Emma loves making little felted animals and when we saw what she could make we helped her to set up a FaceBook business page to sell them, decide on how much to charge, bought her some new equipment so that she can make more, and helped her create some social media marketing buzz to help her reach her market. Within 24 hours of first posting her creations Emma received her first paid commission, and is now working super fast to keep up with the demand!
#iDare Blog: By young people, for young people
Creative Career Support through The Platform Project
Sadie Sharp • 3 November 2020
#iDare... to create
#iDare Magazine is part of the Platform Project which runs a number of different projects to help young people learn how to make money from doing the things you love. Our Creative Careers Project gives young people with amazing creative talent the opportunity to turn those skills into a freelance income!
Here are two of our participants' stories:
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JAKE
Jake hadn't found a career route that really worked for him. He's a really talented Anime and cartoon artist. We're working with him to help turn his talents into commissioned pieces of art that he can sell, and start to earn a living from what he loves. He created the cartoon sketch above, and even turned our founder Sadie into a cartoon character!
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Read the Blog Posts here
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Filip (age 11).
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Giselle (age 11).
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Hannah (age 14).
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Abir (age 12).
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Abbie (age 15).
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Gaia (age 11).
Youth Publishing Competition submission by Joshua (age 13).
Samantha's character reference sheet for Platform Pledge
