Flexible Working Life

At just sixteen, Phil Johns is enjoying a successful freelance career as a graphic and website designer.
He tells us how he got started and gives advice for anyone else who wants to start up a freelance career.

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“I first got started in the creative side of graphic and website design when I got into photography - I wanted a website to show off my work. [Read more]

Geoff Goble, supporting artiste, shares his story of how he became an actor and the flexible working lifestyle he enjoys when not on screen.

“I started my working life in banking, way back in 1963, transferring to the bank’s computer department in 1969 until 1973.

After 4 years in the computer department of a local manufacturing firm, in 1977 I joined a software house, and continued working in the IT industry, latterly as a freelance IT consultant analyst/programmer between 1987 and 2003, when I retired from that work.

I had been interested in theatre since my childhood, and, encouraged by my younger daughter (then 11, and now working professionally in the theatre as both deputy box office manager and independent producer), I joined a local amateur dramatic society in 1994, and have continued performing, directing, scriptwriting, stage managing, lighting and set design with many local theatre companies ever since. [Read more]