📢 JOB OPP: Head of Finance & Operations Arts Emergency is looking for an inclusive & strategic leader with the ability to inspire & motivate others, & a strong understanding of charitable governance, finance & operations. Deadline to apply: 14 Nov 2025 Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/jobs

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In the creative industries/the media and want to mentor? @artsemergency.bsky.social is looking for enthusiastic professionals

📻 Listen to The Emergency Room Podcast, an ongoing online event series where members of the Arts Emergency Youth Collective host open and honest conversations with professionals from across the creative world. 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/podcasts/the...

We're charity partners at The Other Art Fair in east London 9-12 Oct, where attendees will be able to get hold of our limited edition screen prints and badges! If you can't make it to the fair, fear not! You can get your AE merch here 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate/merch...

🚨🚨🚨 Applications to mentor in 2026 close at 23:59 TONIGHT!!! 🚨🚨🚨 We want to be able to match as many young people in London, Greater Manchester and Merseyside with a mentor as we can, so if you work in the creative or cultural industries, please apply now! 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

Applications are open for our Mentoring Programme. If you're aged 16-18, live in London, Greater Manchester or Merseyside & have creative ambitions but don't know how to achieve them, this could be just the opportunity you need! Apply 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Apps close on Mon 29 Sep so be quick!

We're the charity partner for The Other Art Fair! 🖼️ From 9-12 Oct, we'll be at our booth spreading the word about our movement. Plus, we’ll be selling artwork donated by exhibiting artists & our merch, so come say hi 👋! Get 20% off tickets with the code: 20ARTSEMERGENCY 👉 www.theotherartfair.com

Being a mentor isn’t about having all the answers... It’s about being there, sharing your experience, offering advice and cheering your mentee on. Applications to sign up to mentor in 2026 close on Mon 29 Sep. 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved... Sign up today!

⏰ Just 4 days left to register as an Arts Emergency mentor! If you... 🧑‍🎨 work in the creative or cultural industries 💬 can spare just 1 hour a month to chat to an ambitious young person 🫶 believe in making the sector fairer for all Please sign up today! 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

There's a WEEK left to sign up to mentor for @artsemergency.bsky.social - potentially get paired with a young person (16-18) who wants to work in the arts/creative industries, but who might not have the contacts or context to help them understand how to do that www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

📢 EXCITING NEWS 📢 Lucy Newton will join Arts Emergency founder Neil Griffiths as Co-CEO to harness their individual strengths to deliver Arts Emergency’s mission: a future where every young person can contribute to the culture they live in. Read more 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/noticeboard/...

There's 10 days left to register as a mentor for a young, talented, ambitious young person who's looking for advice and a connection to the creative industries. As a mentor you'll get training and support throughout the programme. Sign up today! www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

Thank you to Arts Emergency for providing our media students with opportunities for mentorship within the creative industries! @artsemergency.bsky.social

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Be generous. Now be more generous. Share your privilege. We need creative professionals to step up & volunteer to mentor a young person who doesn't have the connections or financial backing to believe they could access a creative career. Sign up to mentor in 2026 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

It's always difficult to be a young person in the world, finding your place, building your future. Right now it feels like it must be especially difficult. How do you feel hope for the paths ahead when faced with our day to day? I think maybe with the help of places like @artsemergency.bsky.social

We want to match as many curious, talented, and ambitious young people as possible with mentors in 2026, but we still NEED to recruit at least 100 more volunteers in the next couple of weeks to make this possible. Apply now! 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Applications close 29 Sep 25

If you're aged 16-18 and are looking for help achieving your artistic, academic, or creative goals, the Arts Emergency mentoring programme might be exactly the opportunity you need! More info 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Applications close 29 Sep 25

"This wk's mentoring meeting was useful for both of us.Yes it takes time.Yes it takes prep. No you often don't have the immediate solutions.But it gets you thinking. & often what you're thinking about applies as much to you as much as it does to your mentee." -Colin, mentor 👉

No matter where you are in your career, imposter syndrome can creep in but remember this: your experience and knowledge is valuable and sharing it with a young person with no connections could be game-changing! Become a mentor 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Deadline to apply 29 Sep 25

Mentoring works. "The most significant thing that has changed within me has been my confidence [...] and also my networking and connections have grown. I couldn’t be anymore happy with my mentor." - Current mentee Become an Arts Emergency mentor 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Apps close 29 Sep 25

If you know a creative and curious young person who would benefit from having a mentor share our Get a Mentor information with them 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... If they meet our eligibility criteria, they could be paired with a mentor who can give them advice and industry insights.

We NEED more volunteers from the creative and cultural industries to step up and sign up to mentor a curious, ambitious young person in 2026! Find out more and apply 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Applications close 29 Sep 25

Mentoring works. "Thank you so much for this opportunity. It has really helped me believe that I can actually have a career in fine arts." - former mentee Become and Arts Emergency mentor 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Applications close 29 Sep 25

Mentoring works. "I have found the mentoring programme really great in helping me pursue a career in film at such an early stage and just giving me an insight into what a future career might look like." Become and Arts Emergency mentor 👉 www.arts-emergency.o... Applications close 29 Sep 25

Mentoring works. "I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a mentee. Over the past year, I've learned a lot from my mentor [...] it’s been such a valuable experience." Become and Arts Emergency mentor 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved... Applications close 29 Sep 25

I've been a mentor with @artsemergency.bsky.social for nearly 2 years and it's been an amazing experience.

