Creative Programme Assistant
Age: 18-25 Year Olds
Hours: 25 per week
Hourly Wage: £12.21
Duration: Six Month from Sep-Mar
Deadline: 17 August
ABOUT THE BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAMME
Breakthrough is a 6‑month employability programme designed as a stepping stone to get you workplace experience and all-important employment skills.
This placement gives you insight into a future career, supporting your confidence and professionalism in the workplace, and helping you to break through into a career that matters to you!
ABOUT THE ROLE
The role will be hands-on and varied. You will experience a full range of tasks. You will gain experience working within a gallery/ open studio/ research space dedicated to arts and mental health. You will be supported to gain transferable skills in gallery and arts administration and gain in-person experience working with the public.
ABOUT US / THE EMPLOYER
Fourth Wall Folkestone Community Interest Company is a creative space focused on art and themes of mental health and women’s health. The programme is curated by Sarah Lloyd: an artist, researcher, social activist. She believes all of us as humans are inherently creative and that an artist’s role is to inspire and facilitate creative thinking.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
> Be aged 18-25 on the 29th Sept 2025
> Have the right to work in the UK
> Available to start work on the 29th Sept 2025 and available for the duration of the placement (until 28th March 2026)
> Have no or little experience of working in an arts, creative or voluntary sector organisation
In addition applicants should also meet one or more of the following criteria:
> Currently not in employment, education or training (NEET)
> Be disabled and/or Neurodivergent
> Have current or prior mental health issues
> Have experienced racism, homophobic or transgender discrimination
> Be a recent school or college leaver
> Are struggling to find work due to lack of employment or training experience
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The Breakthough Programme is organised and supported by Artswork with additional funding support from Walker Construction Trust.
In October 2025 we gratefully received additional support from FHDC Ward Budget Grant Scheme.