Delivered by industry leaders Graffwerk, and supported by the Morrisons Foundation, this free opportunity is aimed to equip emerging and established mural artists with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to bring their creative visions to life on a grand scale.

Big things are coming to Bradford Live and YOU can be part of it. Now’s the chance to play your part as they begin the first wave of recruitment.

They are currently recruiting for:​

• Senior Events Manager

• Deputy Technical Manager

• Facilities Technician

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BPH Mentoring Scheme offers Bradford artists and creative companies up to 16 hours of tailored advice and guidance. They will match you with a mentor who is a specialist in your specific area of development to help you identify your creative and strategic goals and support your growth.

Deadline: Thursday 15th May

Ilkley Pride & Diversity Group and Keighley Pride are taking part in Ilkley Carnival’s annual Mayday parade on 5th May 2025 – one of the largest volunteer-run events in West Yorkshire, with up to 20,000 people lining the streets. This year’s theme is Culture: Past, Present and Future, aligning with Bradford 2025. They’re inviting LGBTQ+ groups and communities to join them in the parade to celebrate and represent the culture of today and tomorrow.

Anyone interested in taking part should email: info@ilkleypride.co.uk. The meeting point will be around 10:30am halfway up Grove Road in Ilkley – look for the sea of rainbows!

The Bradford 2025 Production Team are looking to hear from Bradford/West Yorkshire-based freelance Duty Event and FOH Managers that would be interested in hearing about freelance opportunities on projects throughout the year.

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Sign up to their freelance database!

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Heritage is not strictly defined; instead, applicants are encouraged to identify what they believe is important and worth preserving. From historic buildings, industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more – heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations. 

Their vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. The Heritage Fund wants to see community and voluntary organisations develop their own heritage projects, and they can fund projects from £10000 up to £10million. Exploring heritage can provide opportunities to unlock wider benefits for individuals and communities. It can ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration providing skill development opportunities and build pride in place and connection to the past.  

The Beacon is a temporary performance space that will be travelling the district during our year as UK City of Culture. This super-versatile venue has been designed to host a huge variety of different events – and you are invited to present your own community event in it.

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The Beacon will be a true hub for each neighbourhood it visits in 2025. It will be temporary home-from-home for everyone who uses it, with a programme of events that really reflects the brilliant communities of Bradford District. Join us in The Beacon and be part of the UK’s biggest cultural celebration.

Bradford 2025’s UK City of Culture is about more than just 2025 – it’s about celebrating and communicating the lasting value it brings to our city and its people. We believe arts and culture have the power to connect and inspire communities, and we’re inviting you to share your experiences and help us understand what this value means for Bradford.

In partnership with Making Impact Matter, Bradford 2025 are launching a research project to learn about the social value that arts and culture bring to Bradford. This research isn’t about shaping the City of Culture programme itself – it’s about capturing the value it creates for people like you.

The Leap have now launched a series of webinars and tools for the cultural sector, check them out below!

Each month, Visual Arts Instigator, Alison McIntyre hosts Visual Arts Support Sessions both in-person at Assembly Bradford and online. These session can provide creative advice and signpost to funding, support and networking opportunities for people working in the Bradford visual arts scene.

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These sessions are open to all visual artists and arts professionals living or working in Bradford.

Each month, Bradford Music Lead, Sinead Campbell hosts 1-2-1 Music Support Sessions at Assembly Bradford. These session can provide creative advice and signpost to funding, support and networking opportunities. These sessions are open to artists and professionals working in the Bradford music scene. 

Each month, Creative Instigator, Nicole Joseph hosts 1-2-1 Support Sessions on Playwriting and Theatre-Making at Assembly Bradford and online. These sessions are open to all artists and arts professionals living or working in Bradford. Whether you need a listening ear, a critical friend, or just some advice on where to take your work or creative practice next – these sessions are for you!

50 Things To Do Ages 5 to 11 is eager to see what a skill-based, playful, diverse and thoroughly resourced curriculum would look like in supporting those children that, by choice or circumstance, want or need to approach education differently. We’d love to have insight from those in the creative sector as we talk through these ideas. What do you wish children knew about the creative process? How would you want your art and community represented? Did you have any barriers to becoming a creative that you’d love to help others overcome? You don’t have to have experience working with children, just a willingness to share your opinions by email or in a group online session.

If you’d like to be involved please email Rachel at Rachel.Cambell@stedmundsbradford.org.uk