Organised by UAL Creative Computing Institute
Join creative founders to explore the importance of time management and balancing healthy habits when starting your own business
About this event
This guest talk forms part of UAL's Creative Futures, a 12-month programme of business support, training and mentoring for young creatives (18-25) living in South London.
Join the UAL Creative Futures team along with guest speaker Samantha Newell, Co-Founder of YARD+PARISH, who will share what it's like to be self-employed and run your own business. In this discursive event, we will explore approaches and tools for time management and building your venture from a foundation of healthy habits.
Find out how to prioritise and allocate time to tasks and goals, identify and mitigate against your limiting factors, whilst acknowledging and redefining the concept of 'productivity'.
There will be short presentations and an open Q&A as part of the event.
Speaker
Samantha Newell is Co-Founder and Director of Operations at YARD + PARISH, the UK’s first sustainable luxury discovery platform for Independent Black-owned brands. Founded in 2019, the concept store showcases a curated portfolio of innovative lifestyle brands such as Black Girl Sunscreen, Afro Hair & Skin Co., and Sheer Chemistry, with an overarching mission to redefine luxury and create bespoke retail experiences for the African Diaspora.
Originally from Toronto, Samantha has a background in life sciences (University of Waterloo), womenswear pattern cutting (London College of Fashion), and has an MSc in Entrepreneurship from the British School of Fashion. She uses her knowledge to support minority entrepreneurs and speaks publicly on issues surrounding sustainability and cultural representation. Samantha was recently named finalist at the 2021 Black British Business Awards as a rising star in consumer & luxury for her work at Yard + Parish.
About Creative Futures
Creative Futures is a programme by University of the Arts London designed to unleash the creative and entrepreneurial potential of South London’s young creatives, supporting you to set up and grow viable businesses within a creative field. This free offer of support is for people who have an idea for a business and are looking to take it to the next stage.
Participants on the programme are matched with a sector mentor and benefit from interactive workshops and talks by guest speakers from across University of the Arts London and beyond.
If you are a South London resident aged 18-25, you can apply to take part in Creative Futures (September 2022 to January 2023) by contacting creativefutures@arts.ac.uk
Supported by STRIDE
Stride makes space for creativity and innovation to thrive in South London. We create opportunity, develop talent and support creative and tech enterprises. Stride reaches beyond accepted thinking and ways of working to make it happen. We want South London to be a leading centre for innovation, now and long into the future. Backed by the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Wandsworth STRIDE has been offering programmes and projects since 2019. Find out more at stride.london
Access
There will be a 10-minute break during the session. If you require captions or a British Sign Language interpreter, please let us know at least 2 weeks before the session.
If you have any specific access requirements, or if there is anything we should be aware of before the session, please don’t hesitate to contact us at creativefutures@arts.ac.uk