Important 🧵 about Universal Credit & Carers circumstances.

Last wk ACE agreed to work with Parents & Carers in Performing Arts on childcare issues frm our research,look at boards/new writing/info sheets & consider a gender advisory group for end of our 5 year research project with The Writers' Guild Women's Committee ERA5050 & others: bit.ly/3xgOM3u 1/6

Further resources - Women's Committee has also put together an amazing #Equity 4Women toolkit! Definitely worth checking out! #Equity #Women #Toolkit

equity.org.uk/advice-and-sup….

ICYMI: Theatre bosses including Matthew Xia (@excalibah) and @sarahbrigham
have defended the use of trigger warnings for shows, claiming telling people who rely on them to avoid seeing productions is 'discriminatory and concerning'.

Read more 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/removing-…

Can you add your voice to this?

A powerful watch and a problem in the industry...

The racist abuse aimed at Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for her casting in The Jamie Lloyd Co's Romeo and Juliet is abhorrent, but is the experience many artists of colour have after landing a notable role. It has to stop, no-one should have to face such vitriol for doing their job.

We know it, we see it, we feel it, the gender pay gap is sadly alive and kicking. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Really important research from Parents & Carers in Performing Arts

We hope you’ve had a wonderful break if you celebrate it 🐣 (and even if you don’t, everyone deserves a good rest.)

A little reminder in case you missed it - come and join us on the 10th April to talk about green riders 👇🏻

ATTENTION GIRLS IN DANCE! We are planning a very exciting event just for you in 2025, and to make sure it is something that you want, need, and enjoy, we have some questions for you:
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#AWADANCE #Girls InDance #DanceEducation #Girls #GirlGuiding #Girls Dance

12 languages to help make everyone a little safer 👌👌👌

#worldtheatreday while we celebrate the joys, the excitement, the fun & the wonder of theatre. We wanted to point you to the Harassment in the Performing Arts Guides for freelancers & organisations from Scottish Theatre, Dance and Opera which launched in May of 2023.

TAKE THE PERFORMERS' EARNINGS SURVEY

Please take our survey today and help share the reality of working as an actor with Government & policy makers. The survey closes 29/3/24.

#HelpBECSHelpYou

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So please that our incredible former President Maureen Beattie & our brilliant former chair Kelly Burke are part of this. 🙌

THIS. Intimacy coordination is key to a more caring, equitable & braver industry.

So important to know your rights & know how to report if anything goes wrong. Lots of information in the #Equity4women toolkit & we're always here to talk... equity.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

Very important point around aging in the creative industries.