Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet

Network Overview

Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet supports all businesses, including freelancers, across Ireland’s creative and cultural industry. Irish artists are internationally renowned for producing impactful and thought-provoking work. The mission of the Network is to nurture domestic talent across animation, visual effects, film, TV, immersive technologies, digital media, music, theatre, visual arts and other sectors.

Collaborating with industry, the network designs, develops and delivers responsive, bespoke and flexible, subsidised training courses to address the ongoing needs of artists and businesses. Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet is promoted by Furthr. Membership of the network is free and open to private enterprise businesses and freelancers in the creative industry.

Supports to businesses

• Assist businesses to identify and address current and future skills needs 
• Information regarding successful approaches to learning and talent development 
• Guidance on achieving value for money when investing in learning and development 
• Strategic programmes that enhance business innovation and sectoral competitiveness 
• Flexible training and education programmes customised to the needs of the sector 
• Innovative programme design and development 
• Leadership programmes for business owners and executives 
• Certified and non-certified technical training 
• Training relating to communication, problem-solving and other core skills 
• Advice on gauging the effectiveness of training 
• Access to a network of businesses within the sector 
• Conferences, seminars, and other informal learning and networking events 

“Our collaborations with Skillnet Ireland are becoming a real foundational part of our education and learning. The investment in development has been great for Cartoon Saloon. People love being invested in.”

Catherine Roycroft – Cartoon Saloon

“Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet has provided our staff with a wide range of accessible opportunities to upskill in a variety of relevant industry areas. The course topics are designed to allow the application of learning in day-to-day roles, which is very rewarding for staff. These offerings along with the traineeship have led to high staff engagement overall. This is evident through the conversations people are having about what they are learning and the eagerness of staff to participate in the courses.”

Stephen Fagan – Treehouse Republic