Creativity Found: helping adults get creative

  • Find arts and crafts classes, courses, kits and supplies.Ā 

  • Join the Creativity Found Collective toĀ  promoteĀ your own creative-activity business or business-support enterprise, and connect with others who can help you thrive and grow.

  • Listen to an inspirational podcast telling the stories ofĀ people who found their creativity as grown-ups.

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Get creative

BrowseĀ our collection of classes, courses, workshops, kits, supplies ā€“ and more ā€“ in a range of arts and crafts disciplines, and find out when our members are showing or performing next.

Creative fun this way
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Business help

Find the support you need to grow your creative-activity business (or any business for that matter) by outsourcing to our experts, who won't charge the earth and offer flexible working options.

Get the help you need
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Join the Collective

Join our promotional and networking membershipĀ if you shareĀ your creative skills with adults through workshops, online courses, kits and more,Ā or if you canĀ help creativeĀ businesses thrive.

I can't wait to meet you
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Listening inspiration

Be inspired by the award-winning podcast and my guests' stories of finding or re-finding their creativity as adults. From artists, crafters and potters to poets, printmakers and musicians.

Lots of great listening here

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Social media management

Let Jo Barber and Seeing Social help you to fill your social feeds with creative loveliness and meet your marketing goals.

More here
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Podcasting resources

I have been able to flex my creative muscles through podcasting, and if its something you want to start, or perhapsĀ do alreadyĀ but want to make improvements, check out the resources on this page, built to accompany my new podcast, Podcasting 2.0 in Practice.

Resources to help you podcast
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Podcast Startup Sanity Check

If you prefer the human touch, you can now book a chat with Claire to clarify and simplify the process of starting your own podcast.

Let's chat about podcasting
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Coffee chat

Sign up for an online get-together with me so I can find out more about your fab business, and we can discuss how being a member of the Creativity Found Collective can support both you and your enterprise.

Sign up for free
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Award-winning community

Claire wins Community Leader of the Year at the Digital Women Awards, celebrating the Creativity Found Collective membership.

Come join us
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Get started

Find workshops, classes and courses, online or IRL in everything from printmaking to weaving, painting to embroidery, and lots more in between.

Let's get creative
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Business help

Visit this page to find some help with your small business woes, or join the Creativity Found CollectiveĀ if you can help other small businesses to thrive and grow.Ā 

Source or give business expertise
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Exclusive subscriber episode

Receive an exclusive podcast episode, Breaking the Barriers to Creativity, to help you understand that you are not alone in your concerns around starting something new.

Subscribe here

Spreading the word

Recent press coverage

Claire has been featured in Good Housekeeping, Women's Own and a number of other monthly and weekly magazines, and most recently has organized for Collective members to be featured in Country and Town House and The Sun.

Click the play buttons to listen to Claire's recent appearances on these great podcasts.Ā 

Join the Creativity FoundĀ Collective

Do youĀ teach creative skills to adults?

IfĀ you share your creative expertise with other adultsĀ through your:

  • In-person workshops
  • Online courses
  • Ready-to-go kits
  • Arts and crafts supplies
  • . . . and more

Creativity Found would love to help your business thrive.

Find out more

Can youĀ help creative businesses thrive?

If you have expertise that can help others grow and manage their creative-activity business, for example in:

  • Social media
  • SEO
  • AccountingĀ 
  • Marketing
  • . . . and more

Creativity Found would love to help you help others.Ā 

Find out more

Sign up here to access your EXCLUSIVE bonus podcast episode

Breaking the barriers to creativity

to help you realize that you are not alone in your fears when it comes to starting a new – in this case creative – endeavour as a grown-up.

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Breaking the barriers to creativity

to help you realize that you are not alone in your fears when it comes to starting a new – in this case creative – endeavour as a grown-up.

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RecentĀ podcast episodes

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Sheena Whyatt

Creativity Found Collective member Sheena Whyatt and I discuss accountability, self-doubt and the importance of community for creative small businesses.

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Becky Paton

Creativity Collective member Becky Paton on how learning mosaic techniques can be a mindful and enjoyable form of self-expression.

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Shawna Curee

Writing, cake making, crochet, Free Willy, hobbies versus monetization, podcasting in the metaverse, making friends, and more.

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Ashton Rodenhiser

From self-doubting doodler to skilled graphic facilitator, embracing the messiness of creativity can lead to transformative experiences.

Creativity Found blogĀ 

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Jan 10, 2025

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Nov 15, 2024

Finding a creative outlet in my forties gave me a new lease of life

Hi, I'm Claire. When I was struggling with anxiety I realized that I needed a creative outlet that was just for me!

Find out what I did, and how that led me here.

How I found my creativity
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