🌟 Aged 16-18? Curious about a career in the creative or cultural industries but don’t have the connections or access to opportunities? An Arts Emergency mentor can help you explore your options, share their insights & cheer you on to pursue your ambitions. Find out more 👉

The Arts Emergency mentoring programme simple, impactful and vital. If you work in the creative or cultural industries and can spare just 1 hour a month to share knowledge and advice with a young person, please sign up to mentor in 2026! 👉

✨ Remember the first person who encouraged you when you were starting out? You can be that person for a young person struggling to get access to opportunities that will help them pursue their creative ambitions. Sign up to mentor in 2026 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

Becoming a mentor isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about showing up, sharing your story, & helping a young person see new possibilities for themselves. The impact you make could shape their next big step. 🚀 Apply to be a 2026 Arts Emergency mentor 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

Check out the Arts Emergency Youth Collective's podcast series - Emergency Room. Each episode features honest, informal conversations with creative professionals about their journeys, challenges, and the behind-the-scenes of making it in the arts. 👉

"My mentor has also pushed me keep going even when I wanted to give up and motivated me to get things done." - London mentee, Could you be a supportive ear for a young person figuring out how to achieve their ambitions? Recruitment is now open for Arts Emergency mentors 👉

"The most significant thing that has changed within me has been my confidence [...] and also my networking and connections have grown over the past 7 months...I couldn’t be anymore happy with my mentor. - Current mentee Become a mentor today 👉

"Could someone like me - a working class kid from Tameside, who knew no-one working in the sector - really have a career making films?Having an Arts Emergency mentor made me believe I could." Read how a Arts Emergency Mentor helped Sam on his journey to become a film-maker 👉

From a London mentor report: "[Mentee] was offered a scholarship by Adidas to study @lcflondon.bsky.social - a huge achievement - and he also secured the required grades, meaning he will be starting in September." 🤯💜🤯💜🤯 Become a mentor today: 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

"There is so much talent in the city but it’s been a terribly hard time and now more than ever young people need access to your networks, your opportunities, your support!” -Neil Griffiths, Arts Emergency Co-Founder & CEO Sign up to be an AE mentor today 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

We need more volunteer mentors who are working as ARCHITECTS ANIMATORS & ACTORS, to pass on their advice, insights and tips to under-resourced young people who want a future in the industries. Could you mentor? Sign up today 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

The Arts Emergency mentoring programme is simple, impactful and empowers young people to be their most aspirational selves. Take a look at this graphic to see how it works!👇 Find out more 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

It's 2025 and young people from privileged backgrounds are STILL 4x more likely to make it into creative industries. This isn’t because of lack of talent, it's because of inequality and it NEEDS to change! Sign up to mentor a creative, curious, young person today 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

Are you... ✅ working in the creative or cultural industries? ✅ passionate about opening up access for the next generation? ✅ able to spare just 1 hour a month? You could make a GREAT Arts Emergency mentor! Watch this video to learn more 👉 youtu.be/SQ3Y4rC9LbA?... Apply by 29 Sep 2025.

For anybody getting their a-level results today, GOOD LUCK! We hope you get the results you wanted but if you didn't, remember, the path to get to where you want to be is rarely linear.There's often unexpected & exciting routes you can take to get there, which make the journey all the more exciting!

Merseyside has an amazing creative scene BUT every year we struggle to recruit enough mentors in the area for the number of young people who need one. Sign up to mentor in 2026 so the next generation of artists can keep Merseyside buzzing with creativity! 🌟 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

If we want the arts to survive and succeed we need AE, not AI. Give the next generation a leg up by becoming an @artsemergency.bsky.social mentor this year ❤️🚨

Only 16% of people in creative industries are from working class backgrounds and people from privileged backgrounds are 4x as likely to land a creative job. Can you help level the playing field for the next generation of creatives? Sign up to mentor in 2026 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

Our mentoring programme has helped over 2,000 under-resourced young people become their best, most aspirational selves by introducing them to their vital 1st connection in the creative industries. Could you be one of these connections? Sign up to mentor today! 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

"I applied to be an Arts Emergency mentor because I believe in giving back" Read about how animator Claire's found mentoring the talented Steph a mutually rewarding experience 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

We NEED professional creatives - from architects to animators; performers to publishers; game designers to gallerists, & everything in between, to mentor a bright, ambitious young person in 2026. Become an Arts Emergency mentor today 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

📢 Applications to be an Arts Emergency mentor in 2026, are now open! We need professional creatives to meet a bright, ambitious young person for 1 hr/month to share experience and be that VITAL first connection into industry. Sign up today 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...