Young creatives and aspiring entrepreneurs now have the opportunity to kickstart their own businesses with the help of a new accelerator programme based at Impact Hub Waikato.
The Co-Creatives accelerator is open to anyone aged 16–35 with an artistic or creative skill and a desire to build a business around this.
The programme will consist of a series of educational modules that focus on entrepreneurial skills and creativity. Renowned New Zealand artists and industry professionals, including multi-media producer Faiumu Matthew Salapu (known as Anonymouz), will be involved in the programme.
Co-Creatives Project Lead Nanise Ginnen said that the goal of the programme is to bring strength and growth to the culture and arts community in the South Waikato, by enabling creative founders to grow their confidence and build an income stream from their craft.
“Creatives in the South Waikato bring their own unique flavour and our community has a need for this talent to be uplifted, however the opportunities offered in Hamilton are not always accessible to them, or they are less likely to participate due to physical distance, economic or cultural factors. We’re thankful to Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage for their foresight in enabling a rural community to bring a programme of this calibre to South Waikato creative founders,” Ginnen said.
Applications for the Co-Creatives programme can be filed at https://www.impacthubwaikato.co.nz/co-creatives/ between August 1st–August 27th. The programme will begin on September 9th.
Image credit: South Waikato District Council
