News & Campaigns

#CultureisMyConstituency

4 Aug 2021 · News & Campaigns

We are calling on our members, partners and colleagues to focus any lobbying they want to do on the Spending Round on helping their local MPs to understand their local cultural ecology, and meet the people who are part of your workforce and community: from make-up artists to technicians, from youth leaders to designers, it is about helping MPs to understand that there are real jobs in their patch that are valued and important, and voters who care passionately about culture. If you are a freelancer, it is really important to make this case too. More

#BAMEOver – A Statement for the UK

16 Feb 2021 · News & Campaigns

Throughout August more than 1,000 people took Inc Arts’ #BAMEOver survey, and on 4th September 2020 over 250 people came together to reset the terms of reference for people with lived experience of racism. We set out to answer the question, ‘What do we want to be called?’ Through our discussion we’ve come up with a guide to terminology, for use by everyone who wants to be an effective ally and wants to avoid causing further harm through the use of casual and inaccurate language. More

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