Creative businesses and freelancers are facing numerous external challenges from the fallout of Brexit, the pandemic as well as the recent economic downturn and the cost of living crisis. If one thing is for certain it is that uncertainty seems to be the norm which makes it increasingly challenging to run a creative business.

While there has been a lot of discussion about ‘resilience’ in business, determining the specifics of what it might look like and how it can be achieved seems to be missing. The aim of this workshop is to determine what resilience looks like for creative micro-businesses. Creative businesses have had and continue to have numerous external challenges to address. The session will trial the use of a resilience toolkit developed by the University of the West of England Bristol, and provide a quick analysis on the day as well as more in-depth analysis in the weeks following the workshops to paint a picture of what resilience looks like for creative businesses in the region.

The workshop will have 10 slots, and will pay participants £125 GBP for their time and only one person can attend from each individual business. To be eligible for this workshop you need to be a creative business based in North Somerset.

Book your place as soon as possible to have a chance of getting a space within the workshop.

The workshop will be in-person and will be running on Wednesday the 10th of July 2024. From 9:30am - 1:00pm. At The Stable, Weston-Super-Mare. 

Refreshments will be provided. The closing date to book tickets by will be 5pm on the 24th of June 2024.

Address: The Stable, 3-6 Wadham St, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 1JY

If you have any questions and / or an interest in this workshop but it has sold out please email Zahra.Hoccom@westofengland-ca.gov.uk