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Recruiting: Saturday Club Textiles / Art & Design Tutor (Ages 13–16

Type: Freelance 

Location: Elephant & Castle, London SE17


Project Period: Saturdays during term time, October 2026 – March 2027


Session Commitment: Approx. 4 hours per session, with additional paid prep and evaluation days.

Fee: £175–£220 per day, dependent on experience. 

Application Deadline: 30th June 2026*

*We reserve the right to close or pause applications early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applicants.

About the Role

Hotel Elephant is seeking a freelance lead tutor to design and deliver our 2026/27 Textiles-focused Art & Design Saturday Club for young people aged 13–16.

The Saturday Club is a free weekly creative programme where young people can develop practical skills, explore creative pathways, and build confidence outside of a formal school environment. Sessions are designed to be welcoming, collaborative, and engaging, with an emphasis on experimentation, making, sustainability, and peer learning.

The programme forms part of the National Saturday Club — a nationwide network of Saturday Clubs hosted by cultural institutions, universities, museums, and creative organisations across the UK.

Our Saturday Club supports Hotel Elephant’s wider mission to inspire and nurture the next generation of creative practitioners and to help young people better understand opportunities within the creative industries.

Essential Requirements

  • Experience working with 13–16-year-olds

  • Experience supporting young people with a range of SEN, learning, and support needs

  • Strong textile/art & design practice

  • Enhanced DBS certificate, or willingness to undertake one

  • Availability for the full programme period

  • Right to work in the UK

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