On this page you’ll find a range of free resources designed to support parents, carers, teachers, lecturers, and youth workers in having meaningful conversations with young people about their prospective career journeys and creative careers. This bank of digital content is ever evolving, all FREE and includes activity sheets, webinars, resources, animations by young people, creative sector advice and downloadable content that can be integrated into young people’s employability enhancing activity or utilised during a careers week in school/college/education.
All the content is tailored to inspire and guide young people as they explore their future paths, whilst provoking meaningful conversations.
Keep revisiting this page as we add more content!
All the content is tailored to inspire and guide young people as they explore their future paths, whilst provoking meaningful conversations.
Keep revisiting this page as we add more content!
DOWNLOAD EMPLOYABILITY RESOURCES & DIGITAL CONTENT
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Careers ResourceWelcome to your no-nonsense guide to developing your employability and/or navigating entry into the North East creative industries.
Whether you're a young person on the brink of your journey into the workforce, or someone curious about creative careers or a parent/carer or youth worker guiding the next generation, this resource is tailored just for you. Note: resource is suitable for young people aged 14-30years old |
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Creative Careers Webinar We invited professional writer, theatre maker and facilitator Danielle Slade & professional theatre director, theatre maker, actor and facilitator Stan Hodgson, to share their career stories, a bit about their creative work and advice for young people thinking about heading into the creative industries for work.
This webinar is just over 13minutes long, animated by professional animator Sheryl Jenkins and has two accompanying activity sheets to be used after you’ve watched the video. This webinar is suitable for ages 7-16. |
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Creative Catalyst: Creative Careers – Event RecordingMortal Fools hosted a one-off digital event in 2022 and invited Mortal Fools staff and creative professional friends to come together to share their career stories, industry tips, lessons learned, some real talk and to inspire young people aged 16-25years old into the creative industries.
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This is the edited recording of the digital event– it’s approx. 1hr 20mins long – feel free to share with any young people that are curious about working in creative industries.
Teachers/lecturers can use this as part of a career’s day/week in secondary school or college/Uni and youth workers/creative professionals can watch in your settings with an intervention group interested in the creative industries.
Speakers include:
Teachers/lecturers can use this as part of a career’s day/week in secondary school or college/Uni and youth workers/creative professionals can watch in your settings with an intervention group interested in the creative industries.
Speakers include:
- Craig Spence – Mortal Fools’ Production Manager, responsible for all things theatre tech in Mortal Fools productions, creative projects and tours.
- Claire Dupree - Founder and editor of NARC Magazine, an alt. music and culture magazine for the North-East.
- Ellen Hedley – Co-Founder at Vida Creative, a creative agency in Newcastle.
- Sheryl Jenkins - Animator and filmmaker working on collaborative projects with artists, schools, community groups, and education & arts organisations, independent film projects and arts residencies.
- Maisie Saunders – Mortal Fools’ Young Leader, Peer Facilitator and Ensemble Young Company member.
- Scott Forbes - Marketing and Programming Coordinator at Mortal Fools multi-project partner and venue Gosforth Civic Theatre.
- Rachael Walsh – Writer, director and dramaturg with a passion for work that supports and champions women to take up space onstage and in life.
- Anna Robinson –A theatre set designer and also a theatre maker and writer.
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Fortune Teller ActivityIn the 80s & 90s, Fortune Tellers were a popular fun thing kids used to make to use in the playground, to predict their future.
Mortal Fools have reimagined this concept to focus on employability and to encourage careers-based conversations with young people. All you need to print the resource out and work through the instructions on the activity sheet; you can do this with an individual young person or a group/class. |
CREATIVE CONTENT - PLATFORMING YOUNG PEOPLE'S VOICES
Across our employability interventions and consultation work, we’ve worked with hundreds of young people to co-create digital content that creatively expresses their hopes, dreams, fears, lived experience, insights and thoughts about their employability and entering the workforce.
The following animations can be watched in with young people to spark conversations, to inspire or can be watched by youth workers, decision makers and folks with a vested interest in young people’s employability to hear about their experiences, perceptions and the challenges they face.
The following animations can be watched in with young people to spark conversations, to inspire or can be watched by youth workers, decision makers and folks with a vested interest in young people’s employability to hear about their experiences, perceptions and the challenges they face.
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Confidence is..... A group of young people worked for a week with Team Mortal Fools and The Kings Trust on an employability programme called Get Started With: Performance & Creativity. This inspiring and empowering animation is full of advice from young people who have struggled with low confidence, for other young people who may feel similar.
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The future is bright…..the future is OUR YOUTHThis radio advert was created by a Future Ready employability programme participant; it champions reasons for employers to take a chance and employ more young people into the workplace. This young person’s recording was then brought to life visually by professional animator and Mortal Fools associate artist Sheryl Jenkins.
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The Game A group of young people from Northumberland College worked with Mortal Fools to learn some of employability skills they need for a career in computing and tech, and explored their thoughts, ideas, worries, perceptions about getting a job. They found it helpful to explore getting a job and progressing in your career, like a challenging computer game, reimagining the seemingly impossible steps young people often face to get their first job!
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Why should employers, employ more young people?A cohort of Northumberland College students, ESOL students and Northumberland young people worked with our Mortal Fools practitioners and professional animator Lily Mae Kroese to encapsulate their fresh, interesting insights via this persuasive animation, to communicate creatively why they think employers should employ young people in the workplace.
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All photos on this page are taken by Von Fox Promotions.
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