community Producer development training

The Tent People is a community arts organistion who organise and build temporary creative space using tents. We curate and produce our own events including an annual arts festival as well as a series of touring events accross the High Peak and Derbyshire. Our mission is to: Drive inclusion in rural areas. 

This course is for people who have had some experience of delivering creative projects in communities. This could be as an employee, as a freelancer of as a volunteer. Creative project could be helping to run a local festival to developing an arts workshop at your village hall, or it could be delivering effective admistration as part of a project team. We are lookign for people with some knowledge or experience who want to grow and develop their skills. 

No, there is no upper age limit. You must be 19 or over to apply. 

The course takes place in a private room at The George Hotel, Hayfield. It will be a friendly and relaxed environment and you are free to get up and wander round and ask questions as neccessary. There are only10 people on the training and two course tutirs. 

You do not have to pay anything. The training is fully funded by a grant we secured from Innovate UK. 

The course starts at 10:00am but you are welcome to arrive any time from 9:30 to get settled and set up. The first seminar will be broken into sections of 40 mins theory, 10 mins discussion with a break and then the same again. There will be an hour break for lunch (12-1pm) and some of this time can also be used to get tutor assistance on specific elements of learning. In the afternoon (1-3pm), there will be a guest speaker session which will run to a similar format. The day will finish at 3pm. 

You will need a laptop or tablet Gmail address to access online training materials/complete your project plan. If you dont have a laptop or tablet available we have some that can be loaned out. 

Yes, travel expenses are paid and lunch, tea and coffee will be provided on training days and excursions.

No, transport for excursions will be provided.

Yes, all needs will be assessed on an individual basis and we have a pastoral support tutor managing the enrollment process. They will be present at the training every Tuesday and on excursions. 

All tutor contact will be on a course day. We will set up a WhatApp group for any queries in between time. 

This course is designed to be more practical than acemdemic. The tutors will guide you through the theory with practical examples and you will apply this to your creative project using a template that we have produced for you. 

Outside of the core course hours we recommend that you spend up to 4 hours each week developing your plan. 

There is no final exam. At the end of the course you will present your plan to an industry panel and they will give you feedback. 

Whilst there is no formal accreditation attached to this training, the course has been developed to the highest pratical quality standard by employers, creative business owners and experts who work with some of the UKs leading arts organisations.