Check out the moment when His Majesty The King was introduced to the decks by King’s Trust alumni @idriselba to round off a special Garden Party at Buckingham Palace celebrating 50 years of The Trust working for young people.
His Majesty was joined by a host of other alumni of The Trust, including Christan, who completed a @creativefuturesofficial course and has continued to DJ!
Christian brought all the vibes and beats to close out an amazing day.
Thank you to everyone who makes #CreativeFutures a possibility - a chance for young people to step into the creative industries. This opportunity is made possible through the partnership between The King’s Trust and the @elbahopefoundation .
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Launched in Manchester as a pilot, Creative Futures is now delivering creative programmes nationally across 12 cities, including London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, and Newcastle . We are giving young people access to opportunities in music, media, photography, event production, and beyond.
Through access to creative spaces, hands-on workshops, and real experiences we’re creating opportunities for young people to build skills, grow confidence, and discover new possibilities for their future.
This is where creativity meets opportunity, and we’re just getting started.
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Explore what is possible. Your creativity deserves a stage. Here’s where to find it.
Creative Futures offers free courses across music production, photography, theatre, production design, creative textiles, and more, designed to give you real skills, real experience, and real industry access.
Scroll to see some of the courses that are currently available in May.
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Wondering how Creative Futures actually works? Here’s the simple version. 🎬
When you join a cohort, you learn through hands-on experience. Some of our previous courses have included music, theatre, and media production.
Through our cohorts, you get the chance to learn from people already working in the industries you’re interested in. You make connections. You leave with skills, confidence, and a clearer sense of where you’re headed.
No prior experience needed. Just creativity, curiosity, and the willingness to show up.
Through training, industry insight and real experiences, we help create pathways that turn creativity into careers.
Creative Futures puts young people at the centre, and builds everything else around them.
Swipe to see it in action.
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Creative Futures is the @elbahopefoundation flagship opportunity-access and employability initiative, designed to open pathways into creative and future-facing industries for young people who are routinely excluded from them. ✨
The initiative was born as a direct evolution of Don’t Stop Your Future, a nationally recognised campaign that shifted the public and political conversation around youth violence and opportunity.
Creative Futures represents the Foundation’s expansion from advocacy into pathway creation — building routes into creative industries, creative technology, and emerging sectors, with a distinct focus on alternative pathways into employment, rather than just prevention messaging.
It exists to offer young people real, tangible access to the creative industries through training, mentorship, industry exposure, paid opportunity, and career pathways. 🚀
#CreativeFutures #TalentMeetsOpportunity #CreateYourFuture #YouthOpportunity #ElbaHopeFoundation
Opening pathways into creative and future-facing industries. ✨
Creative Futures is the Elba Hope Foundation’s flagship opportunity-access and employability initiative, designed to open pathways into creative and future-facing industries for young people who are routinely excluded from them.
The work translates influence and visibility into practical access to skills, tools, networks, and confidence.
It exists to offer young people real, tangible access to the creative industries through:
Training 🎓
Mentorship 🤝
Industry exposure 🎬
Paid opportunity đź’Ľ
Career pathways 🚀
The focus is on real exposure, practical experience, and confidence building.
#CreativeFutures #TalentMeetsOpportunity #CreateYourFuture #CreativeCareers #YouthOpportunity ElbaHopeFoundation
What happens when young people are given space to imagine — and the tools to build what they imagine?
✨ Creative Futures happens.
From music and theatre to media, digital production and creative tech, our cohorts give young people the skills, mentorship and exposure they need to turn creativity into opportunity.
In our first year, youths across Manchester joined Creative Futures — many moving into further training, jobs, or launching their own creative paths. Next: expanding across the UK, piloting in Sierra Leone, and reaching new talent in the US.
Creativity builds confidence.
Confidence builds futures.
Futures change communities.
Link in the bio to learn more. #CreativeFutures #ElbaHopeFoundation #YouthEmpowerment #CreativeTech
