Lack of workforce diversity and a long-term skills shortage are the biggest challenges facing the creative industries, according to The Creative Force study (2002) by Bristol Creative Industries and The Audience Agency. The OurCity2030 Pathway into Creative & Tech, in partnership with the Bristol Creative Industries (BCI) Internship Programme, has been designed specifically to tackle these issues.
Following a successfully pilot in 2023, the programme is designed to give young people aged 18-30 from underrepresented backgrounds real insight and experience in the creative industries.
And we are delighted to reveal the 8 young people who make up the second cohort, which runs from June 2024 until December 2024.
The creative agencies participating in the programme are:
Ambitious PR
Armadillo
Fox Collective Communications
McCann Bristol
Plaster Creative Communications
Proctor + Stevenson
Taxi Studio
The Collaborators
The interns taking part in the programme are:
Elma Hossain (placement at Fox Collective for six months)
Fyonh Bui (placements at Proctor + Stevenson and Armadillo)
Holly Poon (placements at Taxi Studio and Proctor + Stevenson)
Inaz Hussain (placements at Ambitious and Plaster Creative Communications)
Jan Andes (placements at McCann and Taxi Studio)
Kaden Gardener (placements at Plaster Creative Communications and Ambitious)
Shell Pan (placements at The Collaborators and McCann)
Werhi Dumuje (placements at Armadillo and The Collaborators)
Clare Leczycki, Bristol Creative Industries Internship Programme manager, said: “The Bristol Creative Industries Internship Programme, in partnership with the OurCity2030 Pathway into Creative & Tech, is an innovative example of how creative businesses can come together to offer opportunities to young people from ethnic minority and low income households.”
Find out more about the programme and this second cohort of young people here.
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