Opportunities & Events
Valuing Your Worth: Sustaining Your Practice Workshop
Location: Online | Start Date: 28th January 2025
Summary:
The workshop aims to support freelance creatives to set sustainable day rates, understand their true worth, and confidently advocate for fair pay.
Accessible pricing is on a sliding scale from £5 - £45.
Content:
Tuesday 28th January
10am - 12noon Online
Participants will learn:
- How to advocate for fair and sustainable pay in line with your skills and experience.
- How to calculate the day rate you need to survive financially.
- Key factors to include when determining your day rate.
- How your day rate translates to an annual income.
- How to compare your day rate to national recommendations.
- Strategies for negotiating sustainable day rates.
- Greater confidence in articulating the value of your work.
Accessible pricing is on a sliding scale from £5 - £45.
Here’s what past participants have said:
“[I took away] some great tools, a big boost in confidence, a clear plan and some new people! Some of us are staying in touch.” - Kit Gee
“It was so validating to not feel alone and to hear others say similar things to what I've been feeling. The tools were brilliant, and I loved how they made it feel more boundaried and formal. I usually only hear money talked about in a woolly and vague way in the arts, and it was very helpful and inspiring to discuss it openly and clearly.” - Bonnie, Artist
What You’ll Get
All participants will receive a comprehensive set of handouts to support their practice:
- Artists Recommended Rates of Pay: A summary of current rates across art forms.
- Valuing Your Worth Workbook: Tool to calculate and negotiate your ideal day rate.
- Artist’s Overhead Calculator: Helps you factor in essential costs.
- Artist’s Time Tracker: A tool to account for unpaid time.
- Worth it or Not Checklist: A checklist to evaluate unpaid or lower-paying opportunities.
If you can’t attend live, the recording and handouts will be available to revisit in your own time.
About the Facilitator
The workshop will be led by Creative Health Consultant and author of the Creative Health Quality Framework.“I really liked Jane's approach. It felt warm, supportive and down to earth. I felt she empowered me to be braver to act in my own interests, and, thanks to the tools she set out for us, I left feeling much more capable!” - Caroline, Musician