<div>Hello Team!
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<div>I’m Shannon, a working-class creative who has worked professionally for over 10 years across both theatre and screen. Storytelling is something that has always felt rooted in me.
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<div>I’ve recently been offered a place on the NFTS John Yorke Writers’ Academy, a huge step in my creative development, and one I am determined to take. However, without additional financial support, I will not be able to afford the remaining course fees.
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<div>Although NFTS have kindly offered a bursary covering 60% of the cost, I am still required to pay £500 by this Sunday and a further £1,500 by the end of the course. I simply do not have the resources to
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<div>meet these costs. I’ve worked hard to invest in myself wherever I can, but full-time creative training has always felt just out of reach financially.
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<div>The application and interview process for this course felt like a breakthrough. Holding my own in that space was a moment I’ll always be proud of. It felt like real recognition. To then be offered a place felt like validation that I do belong in this industry. It would be heartbreaking to walk away from that because of something as systemic as money.
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<div>I’ve never had the luxury of building a creative career through formal institutions. Instead, I’ve carved a path through persistence, collaboration, and creating work wherever possible. I
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<div>recently took part in DE-MYS-TIFY, a brilliant initiative for creatives from low socio-economic backgrounds. We collaborated with industry professionals and began shaping the kind of
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<div>stories I know I’m meant to tell. My voice as a writer is rooted in truth, emotional complexity and a desire to make space for female and working-class experiences that are rarely centred on screen.
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<div>Representation in this industry remains staggeringly unequal. Fewer than 8% of
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<div>screenwriters come from working-class backgrounds and even fewer are women, a discussion few are ready to have.
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<div>For a long time, that made me feel like I didn’t belong, or that I didn’t have the right to tell stories. That has changed. I now understand the power and
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<div>value of my perspective, and I want to contribute to changing the narrative both on-screen and behind the scenes. But that requires access. Training. Support. Opportunities like this one.
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<div>The John Yorke Writers’ Academy would allow me to deepen my craft, gain structure, develop pitching skills, and learn to lead in a writer’s room all within a high-level, industry-facing environment. I know I will emerge more confident, capable, and equipped to step into
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<div>professional spaces I’ve long been excluded from.
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<div>I’ve applied for every creative grant I can find but with the looming time pressure I turn to you guys.
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<div>If you are able to offer any support, share this page and help me reach the costs asked of me I would be very grateful.
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<div>I believe I could be a very important part of this change.
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