Make Shift Fundamentals: Finding Funding

Get your creative ideas off the ground in 2026 with Make Shift Fundamentals!

Throughout February join us for a 4-part masterclass for early career creatives 18-30s (ish) with members of the Watershed Team exploring everything from ideas development and growing audiences, to contracting and funding. 

This session will be hosted by Bella Whatley who will talk about the funding landscape, and help build you build responses to the types of questions which often catch people out on funding applications.

Bring along any ideas, projects or prototypes you have, but don't worry if you don't have anything ready to talk about, we can help get you going.

Timeline

17:30 - Optional drop in and get to see the space

18:00 - Meet Up start -Sharing something we love

18:30-19:30 - Session with Bella

19:30-20:00 - Social and next steps

What is Make Shift and who is it for?

Make Shift is Watershed’s ongoing series of meet-ups, workshops, projects, and programmes built to support 18-30s (ish) people to explore their creative, tech, or film practice and grow their ideas.

Our Make Shift community has lots of people in the early stages of exploring what ‘their practice’ is or could be, and people in the early stages of careers in creative industries.

You don’t need to be working in creative industries or consider yourself to have a ‘creative practice’ to come along. If you’re curious then this is for you.

About Bella

Bella Whately is the Head of Development at Watershed, where she leads on the development strategy, fostering sustainable growth through individual giving, trusts, and corporate partnerships. 

Drop Tony an email if you have any questions ahead of this masterclass at Tony.B@watershed.co.uk

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