This free masterclass is part of our Expanding Horizons series for creative and cultural organisations in the Bradford district
Date
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Time
10 AM - 1 PM
Location
Kirkgate Centre, Shipley
FREE
(donations welcome)
Book your free place today
Mind Your Business is a practical business development workshop designed to support freelancers and microbusinesses from the creative sector to build a profitable and impactful creative practice that works for them.
This session will explore how to:
- Build a creative business while driving social good (it doesn’t have to be one or the other!)
- Develop a growth mindset
- Define and pitch your creative business to your target audience
- Set a realistic business plan that allows you to thrive in your practice
- Establish financial resilience and sustainability for your creative practice
This is a practical, action-learning-style session where you will work on various frameworks and worksheets to ensure the learning is implemented in a sustainable way. You can expect to develop a series of actionable ideas and strategies by the end of this session.
We may provide a bursary and cover travel and access costs to reduce barriers to attending this workshop. For more information and to apply, please see our FAQ section below.
About the venue
Kirkgate Centre, Shipley
The Kirkgate Centre is a recently renovated community and social action centre serving Shipley to improve the quality of life for the local communities. It is home to various charities including community arts charity, Hive Bradford, who offer a range of studios and workshops with low-cost membership.
About Expanding Horizons
Expanding Horizons is our bespoke business development and funding programme for creative and cultural organisations in the Bradford district. It offers personalised coaching, training and access to funding and is designed to empower organisations to grow and thrive in their creative ventures.
Expanding Horizons is hosted by Minoti Parikh. Minoti is a community artist and a trained classical Indian dancer working within communities across West Yorkshire. She has over 17 years of experience developing and implementing value-driven, strategic coaching support and training programmes for more than 100 organisations.
As a Coach and Consultant, Minoti has collaborated with senior leadership teams from large FTSE 100 companies, the NHS, local councils, universities, community groups and arts and culture organisations.
FAQs
If you need a bursary to cover your time, please complete our Bursary & Access Fund form. We offer bursaries of £50 for half-day development activities such as this.
To enable us to support as many artists as possible through our programmes, bursaries should only be requested if this is something you need, for example, if you are freelance or required to take unpaid leave to participate in the activity.
Yes, we can cover travel and any other access costs that may otherwise present a barrier to you being able to participate in the activity. Access costs include things like childcare and other caring costs; BSL, language and other interpretation costs; as well as access support workers, or any other access costs you might face.
To apply for this funding, please complete a Bursary & Access Fund form once you have booked your place.
