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 designed 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 designed 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!
EMPLOYABILITY RESOURCES
& DIGITAL CONTENT
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Creative Careers ResourceA 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, 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 14-30. |
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Creative Careers Webinar We invited Danielle Slade (professional writer, theatre maker, and facilitator) and Stan Hodgson (professional theatre director, theatre maker, actor, and facilitator) to share their career stories and advice for young people thinking about working in the creative industries.
This webinar is just over 13 minutes 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, and real talk - to inspire young people aged 16-25 into the creative industries. |
This is the edited recording of the digital event - approximately 1 hour 20 minutes long.
Teachers/lecturers can use this as part of a careers day/week in their secondary school or college/university. Youth workers/creative professionals can watch in their settings with a group of young people interested in the creative industries. And you can share with any young person you know who is interested in pursuing a creative career!
Speakers include:
- Craig Spence – Mortal Fools’ Production Manager, responsible for all things theatre tech in our 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 of Vida Creative, a creative agency in Newcastle.
- Sheryl Jenkins - Animator and Filmmaker working on independent film projects, arts residencies, and collaborative projects with artists, schools, community groups, and education & arts organisations.
- Maisie Saunders – Mortal Fools Young Leader, Peer Facilitator, and Ensemble Young Company member.
- Scott Forbes - Marketing and Programming Coordinator at Gosforth Civic (one of our multi-project partners and venues).
- Rachael Walsh – Writer, Director, and Dramaturg, with a passion for work that supports and champions women to take up space on-stage and in life.
- Anna Robinson – Theatre Set Designer, 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 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 do is 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 with young people to spark conversations and 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 with young people to spark conversations and 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 with Mortal Fools and The Kings Trust on a week-long 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 the employability skills they need for a career in computing and tech - and explored their thoughts, ideas, worries, and 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 in this persuasive animation - and to creatively communicate why they think employers should employ young people in the workplace.
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All photos on this page were taken by Von Fox Promotions.
