Are you a creative industry professional with a wealth of experience looking to pass that knowledge on to the next generation?
CCIS presents The Creative Trainer; a bespoke evaluation and training programme for those interested in delivering training across the creative industries.
This FREE programme supported through Skillnet Ireland’s Skills Connect initiative is for a maximum of 12 participants will run across 7 Friday’s between November 28th 2025 and January 23rd 2026.
Participants will work toward the delivery of their own short workshop in 2026.
We are keen to see applications from right across the creative sector that cover all training focus areas including business, creative, technical and transversal skills.
This Skills Connect programme is open to unemployed individuals or underemployed individuals with creative industry expertise, who wish to pivot into training to supplement their income.
The programme will include the following modules:
- QQI Level 6 Train The Trainer
- Skills Needs Analysis
- Presenting With Impact
- Psychological Safety For the Classroom
- Participants will be guided through the programme by creative training Mentor Dee Roycroft, who will support the group in developing their end-of-programme workshop.
CURRICULUM / WORKSHOPS
| DATE | Workshop Details |
| Thursday November 27th – 10am-11am | Intro session with CCIS and Dee Roycroft |
| Friday November 28th  – 10.30am-4pm / In Person – Dublin | Train The Trainer – Day 1 – DCM Learning |
| Friday December 5th  – 10.30am-4pm / In Person – Dublin | Train The Trainer – Day 2– DCM Learning |
| Friday December 12th  – 10.30am-4pm / In Person – Dublin | Train The Trainer – Day 3– DCM Learning |
| Friday January 9th   – 10.30am-1.30pm / Online | Skills Needs Analysis – DCM Learning |
| Friday January 16th  – Full Day / In Person – Dublin | Presenting with Impact |
| Friday January 23rd    – 10am-1pm / Online | Psychological Safety For the Training Room |
| Various | Participants will also meet with Mentor Dee Roycroft for one to one sessions throughout the programme. |
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- conduct a training needs analysis
- define training aims, objectives and outcomes
- outline the theory and objectives in delivering training
- explore the elements that impact the effectiveness of training
- understand The Training Cycle and the importance of Training Needs Identification and Design as critical elements in the delivery and evaluation of a broad spectrum of training interventions
- deliver appropriate training content using a range of training aids
- understand post training evaluation and using feedback to improve future training
- understand the fundamentals of voice, breath and body work to effectively present your training
VENUE
GEC-Dublin  / Online
FEE
FREE – as part of the CCIS Skills Connect programme. Applicants must be unemployed or underemployed to take part in this training. If you are unsure if you qualify, please contact barbaradeignan@furthr.ie
NUMBER OF TRAINEES
Max 12
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
This workshop is open to unemployed or underemployed individuals with creative industry expertise, who wish to pivot into training to supplement their income. It is also open to those currently delivering training in the creative industries on an ad hoc basis who have not undertaken a certified Train The Trainer programme.
Due to our funding parameters, this course is only available to those resident in the Republic Of Ireland.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
5pm on Thursday 20th November
APPLY
You will be asked to include the following in the form
1.  Personal Statement of Intent. This is an opportunity for you to share your story, tell us your area of expertise, and why you want to deliver training in this area. (Max 500 words)
2. Your CV
All applicants will be notified on the status of their application before end of day Monday November 24th.
For any queries, please contact barbaradeignan@furthr.ie
TUTOR INFORMATION
Dee Roycroft is an award-winning neurodivergent writer and performer living in Dublin. An alumnus of the Abbey Theatre’s Next Wave Playwrighting initiative, she is a recipient of the Mountains to the Sea Bursary 2025, and Arts Council funding to develop her play Faun,
Dee regularly mentors and teaches for organisations including the NTAA, Creative Skillnet, IWC, and Cartoon Saloon -including courses specifically for blind/VI, disabled, and neurodivergent writers. She has been a speaker at X-pollinator, facilitator for Dublin Theatre Festival’s Next Stage programme 2025, and earlier this year co-designed/facilitated a week-long cross-disciplinary residency for neurodivergent artists at IMMA with the support of DCC, Creative Skillnet and ADHD Ireland.
In 2023 she set up The Pit Collective, a community of professional artists exploring creative exchange supported by an Arts Council Theatre Bursary.
Her first film The Colonist is being produced as a Screen Ireland Focus Short with Promenade Films, and she recently received development funding for her first feature Being, Brendan. She has been shortlisted for Druid Debuts and her RTEjr radio series for children ‘Mr. Wall’ was nominated for an IMRO award for Best Radio Drama.
Dee also writes/script edits for children’s animation. Companies/broadcasters she has worked with include Turnip & Duck, Daily Madness, Cartoon Saloon, RTÉ, BBC/CBBC, JAM Media, Amazon Studios, Ink & Light, TG4, Telegael, and SLR.
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