Facilitator Training Programme for 18-25s

Are you seeking a creative career opportunity?

LYT’s Facilitator Training Programme gives young adults the opportunity to develop practical facilitation skills, gain hands-on experience working with young people, and make an impact in their community.

Over 12 training days, delivered across three weeks, participants will build the skills and confidence needed to deliver creative drama workshops for young people in a range of community and applied theatre settings.

After completing the training, participants will be paid at the London Living Wage to deliver workshops in local schools, with further opportunities to develop their facilitation skills through paid placements on LYT’s core projects.

This unique opportunity allows participants to develop their potential, get hands-on paid experience delivering workshops, and build a pathway into the creative industries.

Trainee Facilitators will:

  • Get 12 days of FREE training across 3 weeks
  • Develop practical facilitation skills, knowledge and confidence working with young people
  • Gain an accredited facilitation qualification (AQA)
  • Receive mentoring and support with your career progression
  • Get paid work experience delivering drama workshops in schools
  • Join our freelancer pool and get access to ongoing paid opportunities with LYT

Elligibility:

To apply, you must be aged 18–25 and meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Living in or local to the borough of Lewisham
  • Not currently in education, employment, or training.
  • From under represented groups in the arts (e.g. working class, global majority, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+)
  • Receiving Universal credit (UC) and Job seekers allowance (JSA)

Programme Details:

Sessions take place Monday – Thursdays 10 – 4pm at Lewisham Youth Theatre on the following dates:

  • Week 1 & 2: Mon 12 Jan – Thurs 22 Jan
    Week 3: Mon 16 Feb – Thurs 19 Feb

Application Deadline: 10th December, 10am

Apply via here 

CREATIVE HUB SESSIONS: FREE open sessions for young people across London. You don’t need to have participated in LYT before or have any previous experience of drama. Just come along, meet new people and have fun! Find out more here.

FREE WORK SPACE: If you already an LYT member you can access free space to work and/or rehearse. Contact Isla on info@lewishamyouththeatre.com to find out more.

VOLUNTEER: LYT offers volunteering opportunities across our programmes for ages 18+. Check out our volunteering page or email Volunteering.

ADVICE: If you’ve ever taken part in LYT projects, and would like support figuring out your next steps, get in touch for mentoring. Watch Opening Doors to find out more about creative careers through this Q&A with famous professionals.

OPPORTUNITIES: Follow our Bulletins page on Instagram or our website.

HATCH festival  supported young creatives to develop their own artistic practices: as writers, performers, directors and producers, through collaborative  development sessions, one-to-one mentoring, showcases and commissions, as well as masterclasses with with professional artists like Dreaming Whilst Black creator Adjani Salmon, actress Dani Moseley and Black Ops Gbemisola Ikumelo.

The programme culminated with a 3 days festival at the Broadway Theatre in Catford, where the four commissioned artists presented their work as we celebrating innovation, talent and artistic growth in the heart of Lewisham.
Find out more…

HATCH was supported by Arts Council England, National Lottery Community Fund and Lewisham Council.

 

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