Financial Literacy Workshop: Negotiating

Money matters - but it’s not always easy to talk about. In this practical and empowering session, consultant and creative researcher Sara Wookey shares tools and insights to help artists take control of their finances and build greater confidence around money.

Negotiation is a vital part of a sustainable creative career - but it’s often overlooked or under-discussed. In this practical, empowering session, consultant and creative researcher Sara Wookey supports artists and creatives to build confidence in navigating contracts, fees, and boundaries.

Together you’ll explore:

• Equity rates and the importance of a ‘right to rest’
• How to identify your reasons for saying yes — or no — to opportunities
• Negotiation tips, tools and techniques for discussing rates, terms and conditions
• Where to find support: unions, networks and resources
• Setting your own next steps towards fairer working practices
• This session offers a space to ask questions, share experiences, and leave with concrete strategies to help you negotiate more confidently - and in ways that align with your values and creative goals. 

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About Sara Wookey Founder and Director of Wookey Works

Sara operates as Wookey Works, delivering creative projects, research, and advising across the cultural and academic sectors in the UK and internationally. Drawing on 38 years as a freelance dancer and choreographer in the US, UK, EU, and SE Asia, she supports artists, academics, and organisations to evolve their potential.

Her Open Letter to Artists (2012) called for better pay and working conditions, leading to her activism on the Equity UK Dance Committee (2017–2022), including as Chair during the pandemic. She advises and mentors freelance dance artists on funding and career development, consults for organisations like Dance East and Trinity Laban, and reviews for Arts Council England.

A Trustee of Dancers’ Career Development, she also advises on EDI and ecological interdependence. Her research explores dance as relational practice and tool for institutional change. Committed to financial wellbeing, she shares her knowledge to help freelancers build sustainable, abundant lives within their means. 

www.sarawookey.com