Southbank Centre Presents (Creative Engagement Programme)

This bespoke programme is designed to equip the next generation of cultural programmers and curators by developing their curatorial toolkit and practical experience. The work programmed and curated will sit at the heart of our 75th anniversary celebrations during the summer of 2026.

This opportunity has been designed for early-career creatives who can demonstrate some prior experience in programming and curation, whether that’s curating a panel discussion at your local arts centre, programming a multi art-form cultural event, or working in a role where programming and curation might be a small part of your job that you would like to focus on more. For more guidance, please look at our FAQs on our website.

This course combines training and professional opportunities. Participants will be expected to attend all training sessions and will be paid for any programming and curation work here at the Southbank Centre.

Participants will be paid for any programming and curation work at the Southbank Centre. We know that financial circumstances might prevent people from being able to get involved with programmes like Southbank Centre Presents. As such, we are offering grant payments to participants who feel that they would be prevented from taking part due to financial circumstances. This would mainly be to cover the week-long residential. If you would like to apply for a grant then we will ask you to answer these questions:

• Are you currently working? Full time / part time / irregular / Not in employment currently.
• Are you currently employed as PAYE or freelance?

We ask these questions to help inform us how best to allocate our grant payments. How you answer these questions has no bearing on decision making about your application.