Our Vision
A world where the arts are inclusive, diverse and accessible to everyone.
Our Mission
- We connect people who are often left out with chances to be creative.
- We support people to develop creative skills.
- We help people build careers and get their work out there.
- We improve wellbeing through creativity.
- We make the arts more open to everyone.
What Do We Mean by Underrepresented?
Creative Future supports artists, writers and communities facing barriers to opportunity in the arts. We champion people who identify as Black, Asian, Global Majority, disabled, neurodivergent, learning disabled, low income, Travellers, Queer and LGB TQAI + and living with mental health challenges. We amplifying voices that have long been overlooked, and are working towards a UK arts sector where everyone is equally represented.
Our Values
- Empowerment - We help people find and share their creative voice.
- Excellence - We support high-quality arts.
- Inclusion - We make sure all types of people are represented and included in the arts.
- Challenge - We fight racism and discrimination.
- Kindness - We are kind and care about people’s wellbeing.
- Listening - We listen to feedback and make things better.
What Other Organisations Say About Us
"They provide a continuous pathway from artistic engagement to professional artistic practice delivering high quality art and writing workshops, mentoring, national events and follow on opportunities."
"We have consistently been impressed by their nurturing, welcoming approach which creates bespoke and meaningful pathways to integration and success for people facing multiple, complex and compounded issues. Creative Future is unique in that it combines its expertise in aiding hard-to-reach people with high-quality, professional artistic standards."
"I’ve been really impressed by the work of Creative Future in helping support marginalised artists to develop skills and confidence – confidence as an artist, and also growing self esteem as work is exhibited and skills developed. I wouldn’t hesitate to refer more clients to your very valuable and well-placed service."
"It has been a pleasure to work with such a valuable, dynamic and unique charity."
"Creative Future workshops enable us to offer a wider range of activities to our service users that we couldn’t otherwise offer. The Creative Future tutor has a depth of experience and level of expertise that we simply don’t have in the staff team."