Become a Creative Steps Mentor

About being a Mentor

We would love to have you on board as a Creative Steps Mentor. Creative Steps Mentors will:

• Support and help applicants to shape their ideas into a full proposal
• Provide guidance, support and any information to applicants pre-application, focussing on their development ideas
• Help connect applicants with any consultants that may be able to support them on their journey
• Commit up to 6 hours of their time to support each applicant they are assigned to work with (this may increase if an applicant needs more time, but this is taken on a case by case basis) 
• To keep an updated logbook of each meeting with an applicant, detailing what was discussed and how the application idea progressed
• Attend all induction and training sessions provided by Arts Council Wales
• Maintain an open and honest relationship with Arts Council staff
• Provide any feedback of the process to Arts Council Wales. This may be more informal or may be a formal evaluation. 

We are looking for people with mentorship experience and:

• Can help artists and arts organisations reach the next stage of their professional, organisational and business development
• Can listen, be attentive and be able to provide constructive feedback to artists and arts organisations 
• Can commit to sharing your knowledge, skills and expertise to artists and arts organisations
• Can work with a broad range of people across different lived and professional experience
• Have lived experience, or professional experience, of working with people who are ethnically and culturally diverse, deaf, disabled or neurodivergent

How will we support you?

Arts Council of Wales will:

• Provide you with an induction and training about the Arts Council and our processes
• Support you with any issues you may have throughout the process related to Creative Steps 
• Pay you for your time – our rates are £150 for a half day and £300 for a full day pro rata

What are the benefits of being a Mentor?

As a Creative Steps Mentor, you’ll be:

• Playing a crucial role in supporting the arts sector in Wales
• Supporting Arts Council of Wales to become a more equitable, inclusive and diverse organisation
• Learning about how Arts Council Wales works and our processes
• Strengthening your skills, expertise and knowledge 
• Engaging with new, diverse artists and organisations
• Expanding your network

How to Apply.

To apply to be a Creative Steps Mentor, please submit an Expression of Interest (EOI), no longer than 500 words, detailing why you think you would be a great Mentor for this fund. You can send your EOI as a Word document, PDF or as a video application. More information on how to submit a video application can be found here.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 6th December 2024.

Applicants will be contacted by 16th December 2024. Please note, if you have not heard back from us by then, it means that your application has not been successful on this occasion. 

Please send your Expression of Interest to  creativesteps@arts.wales 

Accessibility.

Arts Council of Wales makes information available in large print, braille, audio, Easy Read and British Sign Language. We’ll also try to provide information in languages other than Welsh or English on request. 

If you need access support, you can find out more about what we can do and how to arrange it here.