The Elba Hope Foundation – founded by Idris and Sabrina Elba – has partnered with youth charity The Prince’s Trust on a new project to create opportunities for young people, launching today in Manchester.
‘Creative Futures’ aims to inspire young people through the Arts across Manchester. Over the next year it will provide free courses from The Prince’s Trust to help young people build the skills and confidence they need to find a job, train or start a business in the creative industries.
Prince’s Trust alumnus Idris Elba was supported by The Prince’s Trust as a teenager and has continued to work closely with the charity.
The range of free courses, delivered by The Prince’s Trust, will support young people who are not in work, education or training, to find out more about careers and jobs in the creative industries, such as music, theatre, or the Arts.
Idris Elba said of today’s announcement: “Many of us working in the arts today, myself included, only made it because of programmes like this when we were young. Today’s youth deserve at least the same chance, and more. ‘Creative Futures’ exists to give the same hope, support and success I’ve found to the next generation.”
“Sabrina and I co-founded The Elba Hope Foundation to help every young person fulfil their potential, the ‘Creative Futures’ programme will do just that, with courses in industries I know and love. We’ll help young people develop skills, confidence and aspirations for the future.”
The first courses for young people to take part in are Get Started with DJing and an Enterprise course focusing on developing creative businesses. The programmes open for applications from Wednesday 9th October and the DJing course will take place in November 2024. [https://www.princes-trust.
