Join us for a rare industry event where freelancers get to steer the conversation.
Freelancers Unconferenced opens the floor to five freelancers in the arts, culture, and heritage sector, who will speak on a subject they are passionate about. Those freelancers then choose a dedicated section of the room to continue their conversation with the audience, who will have the choice of which conversation they'd like to be part of.
For this pilot event, we've chosen the theme of leadership, which is a hot topic of conversation at North East Cultural Freelancers. Freelancers are leaders - but they don't always think of themselves that way. We're inviting our freelance community to take ownership of their position as leaders and decide how they want to lead.
The main speaker will speak for five minutes and will be selected from the previous graduates of our Cultural Leadership Programme. If you're a freelancer and you'd like to take one of the four regular speaker slots, which are 2-3 minutes long, please fill in this form: Freelancers Unconferenced speaker pitch.
Thanks to Creative Central: NCL, we have a small number of £50 bursaries available to freelancers who require financial support to attend. To apply, email info@culturalfreelancers.org with a few lines on why you’d like to attend and how it supports your work. If applications exceed availability, we’ll prioritise freelancers based in Newcastle and those from backgrounds currently under-represented in the cultural sector.
This event is supported by Creative Central NCL, with in-kind support from Tyne Theatre & Opera House.