Welfare reforms ‘pit disabled people against the taxpayer’
Trade union Equity has criticised government proposals to reform the welfare system set out in a green paper this week, saying the…
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‘Halal food tax’ to support British Muslim arts mooted
A percentage of money raised from the sale of halal meat should be reinvested into Muslim arts and culture in the UK, a thinktank…
Co-creation of cultural projects boosts socio-economic inclusion, DCMS study finds
Co-creation and participatory practices are one of the most effective ways to engage audiences from lower socio-economic backgroun…
CIISA launches behavioural standards for creative industries
A set of minimum standards for expected behaviour intended to foster safe and inclusive working across the UK’s creative industr…
Proportion of ethnically diverse chief executives at ACE-funded cultural organisations doubles
The proportion of ethnically diverse chief executives at Arts Council England (ACE) funded organisations doubled during the five y…
US shows featuring Black and LGBTQ artists cancelled ‘following Trump orders’
A US cultural venue based in Washington has cancelled two shows – one featuring queer artists, and one featuring Black artists – t…
US artists protest funder’s anti-diversity rules
Hundreds of artists in the US are calling on the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to reject the Trump administration’s orde…
ACE loses second ‘gender beliefs’ tribunal case
An Arts Council England (ACE) employee who resigned during an investigation into comments she made supporting trans rights was unf…
Citizens’ network aims to ‘rethink’ cultural and creative decision making
A newly created citizens’ network is hoping to “rethink” decision-making in the cultural and creative sectors. The Citizens In P…
Smithsonian shuts diversity office after Trump order
The Smithsonian has joined other federally-funded US organisations in dropping its commitment to promoting diverse hiring practice…
Publicly funded arts: Equity, collective thinking and societal transformation
How can we promote fairness, spark collective imagination and work towards a more just and resilient future together? asks Rachel…
A riposte from the margins
In response to Nick Hytner’s recent dismissal of the concerns of a new generation of artists as ‘ill-informed’, Chrissie Til…
Women must ‘sue senior managers’ to tackle music industry harassment culture
Endemic sexism in the music industry will not change unless women take legal action against senior managers who discriminate again…
Creative UK case studies hub aims to inspire diversity initiatives
Creative UK has launched an online collection of case studies to offer “ideas, learning and inspiration” in response to worsen…
Nick Hytner: Young Jewish theatre workers face Israel ‘loyalty test’
Young Jewish theatre workers are being subjected to unsettling “loyalty tests” over their views on the conflict in Israel and…
DCMS to amend gender policies after settling discrimination claim
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said it will amend its policies on gender after settling a claim brought by…
Diversity in action
Continuing our series looking at EDI issues in the sector, Carolyn Forsyth and Amelia Michaels of Talawa Theatre Company discuss t…
EDI: Making reasonable adjustments
Creative People and Places (CPP) programmes take an action research approach to community engagement in arts, creativity and cultu…
Staying ahead: EDI policy developments
Continuing our series exploring issues around EDI, Samantha Stimpson, founder of SLS 360, outlines the most important policy devel…
Getting to grips with EDI
Since 2020, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion has been part of the governance code for charity boards. Yet, as Debra Allcock Tyler…
Excellence without exclusion
In the first of our series on the theme of EDI, Louise Perry of Chickenshed Theatre shares 50 years of embracing diversity and inc…
Disability rights project receives £120k grant
Disability Arts Online has been awarded a grant of £120,000 for a project designed to create positive change by sharing the histo…
Libraries to be ‘poverty-proofed’ through new project
Arts Council England has provided £50,000 of funding for a project to help libraries become more welcoming to families experienci…
Discrimination and pay gap among issues facing disabled musicians
Disabled musicians earning all their income from music face an average disability pay gap of £4,400, according to the findings of…
