Poached Creative offers six or twelve week placements for long-term unemployed or disadvantaged people to work alongside professional writers and designers as part of our creative team.90% of our trainees go on to paid work, internships or further training
We also support specific projects such as the BBC Hackney Academy, reporting and presenting for Heart n Soul, event reporting for Discover Young Hackney and film making for Hackney Hounds. Read more about co-creation and facilitation.
Bringing young people's ideas to life: Staying Safe project
Poached
Creative is working with Peabody to help young people in London create
their own campaigns about staying safe. Projects in progress include an
anti-knife crime poster, a web app for mobiles, a music track and a play
to go into schools. Young people involved have the chance to work with
creative professionals including photographers, illustrators, directors,
actors, producers and filmmakers to gain skills and build their
portfolios.
"Programmes like these, I guess, that's what changes the situation."
Follow their progress on the blogs: poster, mobile, music, play.
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Writing and communications traineeships
Writing and communications trainees work with us one or two days per week (9.30am-4.30pm) over an initial period of six weeks, learning all aspects of writing for print and web in a unique mix of structured training and work experience. All trainees work on real projects for Poached and its clients.
"Really interesting few weeks on the reporting and presenting module...I now know that I am 100% sure that I want a career in some sort of media."____________________________________
Lilly, member, Heart n Soul media team
Bringing young people's ideas to life: Staying Safe project
"Programmes like these, I guess, that's what changes the situation."
Follow their progress on the blogs: poster, mobile, music, play.
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Writing and communications traineeships
Writing and communications trainees work with us one or two days per week (9.30am-4.30pm) over an initial period of six weeks, learning all aspects of writing for print and web in a unique mix of structured training and work experience. All trainees work on real projects for Poached and its clients.
The training will be tailored to individual trainees needs and covers the following core units:
- introduction to communications
- writing essentials
- writing for the web and social media
- interviewing
- introduction to editing.
Trainees may also do modules in:
- feature writing
- reviewing and opinion writing
- writing to sell (copywriting)
- writing press releases
- working with designers
- scriptwriting.
To find out more about the experience, read our case studies of past trainees and take a look at Chris' blog or Angela's blog.
Outcomes
100 per cent of our trainees gain skills and confidence as a result of working with us and 87 per cent go on to paid work, internships or further training.
All trainees improve overall in their own assessment of their knowledge of, and skills and experience in:
All trainees improve overall in their own assessment of their knowledge of, and skills and experience in:
- interpersonal communication
- web technologies
- written communication
- writing for the web.
The experience also helped the majority of trainees to find a sense of direction.
Comments from trainees
"My existing skills in things like teamwork, verbal comms, and patience have improved. My writing style has changed totally (for the better!) and I now know how to structure a piece of writing. Also my level of confidence has gone up because I feel I have accomplished something."
"Beyond my wildest dreams."
"Confidence in my own ability, interview skills, experience writing for professional organisations, feedback about my writing…wish it could have been more than one day a week."
"I've gained a lot more confidence in my writing since I started with Poached...I've also been very grateful for Jess's support, especially in terms of my depression."
"I've gained a lot more confidence in my writing since I started with Poached...I've also been very grateful for Jess's support, especially in terms of my depression."
"I feel more equipped, more confident, more motivated...kind of, more alive as well as more happy."
Comments from trainers
"I was so pleased to get the chance to chat to the Media Team! They are terrific and some potential stars in there!" Paul Morgan, Rugby World magazine editor
"I’ve so enjoyed working with you and get the feeling that the team are going to produce a terrific piece." Tom Fry, scriptwriting mentor for Hackney Hounds (BBC series, Doctors; BBC Radio series, Brief Lives)
"Enjoyed coming in. It's always nice to do something a little different, so would be pleased to be involved again." Saba Salman, freelance journalist (Guardian; Evening Standard; Marie Claire; Housing Today)
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Comments from trainers
"I was so pleased to get the chance to chat to the Media Team! They are terrific and some potential stars in there!" Paul Morgan, Rugby World magazine editor
"I’ve so enjoyed working with you and get the feeling that the team are going to produce a terrific piece." Tom Fry, scriptwriting mentor for Hackney Hounds (BBC series, Doctors; BBC Radio series, Brief Lives)
"Enjoyed coming in. It's always nice to do something a little different, so would be pleased to be involved again." Saba Salman, freelance journalist (Guardian; Evening Standard; Marie Claire; Housing Today)
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Get in touch
If you're an organisation wishing to place clients on a Poached Creative traineeship, please call Jess on 020 3556 5772.
If you're a professional who'd like to branch out and do some guest training for us, please email us.
If you're a professional who'd like to branch out and do some guest training for us, please email us.
