Blast 2008 offers traineeship and work experience opportunities

Blast is the BBC's youth creativity service, inspiring young people aged 13-19 across the UK to get involved in new media, art, film, music, dance and more. Last year it engaged with over 150,000 people across the UK as part of Blast on Tour '07. As part of its 2008 programme it is offering Creative Traineeship, Work Experience and Young Reporters schemes to give young people over 18yrs old the opportunity to complete a work placement with the BBC.

BBC Creative Traineeship
Blast has teamed up with Radio 1, 1Xtra, Switch and CBBC for the 2008 Creative Traineeships. The scheme offers 15 placements across a range of BBC host departments giving young people the opportunity to work alongside BBC events, online and production teams. Placements last between 8-12 weeks between May-Oct 08 and we're looking for energy and ideas over media or academic experience.

Creative Trainees will benefit from an extended in-depth placement working in a large media organisation and will be able to input creatively to production processes. Trainees are also offered the opportunity to complete their silver Arts Award during the placement. Deadline for applications 31st March 2008.

BBC Work Experience
Young people can gain work experience in live events with the Blast WEX scheme. They'll work alongside event organisers to put together Blast Tour events in their region. Work will involve marketing events, writing schedules, stage managing live shows, working on front of house, filming, or even interviewing the UK's top creative professionals.

Placements are flexible and could last for any thing from a few days to a maximum of three weeks. Applicants will need to be interested in the arts and in working with young people, dedicated and full of energy. Application deadlines vary regionally.

Young Reporters - Arts, News & Sports
Young people interested in arts, sport or current affairs can develop their reporting skills with our Young Reporters scheme. Each year we recruit young people to work with BBC news programmes to report on stories and features across the UK.

Arts Reporters could find themselves covering anything from Hip-Hop through to Bhangra, News Reporters will produce pieces for television, online and radio and Sports Reporters will record their own pieces for BBC local radio stations and sites. Applications open at the start of April.

For more information on these schemes go to: www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/blast

For more information on Blast go to: www.bbc.co.uk/blast

If you are a teacher, educator or work with young people, you can sign up to receive advance Blast on Tour information. Please log on to www.bbc.co.uk/learning/register and follow the links to Blast. If you have any queries about Blast, please email blastsupport@bbc.co.uk.

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