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Luke – case study
Following college, Luke found a little freelance work making content. Like many people starting out after college, Luke needed additional work to make ends meet and found a casual job working in a cafe. This role helped him develop key communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills. An opportunity came up to attend narrative and song writing training sessions with Real Ideas, which Luke jumped at. These led to work with a local musician in Cornwall recording and producing his own song. He developed scriptwriting skills through another series of sessions, enabling him to write an entire comedy script and spent time developing editing skills to create a finished video. Luke won a writing award from Young and Talented Cornwall which provided him with specialist support to produce an anthology of his work. He got a job with Real Ideas at Liskeard Library, recognising the value of being employed in a creative field while he works towards his long-term goal of becoming a professional writer, and having something he has written published. It will take time, hard work and persistence, but Luke is well on his way to a successful creative career.
Cornwall and the UK is home to world-renowned creative institutions, events, and communities that foster collaboration, learning, and growth. With the rise of freelance work and digital platforms, there’s also greater flexibility to shape your own career path and work on exciting global projects, all while being part of a thriving, forward-thinking industry. We asked Helen, who and what inspired you to pursue a creative career? Helen Tiplady, the Deputy Creative Director at the Hall for Cornwall
I’d always loved dancing and performing. I had a brilliant teacher at school who really pushed me and encouraged me and gave me loads of opportunities. My family were very supportive too and gave everything they could so that I could take part in things. It’s why I’m so passionate now about offering opportunities to young people. I didn’t want to let them down and wanted to prove that I could make a career out of being creative!
How did you start and build your career in Cornwall?
For me, Cornwall was the best place to do it. It’s where I had my network of people. People I could work with (creatively and paid work), I had a range of part time jobs to start with who all let me be flexible and change shifts or things when I needed to. Now that’s called a portfolio career but back then it was a juggling act of bar work, cleaning,
cooking, teaching and dancing. Because I’d taken part in so many things growing up in Cornwall (the youth dance company, youth residencies and programmes) I knew a range of people I could ask for help and I was really determined to make it work. So, I contacted them all and kept in touch and kept offering my services.
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