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Due to the increasing effects of the Coronavirus, we are suspending our venue-based courses in March and April. Further information available here.


Free workshop for members based in England

To help you develop the key business skills that will help you survive and thrive in the creative industries, we’ve launched a series of FREE one-day workshops throughout England. We also host easy to enrol webinars so you can learn online.

We’re adding more to the list every month so look out for updates from your unions and from FEU Training.

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Finance for Freelances –
17 Jan 2020, London

There are some big changes coming up in the way freelance professionals will deal with the tax office. This workshop aims to get you into the right financial habits before the changes come. Essential for every freelance, this workshop will help you improve your financial management from how to work out your tax to cash flow forecasting.

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Click into Instagram – 5 Dec 2019, London

Instagram is one of the fastest growing social media platforms and can be an effective platform for creative freelances who want to showcase their work to new/wider audiences. This workshop is ideally suited to beginners who want to learn more about and develop their skills to use this increasingly popular social networking app.

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Get fit for Freelancing – 21 Nov 2019, London

TUC’s Young Workers’ Mont

In conjunction with the TUC’s Young Workers’ Month, this free workshop is aimed at those aged 30 and under. This workshop will examine the key challenges that most freelances experience at some point or another to help you develop good habits and strategies so that you are more likely to survive and thrive as a creative freelance.

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Unleash the potential of your technology – 15 Nov 2019, London

This workshop aims to help you maximise the potential of your technology including computers, phones and tablets so that you improve the way that you work and make your life easier.

Suitable for PC and Mac, Android and iOS, demos will typically be of Mac and iPhone/iPad apps but the day is about all platforms and how all of us can exploit the technology we own.

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Creating a podcast – 8 Nov 2019, Manchester

This one-day kickstarter workshop will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a podcast from planning, recording and editing your show, to promotion and sharing. And, the best of it is, you can get started with just your smartphone and a couple of apps and accessories.

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Business skills training
for creative freelances