you to attend. For example: travel costs to get you to and from the event, child-care costs, percentage toward loss of income for attending the event.
This is a no questions asked process and we can support requests of up to £50 per person, and they will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. To claim the bursary, you will need to provide an invoice.
Please get in touch with us on admin@thenewbridgeproject.com to make a request for support or if you have any questions.
Our building has lifts to the gallery, accessible and gender-neutral toilets, baby changing and breastfeeding facilities and two accessible parking bays. You can watch a walkthrough of our building and learn more about accessibility here.
Contact admin@thenewbridgeproject.com if you have any questions or need support to take part in this event.
NewBridge has a Safer, Braver Spaces policy. Everyone here treats each other with respect and consideration. Transphobia, misogyny, racism or harassment of any kind is not welcome.
Freelance Foundations is supported by the North East Strategic Mayoral Authority‘s Create Talent fund, a major new programme helping local people develop the skills, networks and opportunities needed to build careers in the North East’s creative sector.
Tuesday 24 November 2026
10am–4.30pm
The NewBridge Project
Shieldfield Centre
4-8 Clarence Walk (off Stoddart Street)
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1AL
The NewBridge Project is accessible. You can find out more here, or feel free to contact us prior to visiting if you require additional information regarding access and facilities.
Funders
We are grateful to our funders, including Arts Council England, Newcastle City Council, Jerwood Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Newcastle University and the The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.
