Free, relaxed and informal co-working. Plus! Join a Focus Group for Freelance Creative Practitioners working in Creative Health (supported by bursaries).

Tickets: Creative Exchange - Co-Working & Creative Health - Creative Wakefield

You are welcome to drop-in for co-working whenever suits you. You can stay for 10mins, 2hrs or join us for the full day. We recommend advance booking for the Focus Group. Read on to discover more and for the booking link.

Creative Coworking

Our co-working sessions are open to everyone but are particularly suited to creative home workers, freelancers, small business owners, and entrepreneurs seeking a quiet, safe working space to work independently or with others.

Are you…

• Feeling isolated?

• Stuck on a problem?

• Seeking a different working space?

• Keen to chat through a new idea?

We’ll provide:

• A quiet, safe working space for you to work independently or with others.

• WIFI and power points

• Brew and biscuits

• A friendly ear

Creative Health Conversations

Chat to Chris from 11am – 1pm 

Chris Dugher is Team Leader – Referral Services in the Wellbeing Team and a Mental Health First Aid Instructor at Wakefield Council. Chris can provide practical information and advice for local creatives on safeguarding their wellbeing and self-care when working with vulnerable people.

Focus Group from 1:30pm – 3pm

Our partners, the National Creative Health Hub are keen to hear from Freelance Creative Practitioners based in Wakefield district and West Yorkshire who are working in Creative Health (creative approaches and activities which have benefits for health and wellbeing).

The focus group will explore:

• Skills gaps and training needs

• Pathways into Creative Health work

• Freelance/precarious working realities

The aim is to better understand what practitioners working in Creative Health actually need for the sector to grow in a sustainable way.

There are up to 10 places available and a bursary of £50 is available for participants. Places will be allocated first come, first served and priority will be given to Creative Practitioners living or working (creative studio or main place of work) in Wakefield district.

The focus group will be led by Dr Stacey Durham and Dr Emma Andrews, University of Huddersfield.