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Gerry Coles linocut printmaking workshops

Mosaic workshops with Becky Paton Mosaics

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Learn pottery techniques with Peter White

Creativity Found: helping adults get creative

Find arts and crafts classes, courses, kits and supplies.
Join the Creativity Found Collective to promote 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 of people who found their creativity as grown-ups.

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Writing and creative coaching plus book publishing services

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Learn traditional kilt making with Paula Duncan Kilts

Arts and crafts books to help you find your next creative hobby

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Gardening and creative classes inspired by nature from Sussex Garden School

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Get creative

Browse our collection of classes, courses, workshops, kits, supplies – and more – 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 membership if you share your creative skills with adults through workshops, online courses, kits and more, or if you can help creative businesses thrive.

I can't wait to meet you

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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Learn to crochet with workshops, kits and patterns from A heart shaped cherry, all with sustainability at their heart.

Crochet with heart

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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

Collective podcast

The Creativity Found Collective is a vibrant community where creativity thrives and everyone supports one another. Find out how being part of this membership can spark inspiration, foster connections and provide valuable support for creative small business owners.

Listen 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 perhaps do already 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

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

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.

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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 Collective if you can help other small businesses to thrive and grow.

Source or give business expertise

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.

Recent podcast episodes

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Cindy Ingram

Cindy started her own online business to support art teachers with resources, but in the midst of her career faced burnout, and her connection to creativity dwindled. Find out how she got it back.

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From isolation to inspiration

With insights from various members of the Creativity Found Collective, hear about the importance of collaboration and sharing experiences in the creative realm, as well as the mental health benefits of engaging in artistic activities.

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Nina Lenton

Creativity Found Collective member Nina Lenton shares her insights into the world of creativity and the importance of nurturing it in both personal and professional realms.

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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.