Are you a craft worker and looking for a workspace to grow your business? Then check this out…
The First Flight Programme is a LEO Waterford initiative to help nurture homegrown craft and artistic talent and assist them in turning their concepts into commercially viable enterprises.
Local Enterprise Office Waterford is inviting submissions from small craft businesses to apply for the First Flight Enterprise programme at the Kite Design Studio in the heart of Waterford’s Viking Triangle.
First introduced in 2013, this year’s First Flight programme will provide a professional workspace, mentoring and practical business advice to creatives in a bustling, collaborative co-working space for six months commencing in June 2023. This is aimed at crafters who are starting their business.
Kite Design Studio is an innovative space based in Waterford City and designed to enable the sharing of knowledge, resources and facilities for craft businesses. Through an ethos of collaboration where businesses can connect support and grow, coworking spaces offer you the opportunity to bring structure to your day while increasing productivity and is a great alternative to working from home.
To date, dozens of small craft businesses, artists and graduates of Waterford VTOS (Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme) have availed of First Flight placements, enabling them to develop their businesses commercially.
If you are a small craft business and would like to avail of a dedicated workspace, mentoring and business advice, applications to the First Flight Enterprise programme are open until Friday 12th May 2023 and the successful applicants will be notified on or before Thursday 18th May 2023
Link to application here https://submit.link/1Iv