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A NEW FEU Training workshop, ‘Managing Your Business’ will take place on July 23. As part of a programme of workshops to help creative freelances improve the essential business skills that facilitate career progression, the workshop focuses on two key areas: Time management – the eternal challenge for freelances Social media – a more in [...]

FEU Training is thrilled to announce that it has secured funding for a further year from April 2011 to March 2012. It is also pleased to welcome the Writers’ Guild as a partner union, replacing BECTU. The next year’s funding will be used to build on the success of the last two years of the [...]

WITH THE aim of helping freelances improve the essential business skills needed to support their career in the creative industries, a new FEU Training workshop – ‘Maintain Momentum’ – was held recently in London. Full to capacity, the day consisted of three sessions including: Positive Presentation Motivation and Success Marketing through Social Media. Part 1 [...]

Over 25 free short courses to union members, family and friends online Unionlearn has launched a major campaign called “Go On: Get Online, Get a Lifeline” to put trade unions right at the heart of a unified movement to ensure that every adult in the country can use a computer and the internet with confidence. [...]

Application to FEU Training’s ‘Make Impact’ workshop in Manchester and Birmingham on February 24 and 25 respectively has been huge. The cut-off date to apply for a place at the workshop is January 31st. After which, we will be allocating places randomly and then proportionately distributing them to freelance members of each of the four [...]

A new FEU workshop aiming to help freelances (from the NUJ, BECTU, Equity and the Musicians’ Union) market and promote their work will be held in Manchester and Birmingham on February 24 and 25 respectively. The workshop, already piloted in London to excellent reviews, is a FREE event for members of the participating unions. As [...]

FEU Training team picks up first prize in Supporting Learners category Union Learning Fund (ULF) Awards magazine online with news story and photo of some of the FEU Training team, see p12. Click HERE.