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Wasps Studios is on a mission to provide space in which creators can prosper. In doing so, Wasps and its network of artists and creators has developed into the largest creative community of its kind in the UK.

As the director of app shop and consultancy, Good To Hear, Michael Forrest is devoted to creative and data-driven solutions designed to help improve our lives.

Francesca Gresch is an illustrator and picture book maker. With creative freelancing often being quite a lonely venture, Fran decided to apply for Creative Edinburgh Mentoring to help her career even further.

Megan Channell recently moved to Scotland to pursue a new career path - two very good reasons to get a mentor! Here's what she has to say about our Mentoring programme.

Sarah Clarkson is an Edinburgh-based knitted textile designer and the founder of Woolly Originals. She has been mentoring as part of our programme since May 2021 - we had a wee chat to find out more about her experience so far.

Giles Etherington, founder of Brand Satellite, boasts an impressive career in the creative world. We are so fortunate he has volunteered as a Creative Edinburgh mentor for almost seven years! 

Wanting to connect more find support in her creative journey, playwright Catherine Muir partnered with a mentor last year. Here's how she benefitted.

Playwright, filmmaker, and owner of production company Bonnie and Braw, John McEwan-Whyte, has been a part of the mentoring programme since early 2023.

Ana Betancourt, CEO of Black Goblin, is an expert on sound. Her innovative company is currently working on a new platform 'Thol' to help creatives everywhere generate custom sound effects for their projects.

A big congratulations goes to the winners and finalists in what has proven to be one of the best Creative Edinburgh Awards yet.

The news we've all been waiting for - the finalists of this year's Creative Edinburgh Awards have been announced.

We've gazed into the future for two years with our online lunchtime series, FutureGaze. Now Caroline Parkinson reflects on how far we've come.